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George and Charlotte with Admiral Howe on HMS Queen Charlotte, 1794. In the Regency Bill of 1789, the Prince of Wales was declared regent should the King become permanently insane, but it also placed the King himself, his court and minor children under the Queen's guardianship. [6]
George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820; ruled 1760–1820) exhibited signs of mental disorder, in the form of logorrhea, as early as 1788. He fell into a profound depression after the death of his beloved daughter Princess Amelia , and Parliament delegated his state duties to George, Prince of Wales .
George was born during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King George II, as the first son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Following his father's death in 1751, Prince George became heir apparent and Prince of Wales. He succeeded to the throne on George II's death in 1760.
Though the show is fictional, the real King George III did likely suffer from mental illness. George ascended to the throne at age 22, and was King of Great Britain until his death in 1820 at age 81.
Margaret Nicholson's attack on George III, as depicted in a contemporary print Margaret Nicholson (c. 1750 – 14 May 1828) was an Englishwoman who assaulted King George III in 1786. Her futile and somewhat half-hearted attempt on the King's life became famous and was featured in one of Shelley's first works: Posthumous Fragments of Margaret ...
Octavius in 1782, by Thomas Gainsborough. Prince Octavius was born on 23 February 1779, [2] [3] at Buckingham House in London. [4] He was the thirteenth child of King George III and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. [5]
The Madness of King George was the second highest-grossing British film of the year, behind Shallow Grave, with a gross of £4.6 million in the UK. [9] It debuted strongly at the US box office [ 10 ] and went on to gross $15,238,689 in the United States and Canada and $27.4 million worldwide.
Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe, previously Weld; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV of the United Kingdom). In 1785, they secretly contracted a marriage that was invalid under English civil law because his father, King George III , had not consented to it.