I'm wondering if the theory you heard about Queen Victoria was that she must have been fathered by someone other than the Prince? I heard that he did not have hemophilia, nor did his family have a history so it would have been impossible for him to really have been her father.
Recent research into sperm and fertility shows that the sperm of older men is more likely to have genetic defects. Victoria’s putative father was 51 when she was born. This doesn’t exclude the possibility that the real father was someone else. Of course, the idea that Queen Victoria was illegitimate is a salacious tidbit, and without absolute proof to the contrary it is certain never to be put to rest.
I can’t see the Royal Family allowing tests to be done, even if father and daughter’s remains are in a state that would allow it to be possible. I mean, what purpose does it serve?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso%2C_Prince_of_Asturias_%281907-1938%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infante_Gonzalo_of_Spain
That is the theory the author presents. He believes that Victoria’s royal “father” was unable or unwilling to be a father, so her mother looked elsehere. His basis for this theory is the idea that in Victoria there was introduction of the hemophilia gene as well as the elimination of the porphyria gene. A double mutation. The author thinks this highly unlikely to have occurred.
As for the Spanish connection Victoria’s grandaughter, Ena married the King of Spain. They had five sons and two daughters. Three sons were hemophiliacs.
The author believes that protecting the secret of the illnesses of the heirs both in Russia and Spain contributed to the downfall of the Royal houses in both countries.