1913年5月24日，柏林全城均歡慶德皇獨女維多利亞公主與漢諾威家族繼承人結婚，為兩家族數十年明爭暗鬥畫上句號。為展現友好態度，德皇批准兩人繼承絕嗣的賓士域公國。歐洲各國皇室均齊集柏林歡慶，未有人想到此竟為婚禮上許多人最後一次見面。 婚禮當晚，德皇威廉與好友共醉，竟至通宵達旦。 翌晨德皇昏倒在床，宮中僕從以為其純屬醉倒，未有為意。到中午，德皇終於甦醒，驚覺極為頭痛，遠超一般宿醉情況。原來婚禮前德皇已有感冒徵狀，卻堅持主持婚禮，不肯休息。劇痛的德皇急急呼叫隨從，卻發現叫聲不清、言語困難。 隨從隨即趕到，並傳喚御醫治理。數十分鐘間，威廉情況卻已迅速惡化；至御醫趕到時，已無法言語，呼吸幾近困難。經醫生診斷，威廉急性中風，性命危殆。儘管御醫強行為威廉續命，卻無法恢復其言語能力，且其腦部出現異常，一直處於瀕死狀態。 5月27日，帝國議會召開緊急會議，通過《1913年攝政法案》，任命皇太子威廉為德意志帝國、普魯士王國攝政王。 此時威廉狀態依然未有好轉，皇后奧古斯塔一直守候。 內閣本打算隱瞞消息，但帝國議會牽涉人數太多，難以確保無人洩密。帝國總理及攝政王終決定

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