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Part One: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

Behind the Bastards

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The Prince of Prussia and the Prince of Wales

In 1874, 15-year-old Prince Wilhelm started classes at Castle Polytechnic. Peter thought it would be good for the prince to learn that he's not the smartest person in the room. He knew was not all of that bright to be humiliated by getting bested by his social inferiors. "We all wish that had been the case"

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