Prince William of Gloucester

Names
	William Henry Andrew Frederick

Prince William
Prince William
	William in 1971
Born	18 December 1941; Hadley Common, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Died	28 August 1972 (aged 30); Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire, England
Burial	2 September 1972; Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire
Names
Names
	William Henry Andrew Frederick
House	Windsor
Father	Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Mother	Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge; Stanford University;

Prince William of Gloucester (William Henry Andrew Frederick; 18 December 1941 – 28 August 1972) was a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, he was a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II. At birth he was fourth in line to the throne; he was ninth in line at the time of his death.

A Cambridge and Stanford graduate, he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office serving in Lagos and Tokyo, before returning to take over royal duties. He led an active life, flying Piper aircraft,^[1] trekking through the Sahara,^[1] and hot air ballooning.^[1]

He was the most recent descendant of George III to be diagnosed with porphyria, probably hereditary, which is conjectured to be the illness that caused George III's mental breakdown.^[2]

Prince William died in 1972, aged 30, in an air crash while piloting his plane in a competition.

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^ Röhl, John C.G.; Warren, Martin; Hunt, David (1998). Purple Secret: Genes, 'Madness', and the Royal Houses of Europe. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-0552145503.

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[purplesecret-2] Röhl, John C.G.; Warren, Martin; Hunt, David (1998). Purple Secret: Genes, 'Madness', and the Royal Houses of Europe. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-0552145503.

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