Bayan mutuwar Sarki Frederick William IV a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1861, ɗan'uwansa, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai mulki tun 1858, ya hau gadon sarauta a matsayin Sarki William I. Frederick shi ne sabon yarima mai jiran gado na Prussia amma yanayinsa a kotu bai canza ba sosai: mahaifinsa ya ƙi ƙara yawan kyautarsa, kuma Gimbiya Victoria ta ci gaba da ba da gudummawa sosai ga kasafin kuɗin iyali tare da sadaki da alawus. A cikin wata wasika ga Baron von Stockmar, Yarima Albert ya yi sharhi game da halin da ake ciki: Tambaya: Wa Yarima Albert ya rubuta game da amfani da sadakin Gimbiya Victoria a matsayin babbar gudummawa ga kasafin kuɗin iyali bayan Sarki Frederick William IV ya mutu?
Baron von Stockmar