Lugaretzia mentions a Greek Prince killed by a monkey. She is referring to Prince Alexander, son of King Constantine I. Trying to stop a fight between the King's Alsatian dog and a domestic Barbary macaque belonging to the Steward of the Palace grapevines, he was attacked by another monkey, sustaining deep bite wounds to the leg and torso. He died of sepsis three weeks later on October 25 1920.