Did George III formally abdicate?

There are few incidents in the recent history of the British monarchy more dramatic than the abdication of Edward VIII on 11 December 1936, not least because the act was captured so vividly in the radio-broadcast speech, which Edward delivered that same day. read more

In that George spoke of retiring to Hanover, his proposed abdication had more in common with the action of another monarch presiding over a multiple kingdom, the abdication on his accession to the Spanish throne in 1759 of Charles III from the monarchies of Naples and Sicily in favour of his son. read more

No. He was twice displaced by his son, who however only became George IV of the United Kingdom when George III died. From 1810 he had most of the powers of a monarch, with George III hopelessly mad. read more