Posted by Gary
on 30/1/2011, 23:29:11, in reply to "Re: On this day in 1889"
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: I had always thought that this tragedy was a
: double suicide and have only recently read
: that it was a murder suicide with the crown
: prince killing his mistress. I wonder how
: unwilling she may have been to commit
: suicide?
She was apparently rapturously infatuated (and no doubt considered herself deeply in love) with him. She was a 17-year old girl who was manipulated by a severely depressed older man she idolized. An utterly horrendous situation.
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