February 13, 1899
Although his family have officially stated that the Hereditary Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha suffered from "brain trouble," it is now believed that the young prince committed suicide at a sanitarium in Meran. He had been taken from Berlin to Meran, owing to a gambling scandal "compromising him gravely." The prince shot himself in the head, "the wound proving fatal after several days."
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