I roto i te 1887, te hauora o te 90-tau-tawhito William ahau heke tere, tohu e ko tata te whakaurunga. Heoi, ko te piriniha karauna he mate hoki. nui atu ma'i, ka korerotia e nga taote ki a ia i te mate pukupuku taringa. Ki te whakapumautia tona whakapae, Frederick i tirotirohia e te taote Ingarangi Morell Mackenzie, i muri i te biopsy kihai i kitea tetahi tohu o te mate. Ki te whakaaetanga o ona taote, haere Frederick ki tana wahine ki Great Britain mo te Golden Jubilee o Kuini Wikitoria i roto i te Pipiri 1887. I runga i taua haerenga, kawea te tokorua ngaro ki Windsor Castle e toru pouaka ki tonu i ngā tuhinga whaiaro e hiahia ana ratou ki te pupuri i te atu i te kanohi o Bismarck me te Hohenzollerns. tonu hiahia ki te kino i te piriniha karauna, tonu te kaika o te rangatiratanga i tona intrigues ki a ia. Ki te awhina o te piriniha Victoria Radolyn me Hugo von Götzinski painter, i awhina ia ia ia ki te
ko Hugo von Radolinski me te kaituhi ko Götz de Seckendorff