# Prince Albert's private life--yow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 4, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853 "2000-02-04T21:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/1 "2000-02-04T21:01:00Z")
OK, the other week I read in the newspaper (perfectly respectable daily)a reference to Prince Albert (he who was married to Queen Victoria) having had a pierced erm…organ, to which was attached a weight to ensure that the front of his tight trousers were always nice and smooth, thus showing us that men are willing to go just as far as women in the pursuit of beauty. My questions: Really? Where exactly was the piercing? Didn’t it hurt? Was this a common thing for rich Germans, or Englishmen, or anyone in the nobility? It doesn’t seem to have interfered with his virility any–why not? (I ask because, well, wasn’t the risk of infection back then pretty high?) Who else had this done, and how do we know all this? I’m serious here. Can anyone tell me about Prince Albert? –genie * * * We could swoop over trees And sweep under carpets We could dive into suns Tho’ it’s not recommended ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/2 "2000-02-04T21:06:00Z")
Is he still in the can? Let him out! * * * “East is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.” – Marx Read “Sundials” in the new issue of Aboriginal Science Fiction. [www.sff.net/people/rothman](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman) ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/3 "2000-02-04T21:06:00Z")
He lives in a can. Wait. Wrong joke. ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/4 "2000-02-04T21:11:00Z")
From what I understand, a “Prince Albert” piercing is hole that is made in the tip of the penis, going in the ‘pee hole’ and exiting through the head. How one derives pleasure from that, is another question entirely! 🙂 * * * The most rewarding part was when I got my money! -Dr. Nick Riviera ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/5 "2000-02-04T21:15:00Z")
Well, Hi there genie. Welcome to this board. I’m afraid I don’t know details about Prince Albert and his pendulous penis, so I’ll just make something up. Invariable after I do this someone will come along, call me an idiot, and give his or her guess. So, here it is: Prince Albert, in his time was known for his exceedingly short penis. There was even a canned fish purveyor who changed its name to “Prince Albert Sardines,” as a joke. Anyway, the good prince hung weight on his member in hopes of making it grow larger. He covered this act by claiming that it was his vanity and his desire to have smooth fronted trousers. So there you have it. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/6 "2000-02-04T21:31:00Z")
The “Prince Albert” piercing is a ring that goes through the “pee hole”(urethra) and comes out underneath (an illustration can be found here: [http://www.5-ave.com/piercing/images/bpg31.jpg](http://www.5-ave.com/piercing/images/bpg31.jpg) ). The nature of this piercing precludes future urinal usage. I haven’t heard (or, thank god, seen) any evidence that Prince Albert had a Prince Albert. Most of the people I’ve heard of who get one do so because they say it enhances sex, not because their schlong ruins the cut of their dockers. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/7 "2000-02-04T21:32:00Z")
The “Prince Albert” piercing is a ring that goes through the “pee hole”(urethra) and comes out underneath (an illustration can be found here: [http://www.5-ave.com/piercing/images/bpg31.jpg](http://www.5-ave.com/piercing/images/bpg31.jpg) ). The nature of this piercing precludes future urinal usage. I haven’t heard (or, thank god, seen) any evidence that Prince Albert had a Prince Albert. Most of the people I’ve heard of who get one do so because they say it enhances sex, not because their schlong ruins the cut of their dockers. ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/8 "2000-02-04T22:15:00Z")
Ouch. Just how strong is that flesh? I mean, it’s pretty damn soft tissue at the tip (even when it’s erect). How in the hell could someone hang a weight from it without tearing the damn thing. Jeez, that would hurt. ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/9 "2000-02-04T22:19:00Z")
Ouch. Just how strong is that flesh? I mean, it’s pretty damn soft tissue at the tip (even when it’s erect). How in the hell could someone hang a weight from it without tearing the damn thing. Jeez, that would hurt. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/10 "2000-02-04T22:54:00Z")
All right, that’s it. I’ll never again click on a link in this mb. :eek: Peace, mangeorge * * * I only know two things; I know what I need to know And I know what I want to know Mangeorge, 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/11 "2000-02-04T23:09:00Z")
I’m not even a guy and I still have to say: Ow. * * * Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/12 "2000-02-05T00:40:00Z")
I don’t know if there’s any veracity to it at all, but a more detailed story on that wacky Vickie’s and her Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dumpling’s sex life, including ring story: [www.hom.net/~walkuere/news-AGR/victoria.html](http://www.hom.net/~walkuere/news-AGR/victoria.html) The author is apparantly a Tudor scholar, but there are no citations in the page (sloppy, sloppy, sloppy). I find it especially suspect that the piece appeared on alt.gossip.royalty. But I’ll keep looking. -andros- ---
**Author:** ![Prairie\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Prairie\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prairie_Rose)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/13 "2000-02-05T01:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Mr Thin Skin: > \*\* > Prince Albert, in his time was known for his exceedingly short penis. There was even a canned fish purveyor who changed its name to “Prince Albert Sardines,” as a joke. \*\* My hubby said that it’s called that because the pierced member looks like the key to a can of Prince Albert tuna fish. Note: The oral history of such matters is notoriously unreliable. Oh well. :rolleyes: Prairie Rose * * * If you’re not part of the solution you’re just scumming up the bottom of the beaker. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/14 "2000-02-05T02:01:00Z")
Don’t have anything to add to the OP, but Prince A certainly sired an amazing brood who all went on spreading their Royal Presence throughout Europe, and Russia. ---
**Author:** ![RobRoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@RobRoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobRoy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/15 "2000-02-06T06:55:00Z")
The skin and flesh between the urethra and the under side of the member is thin and easily pierced in one stroke. The joke is that the men who have them think it is such a sign of bravado to have had one done. It is not. Piercing cartiledge is worse, as is stretching any existing piercing. Weights hung from it are similarly aggrandized by the wearers. Usually they are only a few ounces at best (think a lid of reffer). It heals faster than any other piercing. Urine is sterile antiseptic and flushes the piercing. Nipples on the other hand are notorious for getting infected due to secretions of sebum… ---
**Author:** ![ubermensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bcef8e/32.png) [@ubermensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ubermensch)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-alberts-private-life-yow/6853/16 "2000-02-07T06:29:00Z")
ok. i’m interested in piercings, and body mods, etc. i don’t know the history, but i think i read somewhere that the PA piercing came before Prince Albert. if you want info, here’s a good link. but… IT SHOWS GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PIERCING [http://www.bme.freeq.com/pierce/09-male/pa/index.html](http://www.bme.freeq.com/pierce/09-male/pa/index.html) DO NOT GO THERE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE GRAPHIC MALE NUDITY don’t say i didn’t warn you. it also has personal stories about this piercing, healing info, and other great information about the piercing. the main site is an excellent source of information about any piercing known to man. and even some that aren’t known yet.