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When he was Prince of Wales, the eventual George IV was called Prinny. He was also called the Prince of Whales because of his size. George III and Queen Charlotte's first daughter whose name was also Charlotte was called 'Royal' although she was not officially given the title of Princess Royal...

I'm pretty sure Victoria was the daughter of the Duke of Kent, in some of the later protraits and photographs she even looks a lot like him! She certainly wasn't Jonh Conroy's daughter since the Duchess of Kent didn't even meet him until after she was pregnant. Also Conroy was a solider, which...

For the first years of her life Victoria only spoke German (her mother was German and did not speak much English at the time), apparently this affected her speech and she still used strange idioms in later life. Since the Hanovers were Germans the all spoke German (3 of George III's sons...

I agree. An example of this was that when he became King, George IV's big concern was his wife, Caroline. They had been seperated for years and years, but they were still legally married. He had tried to get divorced from her while still Prince of Wales, but no luck. To prevent her from been...

Speaking of royal husbands who have said less than romantic things... George II to Queen Caroline as she lay dying after she told him that after she dies he should marry again- "No, never, I shall have mistresses!" Wow...thanks...:rolleyes: Caroline took it in her stride though and replied...

At the moment I'm writing a fictionalised autobiography of George III starting when he was 8. I did it for NaNoWriMo so it's pretty long! 141 A4 pages...and George isn't even King yet! I'm hoping to write from his wife Queen Charlotte's point of view as well. It's a lot of fun researching stuff...

"Was there ever such thing as great Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you — what — was there not sad stuff?"- George III I'm sure every student slogging through Shakespeare would agree! ;) George III to Archbishop of Canterbury: "I believe your Grace has a large family-...

Hello! I've just joined today, I've had an interest in royalty for a while, starting with Prince Albert (the Prince Consort) back in 2000. My favourite royals are George III and Queen Charlotte, who I've been reading about since late 2005 (hmm, time flies!) And finally I recently got...