# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Da8H3YBIfiH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68174041-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d4309ab227.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-18T15:35:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

1782: Prince Alfred died just before his second birthday after a smallpox inoculation. Less than a year later, his brother Octavius was given the exact same treatment — and died the same way, aged four.

The royal household called it a cold.

Coincidence, or a warning ignored?

#BritishHistory #UKHistory #GeorgianEra

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