A cikin 1887, lafiyar William I mai shekaru 90 ya ragu da sauri, yana nuna cewa gadon sarauta yana kusa. Duk da haka, yarima mai jiran gado ya yi rashin lafiya. Ƙarin rashin lafiya, likitoci sun gaya masa yana da ciwon daji na laryngeal. Don tabbatar da zarginsa, Frederick ya bincika likitan Birtaniya Morell Mackenzie, wanda bayan binciken da aka yi ba ya gano wata alama ta rashin lafiya. Tare da yarjejeniyar likitocinsa, Frederick ya tafi tare da matarsa zuwa Birtaniya don Golden Jubilee na Sarauniya Victoria a watan Yunin 1887. A wannan tafiya, ma'aurata sun kawo asirce zuwa Windsor Castle uku akwatuna cike da takardun sirri da suke so su kiyaye daga idanun Bismarck da Hohenzollerns.
ɗan majalisa Hugo von Radolinski da mai zane Götz de Seckendorff