The Tragic Death Of Prince William Of Gloucester

The man who would later be known as Prince William of Gloucester was born on December 18, 1941, a cousin of then-Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth (their fathers were brothers). At the time, he was fourth in line to the throne.

By the time he was an adult man, William had begun to crave a private and non-royal life, according to Honey, in the process setting an example that would later be followed by Harry, Prince of Wales.

And live a non-royal life he did. He took a day job in the British government, served in Tokyo and Lagos, and pursued his passions of flying airplanes, trekking through the Sahara Desert, and hot-air ballooning, according to the book William of Gloucester: Pioneer Prince. Perhaps shockingly for a royal, he fell in love, too — not with a well-heeled aristocratic British woman who would be perfect for a royal marriage, but with a Hungarian model named Zsuzsi Starkloff.

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