The parties involved acquiesced to this dishonorable relationship, but conservative British society could not accept it. Living with Emma, ??who came from a humble background and had a dissolute reput

The parties involved acquiesced to this dishonorable relationship, but conservative British society could not accept it. Living with Emma, ??who came from a humble background and had a dissolute reputation, was undoubtedly a scandal, which made Nelson's family and friends extremely resentful. They repeatedly forced him to get back together with his wife. His political opponents were overjoyed and took the opportunity to attack. In 1803, William Hamilton died and left all his property to his nephew. Emma's friends secured a small pension for her. Emma, ??who is used to being extravagant, cannot make ends meet and must rely entirely on Nelson. At this time, the war between Britain and France was intense. Napoleon organized a huge fleet to prepare to cross the sea to conquer Britain. Nelson was serving as the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet. Emma wrote to her former friend the Queen of Naples for help, but the letters she sent fell into the sea.

In 1805, the Royal Fleet led by Nelson and the French-Spanish fleet led by Joseph Villeneuve fought near Cape Trafalgar (Battle of Trafalgar). Before the war, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Emma, ??calling her "my dear and beloved Emma" and "the one I love as much as my life." The letter was later declared a forgery by his family.

This is the battle that will decide the fate of Britain. The French and Spanish fleets had an absolute advantage in numbers. In order to boost morale, Nelson hoisted the flag on his flagship "Victory" that would be awe-inspiring for future generations - "Britain believes that everyone will do their duty!" Nelson did his part. Responsibility, he always stood on the deck with armor and command amid the hail of bullets. However, a lead bullet fired by a sniper on the mast of the enemy ship "Valiant" hit him. He held on until the moment when the victory of the Royal Navy was determined to be unshakable. , and then died with eyes closed. This battle severely damaged the French-Spanish combined fleet and shattered Napoleon's ambition to occupy Britain. "One Trafalgar and one Waterloo drove the arrogant Napoleon from power." Nelson became a national hero, and Britain held a grand funeral for him in St. Paul's Cathedral.

The hero must be a perfect person, and people betrayed his last words - "I entrust Lady Emma Hamilton to my king and country. I hope that she will be treated as befitting her title." "Emma knew her ending, and she just sighed: "Glorious Nelson! Poor and miserable Emma!"

Emma was completely abandoned. The Nelson family even refused to allow her to attend her lover's funeral. In her old age and beauty, she drank all her life and quickly squandered all her living expenses. From then on, she struggled to live in poverty and was imprisoned twice for debts. In order to avoid her creditors, Emma took her daughter Horatia and fled to France. Her health was already very bad, and only Horatia took care of her. Horatia denied that Emma was her biological mother throughout her life and only recognized her as her guardian. Emma died alone in Calais in 1815.