Monday, January 18, 2010

What did Queen Victoria give Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein after he was shot by her son hunting?

Just a bit of trivia, I heard this question on a radio phone in once and it was after a song I'd taped, I listened to the tape for a further three years but never found the answer to this question which I heard every time I played the tape.What did Queen Victoria give Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein after he was shot by her son hunting?
I would imagine she gave him a very large brandy dear boy!What did Queen Victoria give Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein after he was shot by her son hunting?
The Prince was age 60 when he was shot, and had been married to Queen Victoria's daughter for 25 years and had several children, The answer is probably a knighthood, since he was appointed a ';knight of the garter'; at some point in his later life. He died past WW1 at the age of 81.


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For the last few months of his life his title was reduced from


# His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein to simply


# His Royal Highness Prince Christian


to counter anti-German feeling among the citizens.
Good question....perhaps Paco have correct answer. Prince Christian indeed gentleman, He not complain.








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A momentary loss of grip of the Purdey 12-bore, is the cause of this dreadful shooting accident.





He is taken immediately inside the house, but the royal physicians on call can do little to save his damaged eyes.





Prince Christian loses one eye entirely, and the other is severely damaged.





But don't worry.





This genial man didn't blame his brother-in-law once.





In fact, he was promptly fitted with a glass eyeball, and one of his particular party tricks, which had the other guests laughing into their hankies, was to dig out his glass eyeball and hold it aloft triumphantly.





Then, as his audience gasped, he would ask for his valet to bring his velour-lined eyeball case, and pop another bloodshot blue eyeball, into the socket.





His younger daughter, Princess Marie-Louise, wrote about this party trick of her dad's, in her engaging memoirs.





Prince Christian lived on for 25 more years.





No charges were brought against Prince Arthur, who later became a very popular Governor-General of Canada.








** Have hear Queen Victoria pay for glass eye....also....She give Prince Christian free lifetime pass for all Bay City Rollers concert....also....complimentary backstage pass. Ripper....eh?
A copy of Dick Cheney's autobiography.
A box of chocolates.
A ******** to revive him.
She gave him what for. And then a swift kick in the knickers.
a blowie ?
the bird

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