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They met when Prince Edward was spending ten weeks at Curragh Camp in Ireland with the Grenadier Guards in summer 1861. Prince Edward had previously been a sexual novice, so his fellow officers arranged for Nellie to bed the Prince. Information about the incident reached the Prince"s parents.
Albert died soon after, and Queen Victoria blamed her husband"s death on worry over Prince Edward"s conduct.
He had been "killed by that dreadful business", she said. The Prince of Wales"s affair with Nellie soon ended.
