Albert Edward was born to Victoria and Albert on Nov. 9, 1841. He was a terrible student; it is possible he was dyslexic, Weintraub writes, and highly probable that he suffered from attention deficit disorder. ... His parents could not change Bertie's "alarming temper and his sluggish intellect," Weintraub informs us.

What was wrong with prince Bertie?

He died of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace in 1910 and was succeeded by his second son George V.

Did Victoria's son Bertie have a learning disability?

From an early age Bertie obstinately refused to conform to his father's plan for the royal children's education. Here was no renaissance prince in the making: despite being stuffed with facts and theory he found learning difficult and was unable to concentrate.