Even more outrageously, she was a divorcee, and a proven adultress, the discarded wife of a British army officer.

Source: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/lola-montez-the-extraordinary-life-of-a-19th-century-scots-raised-woman-who-refused-to-be-shamed-by-divorce-susan-morrison-4243525

She said: “Living in flats when you're in your 20s is just so dumb, because why am I at war with a 50-year-old divorcee?

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/fabulous/11698162/beef-neighbour-winding-me-up-parking-space/

The possibility of Bertil himself becoming King of Sweden was suddenly very real - and he was told that marrying someone who was both a commoner and a divorcee would result in him waiving his right to the throne.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11871463/Princess-Lilian-Sweden-coal-miners-daughter-terraced-house-Swansea-royal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490