Tragedies That Shook Royal Families Around The World

Prince William, Duke Of Gloucester, Left His Love Heartbroken

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Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, was the current Queen’s cousin. An avid flyer, the prince joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office where he served in Lagos and Toyko.

While competing in the Goodyear Internation Air Trophy in England, the plane he was flying clipped a tree, flipped over, and burst into flames, killing him at the age of 30 in 1972. Years later, Jewish Hungarian model Zsuzsi Starkloff came forward to say that she had a relationship with the prince, who wanted to marry her. According to her, her ancestry and the fact she was a twice-divorcee saw the royal family forbid it. To this day, she wears Prince William’s ring around her neck.