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What was King George III's character like before he went mad?

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He was, like his father and grandfather and most of his sons, profoundly stupid. It is one of the great joys that it was the stupidity of the Hanoverian Kings of Britain allowed the development of a representative form of government. read more

When Prince Alfred died in 1782 before the age of 2, George was deeply distressed, and when Prince Octavius, of whom he had been especially fond, died the following year at the age of 4, he was heartbroken. read more

George III's medical records show that the king was given medicine based on gentian. This plant, with its deep blue flowers, is still used today as a mild tonic, but may turn the urine blue. So maybe it wasn't the king's"madness" that caused his most famous symptom. read more

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