Talk:Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

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Has anyone got ant evidence on the assumption that he may be the son of Dleep Singh... I mean where has this come from?

Stories circulated at the time that, on a visit by Duleep Singh to England, Victoria was captivated by him, and had a sexual affair that resulted in her pregnancy with Leopold. Both Albert and Victoria showered Duleep Singh with affection, and he also had a close and personal relationship with Prince Leopold, which touched observers. This is the source of the gossip, but it is most likely just gossip; Leopold was a haemophiliac, a gene that later showed itself in many branches of the royal family at the time. As far as its credence, it's not mentioned in the ODNB articles of either Leopold or Singh, but it may be mentioned in full-length biographies. PeterSymonds | talk 08:45, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chloroform

In the WP article on Leopold's sister and Victoria's youngest child, Beatrice, it says the use of chloroform was sanctioned by Victoria by her use of it during Beatrice's birth. However, this article suggests she first used it during Leopold's delivery. Can anyone clear this up? ANB (talk) 00:12, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first use of chloroform by QV was at the birth of Leopold. This was well recorded at the time (both by Doctors. politicians, and by QV and PA) and there is no disoute regarding this. Plutonium27 (talk) 17:13, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Use of the adjective "gubernatorial"?

The article states that the Duke of Albany later "pursued gubernatorial appointments in both Canada and Australia, but was rejected in part due to his health problems." In Australia the adjective "gubernatorial" is not used; the appropriate adjective is "vice-regal". I think the same is true for Canada. I suggest that "gubernatorial" be replaced by "vice-regal".Rithom (talk) 04:20, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vice-regal would apply to governors-general, not to governors of Australian states, no? "Gubernatorial" doesn't seem right, though - it feels like a very American term. Why not avoid an adjective altogether, if we can reword? john k (talk) 16:15, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In Australia the adjective "vice-regal" is used for both the Governor-General and the state Governors. They are all representatives of the Crown. It's the appropriate adjective in this case.Rithom (talk) 02:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Cause of death

I have edited and corrected the cause of death: it was inexplicably stated that injury from Leopold's fall in Cannes was confined to his knee and that he died from the effects of the morphine given as analgesia for that, combined with "claret taken at dinner." Unsurprisingly, no references were cited. Leopold died of cerebral haemorrhage - the only possible debate is whether it was caused by this fall or was a slow bleed from some previous mishap. Given his haemophilia, it is unlikely he could have withstood the effects of such an internal injury for long, therefore the liklihood is that he did hit his head when falling and this is accepted by his biographers. Plutonium27 (talk) 17:20, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Haemophiliac

I did a fairly cursory search on the prince and hemophilia (my spelling) and found multiple reliable-looking mentions of his "mild" hemophilia, but nothing that qualified as a source.

Doesn't anybody out there have a bio they can cite? GeorgeTSLC (talk) 14:11, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seaforth Highlanders?

Was Leopold not a patron of the Seaforth Highlanders? Did he hold a ceremonial rank in the Seaforths? I heard that the silver letter "L" that appears next to the stags head on the Seaforth Highlanders cap badge stands for Leopold and was given to the Seaforths by the prince in recognition of their achievements. If that is correct its worth a mention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.35.235 (talk) 19:58, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved your post to the bottom of the page - please always leave new posts at the BOTTOM of a Wikipedia page, not the top. British Army regiments do not routinely have "patrons", but Leopold was the Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, which is the ceremonial figurehead role. Such appointments are routine for members of the royal family, but there is no reason why it shouldn't be mentioned - I'll inlcude a note in the article. This may well be the origin of the "L" on the historic cap badge, although we'd need to find an independent source to confirm this before including it in the article. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 02:32, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alice or Edith?

"… At the funeral of Alice Liddell on 30 June 1876, Prince Leopold served as a pall-bearer.[18]…"

It is stated elsewhere in this wikipedia that Prince Leopold served as pall-bearer at the funeral of Edith Liddell. Alice died in 1934. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell>

201.214.215.29 (talk) 16:03, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New image perhaps

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_Leopold,_Duke_of_Albany.png

I feel this image is much better than the current one - much clearer, in fact one of the clearest images of the subject of this article, with an unobscured face, staring straight ahead. The moustache and beard he wore for most of his adult life are visible. --121.99.126.230 (talk) 07:05, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]