This is true of other royals worldwide as well.
Manyroyals died far too young, and plenty of others dealt with major catastrophes.
Rank and privilege obviously do not insulate royalty fromdevastating accidents, early death, or near-death experiences.
No, the following royal families know all too well the pain of unexpected loss and tragedy.
King George VI had a famously unconventional relationship with the crown and his own kingship.
Countless lives were lost.
King George VI’s death was particularly painful for his two daughters.
Then-Princess Elizabeth was only 25 when she unexpectedly became queen.
She returned as queen to bury the beloved king.
Prince William of Gloucester was Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin.
He was athletic, adventurous, attractive, and charming.
Prince William was the eldest son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott.
His father, Prince Henry, King George VI’s younger brother.
His mother was in the audience.
The burns William sustained were so severe that his body was later identified through dental records.
He was only 30 years old.
He was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army in 1979 as the group was seeking independence from British rule.
Mountbatten was an officer in the British Navy, and he later held the position of Viceroy of India.
Lord Mountbatten and his family frequently vacationed at Classiebawn Castle, situated on the west coast of Ireland.
Mountbatten’s funeral was held on September 5, 1979, at Westminster Abbey.
The prince then shot himself, but he did not die immediately.
After being pronounced brain dead, his uncle, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, became king.
Dipendra’s motivation for the killing wasn’t totally clear.
However, Dipendra was also reportedly upset about his father’s plans to turn Nepal into a constitutional monarchy.
Dipendra,reports say, felt that his father was relinquishing the crown’s power.
Outside, he was very much gentle, very much liked by everyone."
Her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed, and the driver of the vehicle also died in the wreck.
Diana was only 36 years old.
However, the country interpreted the queen’s distance as indifference.
His conspiracies led to an inquest, but Mohamed’s theories proved to be unfounded.
Margaret had suffered from health issues for years.
In 1985, she had part of a lung removed after a lifetime of heavy smoking.
The queen, never one to show emotion, did appear to cry at the funeral.
Tragically,the Queen Motherdied shortly after her youngest daughter on March 30, 2002.
She attended Margaret’s funeral despite her poor health.
But Gan-Gan dragged herself out of her sickbed, and shortly after that day took a bad fall."
The Queen Mother never fully recovered, dying several weeks later at the age of 101.
Formerly Grace Kelly, an esteemed actor, married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.
Together, they welcomed three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stephanie.
Both Grace and Stephanie were rushed to hospital.
The year was just the beginning ofscandals that would surround Prince Andrewfor decades to come.
In March, he and his then-wife, Sarah Ferguson, announced their separation.
In April,Princess Anne got a divorcefrom Mark Phillips.
Rumors were already widely circulating that Anne was in a relationship with the queen’s equerry Timothy Laurence.
The media was in a frenzy about the royals, and the family was constantly in tabloid publications.
In the fall, part of Windsor Castle burned in a fire.
The year ended with Princess Diana and then-Prince Charles separating, increasing tabloid fodder.
A bad year for the royals, indeed.
In October 1986, she met then-Prince Naruhito.
She and the prince courted for six years, with Naruhito proposing three times before Masako finally accepted.
Nevertheless, they married in 1993.
Still, Masako struggled in her new role.
Her travel was extremely restricted, and she admitted that this caused her considerable grief.
Sadly, Masako suffered a miscarriage in 1999.
He was 59 years old.
Albert’s death was fraught with mystery and conspiracy.
“The true facts were that Albert was opposed to war,” Hutchison said.
A man with a rope around his waist does not go climbing by himself.
There were no bruises on the body.
In other words, he was rapped on the back of the head."
Although he was able to be revived, his brain was damaged due to a lack of oxygen.
“This resulted in a heart attack that lasted about 50 minutes.
… Fifty minutes of reanimation is very, very long, one might even say too long.”
Dr. Wolfgang Koller, the head of trauma at the hospital treating the prince, told theBBC.
Johan was a beloved figure in his country.
He and Smit went on to welcome two daughters, Luana and Zaria.
They were headed to Iceland on non-operational duties but crashed in Dunbeath, a village in Caithness, Scotland.
George died in the crash, along with all of the others, save one person.
George was buried at the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore near Windsor Castle.
