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Prince Albert Victor

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The Resume

    (January 8, 1864-January 14, 1892)
    Born in Windsor, England, United Kingdom
    Duke of Clarence and Avondale
    Known informally in the royal family as 'Prince Eddy'
    Oldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)
    Grandson of Queen Victoria

Why he might be annoying:

    His tutor, John Neale Dalton, complained that his mind was 'abnormally dormant.'
    His trip to India in 1889 was rumored to have been designed to get him out of England to avoid the breaking Cleveland Street scandal, involving a male brothel with an aristocratic clientèle.
    His treatment for gout in 1890 was rumored to be a cover for VD.
    Many years after his death, he was accused of being Jack the Ripper.
    His reputation sank so low that some later biographers suggested that his death (officially from influenza) was a murder to remove him from the line of succession.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Some historians suggested his learning difficulties may have been caused by his inheriting his mother's hearing problems or by Dalton being a poor teacher.
    There was no evidence he ever patronized the Cleveland Street brothel and plans for his trip to India had been announced months before the scandal broke.
    He was at Balmoral Castle in Scotland during two of the Ripper slayings, which you would think would rule him out as a suspect.
    If anyone did bump him off, it was apparently done without the consent of the royal family, who were devastated by his death.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 127 Votes: 76.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 69 Votes: 66.67% Annoying