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George III

A large 18th‑century assembly room where members of the Continental Congress gather as a small group of men present the Declaration of Independence at a central table. The figures wear period clothing, and red drapery and tall windows frame the formal setting.

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An illustration showing a royal purple robe being lifted from the ground, with some dust being swept under it with a dustpan and brush

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India Amarteifio as Queen Charlotte and Corey Mylchreest as George III (Photo by Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2023)

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A portrait of King George III, next to a shackle in the foreground of Buckingham palace.

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Author Jane Austen and the Prince Regent

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King George III

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Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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A painting depicts Frederica, the bride- to-be of Frederick, Duke of York, meeting in-laws George III and Queen Charlotte for the first time

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A 1779 cartoon showing the United States as a horse, unseating its rider, George III

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Queen Elizabeth II, in March 2022 - the year of her platinum jubilee (Photo by Getty Images)

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Britain's golden jubilees: from George III to Elizabeth II. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait from the 18th century of King George III wearing his coronation robes

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A James Gillray cartoon: 'Germans eating sour-krout'.

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George III and the art of anatomy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Janice Hadlow"The picture of George III’s family is often sad – these are genuinely thwarted lives". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George III at the end of his reign. He "represented the uncontrollable aspects of humanity that the Enlightenment could not explain," says Stella Tillyard. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Antique print of the Boston Massacre from the American Revolutionary, by Paul Revere (American, 1734-1818) (hand-colored engraving), 1770. The title of the print is 'The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Reg't'. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

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The plot to kidnap King George III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.