TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father royalcentral.co.uk Submitted by Brotherdodge t3_zyvbac on December 30, 2022 at 8:28 AM in todayilearned 86 comments 1,285
_Haverford_ t1_j29wo8j wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:28 PM History sure went hard here to cover-up a suicide. Edit: Reading below that dresses were cleaned with kerosene. Maybe it truly was a freak accident. Permalink −2−
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