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What a dark and sad family secret now comes to light! This is truly a story that the British royals cannot be proud of, no wonder the cloak of silence has been spread over this episode in the Windsors’ lives for so long!
Uncle of Queen Elizabeth was hidden for years as a child!
No glory for the House of Windsor! A young child was simply kept from the public and had to eke out a living hidden away and deprived of many opportunities! It’s about Prince John (13†), the Queen’s uncle! Due to an illness, the young prince was simply hushed up and was to be ignored by the public at best! But how did this terrible family tragedy come about?
Due to his illness, the royal family hid him away!
Prince John was born in 1905, but the public was never to know much about him, a tragic fate befell the young prince! At just 4 years old, Queen Elizabeth’s uncle was diagnosed with epilepsy – almost a death sentence at the time! But instead of fighting for the young one, he was more or less locked away – such illnesses were considered a serious stigma at the time, which also reflected on the family. So the young one was simply ignored and shut out of royal life.
When the prince died, no one mourned! A lonely death at 13!
In 1919, John suffered a bad epileptic seizure and subsequently died in his sleep at the age of just 13. But no one really seemed to mourn the Prince, who had fallen into obscurity. “It was a great shock. But his death was also a great relief.”
wrote his own mother, Queen Mary, in her diary. His brother, Prince Edward, even reportedly wrote in a letter, “He was rather like an animal anyway. I should not mourn for such a thing.”. Harsh words, even taking into account the times!