Not many men in the history of the British Royal Family have ever been remembered as positively as Prince Albert, who was married to Queen Victoria and served as her royal consort—but few know his dark history.
As a young man, a friend told Casanova that he was bound to pay the price for his depraved lifestyle eventually. Casanova laughed him off—unaware that his friend's words would come true in the most gruesome way possible.
When King Charles VI was just 23, he contracted an illness that made his hair and nails fall out and caused convulsions. It was mysterious and terrifying—and it was about to get worse.