Riddle of Prince Albert's death finally solved 150 years after his death after researchers find he was suffering from Crohn's disease

The truth about how Prince Albert died has finally been solved - 150 years after his death.

Historians have discovered that Queen Victoria's beloved Albert died not from typhoid fever as Victorian doctors assumed but by Crohn's disease.

The inflammatory bowel condition was not known to medical science at the time of his death just before Christmas in 1841 but is treatable today.

The Prince was thought to have suffered from the condition for a number of years before he died at the age of 42 leaving behind nine children and Queen Victoria.

It is well documented that his death left the Queen distraught....