Quite. So your take on Fredersdorff/Fritz? One German historian referred to Fredersdorff as "the Prussian Pompadour" (meaning not just favourite, but "favourite who at first has a sexual romance with the King which later fades away but remains emotionally important throughout the King's life, and is politically involved in ruling the Kingdom till death"). And Fritz did name him as one of the six people in his life he truly loved.

On a less serious and more "bizarre episode in the lives of German Royalty" note, the whole Dresden interlude is so bizarre that I feel we have to acquaint cahn with it. Since according to Wilhelmine, it went down roughly thusly:

"And then there was the time Dad and Fritz went on a state visit to Dresden when Fritz was 16. King August got them drunk, showed them around and then presented them with a naked beauty. Dad went scarlet and covered Fritz' eyes with his hands. Wasn't very effective. The naked beauty turned out to be the Countess Orzelska who was August's illegitimate daughter and his mistress. She also slept with one of her half brothers. And with Fritz, whom she deflowered during that visit. And here you thought we were the most dysfunctional German royals of our time! P.S. I'm not publishing this until years after my death."