![]() ![]() Stockmar took note especially of the prince’s “delicate stomach” when Albert was in his late teens Stockmar worried that his physical condition “cannot be called strong”. Baron Stockmar, his trusted German advisor – himself a qualified physician – noticed that Albert always had a tendency to tire easily after exercise and on such occasions was “apt to look pale and exhausted”. Up till the age of 10, Albert suffered repeated attacks of croup brought on by the slightest cold. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was a lifelong martyr to his weak constitution, so much so that it turned him into a hypochondriac who always became extremely depressed when ill.
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