I have just finished reading a chapter on the Mecklenburgs in Ghislain de Diesbach's Secrets of the Gotha. " It was said that he had been the lover of Princess Daisy of Pless, a famous beauty of the period, whom William II had idolised platonically, and that the emperor , in order to dispose of his rival(Adolphus-Frederick VI), had threatened to expose certain facts damaging to his honor as a German prince. So he during a walk through the forest he committed suicide a few months before the fall of the empire. Death was said to be accidental, but the truth was soon known, although the reasons for his action remained obscure." I was wondering if anyone else has heard of this or read any memoirs that allude to this episode?
