The permanently wilted left arm (crushed at birth) made him a weak child and completely arrogant Prussian clown not able to measure up. He always had the left gloved hand and sleeved arm attached to a sword scabbard— to hide his useless arm.
Exactly!
He couldn’t in his mind fit the Prussian ideal of what it was to be king!
I’ve read some biographies of him. You tend to feel sorry for him. He was Victoria’s favorite grandchild, was quite upset at her funeral.
Churchill later said if a Hohenzollern, a Hapsburg or a Wittlesbach had been left on their thrones there would have been no Hitler!