Nell Gwynne certainly knew how to live life to the full, packing a career as an orange seller, an actress and a royal mistress into her 37 years.

Nell Gwynne born 2/2 1650. ... Charles, who later becomes the Duke of St Albans. 1671, Nell retires from the stage and in the same year she gives birth to Charles' second son, James.

IT might be a pretty little area known to tourists as the birthplace of Nell Gwynn but for local residents, there is a much darker side to living in… ...

Nell Gwynn is on at Shakespeare’s Globe, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1 9DT until 17 October. Tickets from £5-£43. Londonist saw this production on a complimentary ticket.

She was a Hereford girl who became a Royal mistress. As the life of Charles II becomes a major BBC TV series we look at the colourful life of Nell Gwynne. Bore two sons by Charles - one died and ...