Why We're Wrong About George III
Dan Snow's History Hit
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George the Third - The Most Underrated Monarch in British History
Andrew roberts says george the third has been unfairly maligned for over two centuries. He was politically unpopular start his reign and then there's the madness thing, which has made him a figure of fun. But luckily we've got beyond tat with mental illness no longer being stigmatized. We can actually see that it wasn't his fault that he went mad, and it didn't show some kind of moral failing or anything like that. And it was just a truly tragic thing, as you say.
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