The Prince of Wales is the victim…

The Prince of Wales is the victim of an attempted assassination when fifteen-year-old Jean-Baptiste Sipido shoots at him in protest over the Second Boer War on his way to Denmark through Belgium on  April 4, 1900.

Sipido, though obviously guilty, will be acquitted by a Belgian court because he was underage.

The perceived laxity of the Belgian authorities, combined with British disgust at Belgian atrocities in the Congo, worsen the already poor relations between the United Kingdom and the Continent.

However, in the next ten years, Edward's affability and popularity, as well as his use of family connections, will assist Britain in building European alliances.