In public, the Victorians were some of the stuffiest, snobbiest, most repressed people in history. Behind closed doors, it was a different story. In private, Victorian England was rife with drink, debauchery, and scandal—and no one did it better than Queen Victoria’s infamous son, King Edward VII. His bedroom escapades fueled the gossip mill for centuries and his mother was utterly ashamed of him, but more than anything, “Dirty Bertie” knew how to be a royal with style. 1. His Family Had A Cute Nickname For HimThe future King Edward VII was born on November 9, 1841, in the lavish Buckingham Pa…