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According to Bendor, who told the story many years later to Sir Shane Leslie,
Quote from: Robert_Hall on July 05, 2011, 02:23:00 PMI have the same book and have been curious about this for some time. Burke's Royal Families [vol.1] says only the he died by suicide via a gun. He was Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the only;y other book I have on them is in German, which I do not read.Could it have been the rumors that he was going to be forced to set aside a well-loved woman (perhaps even a secret wife) in order to make a 'proper marriage' and secure the succession? The papers were full of it at the time though that can always be taken with a grain of salt. He did have the one lady that he shared 2 children with though, didn't he? The story went that he and his brother had worked a deal where Adolf could lead his own life while Karl Borwin did the proper marriage and heir thing. Then Karl Borwin was killed. WW1 happened and the next in line to the throne was on the side of the Russians. All this increased pressure on Adolf to 'do his duty' and he just couldn't take it.
I have the same book and have been curious about this for some time. Burke's Royal Families [vol.1] says only the he died by suicide via a gun. He was Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the only;y other book I have on them is in German, which I do not read.
A couple of pictures of Hansel as an adult:I don't have dates, but I believe the latter was taken in the early fifties, and as he was born in 1900 he would be in his early fifties as well.
The Green Steed?Was he a cyclist, sportsmen?Daniela