Questions about the Mayerling incident?
So the actual Mayerling incident was covered up by the Imperial Family, but why keep it a secret???
shareAs far as I know (as an Austrian), they tried to keep it a secret just because the crown prince shot his 17-year-old mistress and himself - back then that would have been a huge scandal. It would have been still nowadays, I assume.
shareThere were 2 reasons: The first one was stated by Gernot -the Crown Prince was married and shot himself and his lover.
The second reason is that suicide is considered a sin by the catholic church and thus the catholic emperor Franz Joseph could not have it that his son would do something like this.
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But why couldn't they admit it to the public???
"Did you think that I would harm her?"-The Phantom
Such a revelation would have badly damaged the prestige and credibility of the Royal House of Hapsburg, and therefore damaged it's ability to rule. The Hapsburg Monarchy was already tottering dangerously, a scandal such as the murder/suicide at Mayerling could've brought down the whole house of cards. It's no wonder to me that a cover-up was tried.
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