Prince Eddy: The King We Never Had Part 1

Prince Albert Victor, King Edward Vll's (r. 1901--10) first son and heir to the throne, popularly known as Eddy, has virtually been airbrushed out of history. Eddy was as popular and charismatic a figure in his own time as Princess Diana a century later. As in her case, his sudden death in 1892 resulted in public demonstrations of grief on a scale rarely seen at the time, and it was even rumored (as in the case of Diana) that he was murdered to save him besmirching the monarchy. Had he lived, he would have been crowned king in 1911, ushering in a profoundly different style of monarchy from that of his younger brother, who ultimately succeeded as the stodgy George V. Eddy's life was virtually ignored by historians until the 1970s, when myths began to accumulate and his character somehow grew horns and a tail. As a result, he is remembered today primarily as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 and for his alleged involvement in the Cleveland Street homosexual scandal of 1889. But history has found Eddy guilty of crimes he did not commit. Now, for the first time, using modern forensic evidence combined with Eddy's previously unseen records, personal correspondence, and photographs, Andrew Cook proves his innocence. Prince Eddy reveals the truth about a key royal figure, a man who would have made a fine king, and changed the face of the British monarchy.

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• Prince Albert Victor
• british royal family
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[shaybean54]

thanks for posting!! Never gets these types of docu's in the US

[324wilson]

Thanks for posting this. There are very few institutions in the world which are as fascinating as the British Monarchy.

[MultiDenise36]

He was very good looking :)

[51m0n77]

@mgirl1978 let me assure you Aussie accents are spoken by most here in Aus and unfortunately arent faked.......

[ElSmusso]

Thank you very much

[zzzbbbooo]

@DaVirgoProd I suppose you believe in the hairy, egg-shaped Monster of Glamis also?

[DaVirgoProd]

...or they held him captive in the castle dungeon until his death. 

[kennashan]

Thanks so much for posting all these. My favorite subject, and hard to come by in the U.S. And complete LOL moment. Suspected of even being *shudder* unpunctual.

[johneunson]

this is fascinating. i have always wondered, and found it strange, how princess mary got passed from one brother to another. eddy seemed able to express some emotion, rare in the royal family. thank you for posting this.