Prince Albert Victor

Excerpt from the historical monologue "400 Years of English History" presented by artist/historian George S. Stuart as part of an exhibit of his Historical Figures at the Ventura County Museum of Art and History in Ventura California. Visit the Gallery of Historical Figures online at http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com.

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[grassic]

"Eddy's proclivity was sexual..."..yes,..proclivity is natural inclination...sexual proclivity is common to most human beings. Mr.Stuart's English is as bad as his history. There is no documentary evidence, or any sort other than hearsay, of Albert Victor's sexual adventures and he most definitely died of influenza. This is prurient entertainment dressed up as history and delivered rather smugly. Abusing facts to play to the gallery is a dangerous and shabby pastime.

[zzzbbbooo]

A number of points in this commentary are erroneous. There is no evidence anywhere that Prince Eddy had sexual relations with relatives or members of staff. He was awarded an honorary doctorate whilst at Cambridge, which is commonly given to royals of his stature, not a 'doctored up' one. He was never arrested for any crime. His death of influenza/pneumonia was written about in great detail by the prince's family and was not thought by them to be the result of 'tertiary syphilis'.

[freebeerfordworkers]

This is complete crap. Look up other better researched posts on You Tube particularly Prince Eddy The King we never had.

[leopictor]

Appalling example of popular gossip masquerading as history. It is of course easier to make our students laugh rather than impart scientific learning. Where is you evidence for the footman remark, where that for the syphilis diagnosis. Look to your sources, sir!

[Strefanasha]

I konw the name of

albert Victor; and that he was betrothed to the later Queen Mary, but almost nothing else.

I have read veiled hints in history that he was "unsuitable" but no reason was given.

But given the comments here I think there may be something to them, and that perhaps ,as they are saying, this monologist is merely rehashing popular myth.

can anyone direct me to any research

[JuanMacready]

This "historian" is a twat.

[Matt32391]

Bloody madness! Where the ruddy hell does this bloke get this claptrap? Utter and complete tosh! The biggest load of bollocks I've ever heard from this arrogant bugger!

[Flockton77]

Self-indulgent twaddle.

[zzzbbbooo]

Your 'knowledge' on the life of the Duke of Clarence is clearly based on fantasy only and bears no resemblance to fact.

[goldenmessenger]

dont worry . eddy was jack the ripper,

and he did have sex with little boys and woman at cleveland street.

eddy was uneducable as he says it becuase his farther the king sexualy abused eddy behind closed doors .

this turned eddy schizophrenic and he lost interest in life after the abuse, he also became addicted to masturbation and had many more homosexual lovers including doctor gull who later poisened eddy on the orders of queen victoria after he revealed he was the ripper in hypnosis

[zimnaya]

Where on Earth does the chap get his information? He was NOT arrested in the Cleveland Street brothel scandal - the solicitor for Arthur Somerset who WAS arrested implicated the Prince in order to make sure that the scandal was hushed up. As for having sex with his niece - at the time of Albert Victor's death none of his siblings had either married or had children. I hate this sort of bogus biographical bonhomie - deserves a spell in the Tower of London, nothing less.