The drama of the III Duke of Edinburgh: gambling addiction, unfaithful and death by suicide

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One of the most fascinating characters in the history of royalty was Victoria of England, who was popularly called

because her descendants were linked to other European families.

Of the nine offspring he had together with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, LOC recovers the figure of

, Duke of Edinburgh whose title Prince Edward (59) has just inherited at the behest of his older brother, King Charles III (74) from England.

In this way, the new monarch has complied with the wishes of his parents since after his wedding with Sofía de Essex (58) in 1999, Queen Elizabeth II and Felipe, Duke of Edinburgh, asked him if he would like to hold a title created up to four times.

The first was in 1723 by order of King George I of Great Britain who

who, upon his death, inherited it from his son, Prince George, who, upon ascending the throne as King George III, the title passed to the Crown and ceased to exist.

Queen Victoria of Great Britain restored it in 1866 for her second son, Prince Alfred, to whom the Duchy of York should have corresponded by order of succession, as happened in the case of Prince Andrew, ex-husband of Fergie.

After Alfredo's marriage to the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia - paternal aunt of Nicholas II,

- six children were born, the firstborn being Prince Alfredo, who inherited the title.

But a tragic event caused the dukedom to revert to the Crown.

He decided to shoot himself for his gambling debts and his problems with a lover

Queen Victoria's grandson fell into the underworld of underground drinking and gambling, eventually losing hundreds of thousands of pounds in seedy slums.

Due to his bad life, he always had an emaciated and sickly physical appearance that was not overlooked during the celebration of the silver wedding anniversary of his parents.

That night, Prince Alfred was somewhat bewildered.

He posed for the family album and shortly after he retired to his rooms, claiming some indisposition.

Without anyone expecting it, he died on February 6, 1899. Different European newspapers spread rumors about the real cause of his death, including syphilis, a brain disorder, nervous depression with severe pain in the skull, and

. .

Apparently, this member of the Victorian era decided to shoot himself because of his gambling debts and his problems with a lover.

The Dukedom of Edinburgh reverted to his father, who died in 1900. In the absence of male descendants, the title reverted to the Crown.

It was not until November 1947 that King George VI recreated the title again to grant it to his son-in-law, Philip of Mountbatten, who

, Princess Elizabeth.

For seventy-four years, the royal consort proudly displayed one of the most important titles of the British monarchy.

After passing away in 2021 he returned to the Crown and, on the occasion of Edward, Earl of Wessex's birthday, the new king of the country gave him one of his best gifts.

From that moment, he is already known as Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Sofia is the Duchess of Edinburgh and his son, Jacobs (15), is already the current Earl of Wessex.

Her sister Luisa (19) stays as she was as she will remain Lady Luisa Mountbatten-Windsor.

With this coup, Carlos III has returned to despise his brother, Prince Andrew (63), Duke of York,

in recent years.

Above all, as a result of his association with the sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

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