 After suffering bouts of fever and continuing problems with his chest, Prince Alfred died on 20 August 1782, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, not even two years old.Although the household did not go into mourning (it was not prescribed for royal children younger than fourteen), his parents took the loss harshly.According to Lady Charlotte Finch, the Queen "cried vastly" and was "very much hurt by her loss and the King also."