On the occasion of his accession speech to Parliament, the 22-year-old monarch declared, in words he added to those already prepared for him: ‘Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Britain.’ Pictured: George III (Nigel Hawthorne) and Queen Charlotte (Helen Mirren)Ĭhurchill crops up in a note on page 660 of this beautifully produced volume, with his remarks in 1919 at a dinner held by the English-Speaking Union in honour of George Washington’s birthday: ‘George Washington was an English gentleman, who fought against a German king.’Īs the author observes, this is nonsense: George III was the most determinedly British of the Hanoverian kings. Andrew Roberts reflects on the life of King George III in a new 784-page biography.
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