Prince Albert Victor 'Eddy' Part 2

[RomanovsFan4Ever]

You are right, that sentence is indeed wrong...

[Grace]

One thing that stuck out for me was when they said that Alix rejected Eddy because she had fallen in love with Nicholas.  The narrator said something like, "When she agreed to marry him, she sealed both of [her and Eddy's] fates."  Eddy was dead by 1894!

Perhaps it meant that Alicky only rejected Eddy because she had fallen in love with Nicholas as early as 1889, but it's extremely unlikely that she would have married Eddy even if Nicholas hadn't come along anyway.

And while Alicky's eventual marriage to Nicholas may have sealed her fate, how did it seal Eddy's?  His early death had nothing to do with her or his hopes of marrying her.  A bit ridiculous...  

[CountessKate]

I have often wondered to what extent George ever considered being King before Eddy's death. I mean, how close did he really feal to the position or prepare for it before 1892?

I think it had never crossed his mind and was an awful shock when it happened. 

[Grace]

I have often wondered to what extent George ever considered being King before Eddy's death. I mean, how close did he really feal to the position or prepare for it before 1892?

I think it had never crossed his mind and was an awful shock when it happened. 

I agree, I don't think he'd ever considered the prospect as he was a not a person given to daydreaming or 'what if' scenarios. 

By many accounts, it was indeed an awful shock.  George was terribly shaken by Eddy's death, the double blow being losing his brother AND the implications of what that meant for his own future.

[Ena]

Didn't most of them that he has originally air on TV in Great Britain?

From the looks of it, yes.

[Ena]

One thing that stuck out for me was when they said that Alix rejected Eddy because she had fallen in love with Nicholas.  The narrator said something like, "When she agreed to marry him, she sealed both of [her and Eddy's] fates."  Eddy was dead by 1894!

Perhaps it meant that Alicky only rejected Eddy because she had fallen in love with Nicholas as early as 1889, but it's extremely unlikely that she would have married Eddy even if Nicholas hadn't come along anyway.

And while Alicky's eventual marriage to Nicholas may have sealed her fate, how did it seal Eddy's?  His early death had nothing to do with her or his hopes of marrying her.  A bit ridiculous...  

I took notice of this line too.  Then I chalked it up to the narrator having a flowery way of being dramatic.

[RomanovsFan4Ever]

Front page of "Le petit Journal":

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/cent-ans/pj1892/pj05909011892.jpg

[Katharine]

Hello all, bit of a lurker rather than a poster, but just had a request/question for you all, if anyone could help.

I just returned from a trip to Europe (wonderful) and was able to go to Windsor and see St George's Chapel and the Albert Memorial Chapel. I had actually forgotten entirely that Eddy was buried there (I think I thought he was at Sandringham) and I was also shocked (in a good way) and moved to tears to see my other favourite English royal, Prince Leopold was there interred with him.

However when I was there, entry to the room was blocked, and we therefore could not see the tombs well at all. My question to anyone else who's visited previously is - was I just very unlucky and it happened to be closed to the public for some reason or another that day, or is it always blocked off, only to be viewed from the doorway?

And my request - I've scanned through both of Eddy's threads and images that members had posted of his tomb no longer work. I've been searching online and the best image I can find is this one:


Does anyone happen to know where I could find a clearer photo, similar to the one in Theo Aronson's book "Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld"?

Many thanks to anyone who can help!

[Grace]

There are a couple of lovely and rare new additions to the gallery of Eddy photographs on the National Portrait Gallery website!  Absolutely marvellous, am so excited to see them, particularly as eBay has been so quiet with good Eddy stuff lately!  Check them out:

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?LinkID=mp50173&page=1&role=sit&rNo=57

and

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?LinkID=mp50173&page=1&role=sit&rNo=50     

[Rani]

Since I heard he was involved in this Jack-The-Ripper thing (I know it´s amential) I find him a little bit weird. Also he had nothing to do with it.


Is this Eddy as a child?

[Rani]

http://www.archive.org/stream/cruiseofhermajes01albeuoft#page/n5/mode/2up

[Carolath Habsburg]

yes, its Albert Victor with his parents

Here another from the same sitting

[Clelia]

Is this Eddy as a child?

George is also there in Alexandra's arms...

[Carolath Habsburg]

ahaha true!!! he loosk kinda blurry--poor thing!

[Eddie_uk]

However when I was there, entry to the room was blocked, and we therefore could not see the tombs well at all. My question to anyone else who's visited previously is - was I just very unlucky and it happened to be closed to the public for some reason or another that day, or is it always blocked off, only to be viewed from the doorway?

Bit of a late reply but Katherine I visited Windsor last month and you could only stand at the entrance to the chapel and look in. However when I visited in 2001 I'm almost certain that you could walk in the chapel and I recall speaking to a guide who was present and very knowlegeble. No guide this time so perhaps when no one is there keeping an eye you can't enter!