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In 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story', viewers meet King George III and his wife Charlotte. Here are some theories about his real-life diagnosis and illness.
What does King George have in Queen Charlotte? What is wrong with him? Explaining the true story behind the monarch's illness. A historian says it's likely porphyria.
In the prequel series 'Queen Charlotte,' audiences are given a deeper portrait of King George and Queen Charlotte's marriage, and how his mental illness affected them. Here's why that matters.
The mental illness of George III is the basis of the plot in The Madness of King George, a 1994 British film based upon the 1991 Alan Bennett play, The Madness of George III. The closing credits of the film include the comment that the King's symptoms suggest that he had porphyria, and note that the disease is "periodic, unpredictable, and ...
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.
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. [15]
King George III has mystified historians for centuries—and now, he's mystifying 'Queen Charlotte' viewers, too. We're separating fact from fiction when it comes to the king's "madness."
Queen Charlotte was played by Frances White in the 1979 television series Prince Regent, by Helen Mirren in the 1994 film The Madness of King George, [74] by Golda Rosheuvel in the 2020 Netflix original series Bridgerton, [75] and by India Amarteifio in her younger years and Rosheuvel, in her older years, in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.