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TIL About Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Grandson of Queen Victoria and nephew to Kings Edward VIII and George VI. A member of German nobility he was a high ranking Nazi official and avoided imprisonment due to ill health and the intercession of some British Royals.

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