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Some observers, noting also such acts of the new king as lighting cigars in places where Queen Victoria had always prohibited smoking, thought that his rejection of Albert as a reigning name was his acknowledgment that he was finally out from under his parents' shadows.

After an educational trip to Rome, undertaken in the first few months of 1859, he spent the summer of that year studying at the University of Edinburgh under, amongst others, Lyon Playfair.

As Barbara Tuchman noted in The Guns of August, his funeral marked "the greatest assemblage of royalty and rank ever gathered in one place and, of its kind, the last."

Edward was afraid that his nephew, the Kaiser, would tip Europe into war. The King's continued ill-health was unreported and he came in for some criticism for staying in France while political tensions were so high.

The next day he was sitting up in bed smoking a cigar. (No English or British sovereign has ever reigned under a double name.) The new King declared that he chose the name Edward as an honored name borne by six of his predecessors, and that he did not wish to diminish the status of his father with whom alone among royalty the name Albert should be associated.

He was likeable, sociable and outgoing but became known as a playboy interested in horse racing, shooting, eating, drinking and other men�s wives.

In 1863 he married Alexandra of Denmark and the marriage was a reasonably happy producing 6 children. Two other Perth landmarks are named in his honor, Kings Park and His Majesty's Theatre, the latter a rare example of an Edwardian Theater.

Victoria herself was of two minds as to whether it was a suitable match given the political climate.^[3] After the couple's marriage, she expressed anxiety about their lifestyle and attempted to dictate to them on various matters, including the names of their children. The Life and Times of Edward VII. The Saville Row Story An Illustrated History.

Edward involved himself heavily in discussions over army reform, the need for which had become apparent with the failings of the South African War. He supported the re-design of army command, the creation of the Territorial Army, and the decision to provide an Expeditionary Force supporting France in the event of war with Germany.^[16] Reform of the navy was also suggested, and a dispute arose between Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who favored increased spending and a broad deployment, and the First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John Fisher, who favored scrapping obsolete vessels, efficiency savings, and deploying in home waters, as a means of countering the increasing menace of the German fleet.

This so-called tradition of Sandringham Time continued until 1936, when it was abolished by Edward VIII.

This was at a time when appendicitis was not treated operatively and thus, carried with it a mortality rate of greater than 50 percent. Then 59, he had been heir apparent for longer than anyone else in British history. The King replied, "I am very glad," his final words.

Agnes Keyser, as recorded by author Raymond Lamont-Brown in his book, Edward VII's Last Loves: Alice Keppel and Agnes Keyser, held an emotional bond with Edward that others did not, due to her being unmarried herself, and preferring a more private affair to a public one.

His presence ensured publicity, and reports of Masonic meetings at all levels appeared regularly in the national and local press. Having mistresses was at the time not uncommon amongst the aristocracy, but his mother despaired of him and kept him away from taking an active part in politics even after Albert's death and she was elderly and retired to Balmoral and Osborne.

He attended both Oxford and Cambridge and briefly joined the army. In 1896, his horse, Persimmon, won both the Derby Stakes and the St Leger Stakes; Persimmon's brother, Diamond Jubilee, won all five classic races (Derby, St Leger, Two Thousand Guineas, Newmarket Stakes, and Eclipse Stakes) in a single year, 1900.

In 1875, the Prince set off for India on an extensive eight-month tour of the sub-continent.