A disgraced relative of the last Kaiser of Imperial Germany has killed himself in a suicide plunge from the roof of a luxury hotel.
Carlos Patrick Godehard, Prince of Hohenzollern, 39, fell from the 21st-floor roof terrace of the Intercontinental Hotel in Frankfurt.
He had been allowed out of the jail where he was serving a four-year sentence for swindling at the weekend when he apparently took his own life.
Police have ruled out an accident and no other suspects are being sought.
The prince was serving his sentence at Euskirchen and was due to be released in July. He was allowed out of jail as part of the preparations for freedom and drove the 200 miles to Frankfurt on Friday morning.
His body was found on the same day at 2.40pm. He died instantly.
His father was the famous art collector, Godehard Prince of Hohenzollern. Prince Carlos, born in Munich, later grew up in the castle ‘Burg Namedy’ in Andernach and inherited a multi-million-pound fortune.
When he was 28 he went into partnership with a businessman to set up Hohenzollern Communications in Hamburg.
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