 He was given emeritus status by the University of Sussex in 1999.After "Germany without Bismarck" (1967), Röhl edited the political correspondence of Prince Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (1847–1921), the closest friend of Kaiser Wilhelm II until his fall from grace in a series of scandals in 1907–09, in three volumes under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.This edition, published in the series "Deutsche Geschichtsquellen des 19. und 20.