Were these two things related, do we know?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 31 May 2010, 16:41, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

He was mentally immature
as far as we know, he and Catherine the Great never managed to reproduce- her children were from her numerous affairs. It was either too big, he had phimosis, or he just didn't know what to do with it.

He was also sadistic, hence the rat thing, and obsessed with military uniforms and used to play with toy soldiers on the duvet when Catherine was trying to sleep. He'd also breed spaniels in the bedroom.

Fuck this is all coming back to me!
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 May 2010, 16:43, Reply)

The Catherine the Great horse-sex rumour is disappointingly bollocks, isn't it?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 31 May 2010, 16:44, Reply)

Not quite.
A kernel of truth.

She liked to ride like a man. And a lot. Some historians think she got sexual pleasure from being bumped around by a big, muscular thing between her legs.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 May 2010, 16:45, Reply)

indeed it is
again just a nasty rumour
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 May 2010, 16:48, Reply)