The King Who Lost America | How Mad Was King George? | BBC Select

for many years I I've been fascinated by my ancestor King George III in fact so fascinated that uh some 30 years ago the author John Brooke asked me to write the forward to his book on the king George III LED Great Britain through 60 years of enormous social upheaval the Industrial Revolution and the terrible hardships inflicted by war with Napoleon yet history remembers him above all as the Mad King or the king who lost America this is a travesty of his real life story I I've read the doctor's reports and the King's correspondence in the Royal archives and I concluded that yes he was Ill but he was not insane there really is a veil of obscurity that hinders our understanding of King George III's true personality and I believe it is time to reassess our view of him

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Id: AbIi71FjjKo

Length: 1min 15sec (75 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 24 2023