Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ile kim çıktı?

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward; 8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892), was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). From the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne, but did not become king or Prince of Wales because he died before both his father and paternal grandmother Queen Victoria.

Albert Victor was known to his family, and many later biographers, as "Eddy". When he was young, he travelled the world extensively as a Royal Navy cadet, and as an adult, he joined the British Army, but did not undertake any active military duties. After two unsuccessful courtships, he became engaged to be married to his second cousin once removed Princess Victoria Mary of Teck in late 1891. A few weeks later, he died during a major pandemic. Mary later married his younger brother, the future King George V.

Albert Victor's intellect, sexuality, and mental health have been the subject of speculation. Rumours in his time linked him with the Cleveland Street scandal, which involved a homosexual brothel. However, there is no conclusive evidence that he ever went there, or that he was homosexual. Some authors have argued that he was the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, or that he was otherwise involved in the murders, but contemporaneous documents show that Albert Victor could not have been in London at the time of the murders, and the claim is widely dismissed.

Teckli Mary (doğum adıyla: Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 Mayıs 1867 – 24 Mart 1953) 6 Mayıs 1910 – 20 Ocak 1936 tarihleri arasında; Birleşik Krallık ve İngiliz Dominyonları kraliçeliği, 1947 yılına kadar Hindistan imparatoriçeliği yapmıştır. Birleşik Krallık kralı, Hindistan İmparatoru ve Britanya Denizaşırı Toprakları Kralı V. George'in eşidir.

Mary, ilk olarak Birleşik Krallık Veliaht Prensi (İkinci Sırada), Clarence and Avondale Dükü, Prens Albert Victor ile nişanlılık yaşamış, daha sonraları dükün ölmesiyle, tahtın üçüncü vârisi ve sonradan Kral V. George ile evlilik yapmış, sonunda 5 çocuk dünyaya getirmiştir. Oğlu Prens Edward'ın Ocak 1936'da VIII. Edward olarak tahta çıkmasıyla oğlu Kral VI. George'un ölümüne kadar Ana Kraliçe olmuştur. 6 Şubat 1952'de oğlu Kral VI. George öldü. En büyük torunu Prenses Elizabeth, Kraliçe II. Elizabeth olarak tahta çıktı.

Kraliçe Mary, torununun taç giyme töreninden on hafta önce, 24 Mart 1953'te 85 yaşında uykusunda öldü. Ölmeden önce ölürse taç giyme töreninin ertelenmemesi gerektiğini söylemiştir. Windsor Kalesi'ndeki St George Şapelinde kocasının yanına gömülmüştür.