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  1. Booking now open for 's Sons of the American Revolution lecture on 'George III and the Law of Nations' on 17 March! Will open up a new perspective on the monarch. For free tickets, follow this link:

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  2. 200 years ago Princess Augusta swore allegiance to the new king, IV, writing 'that kind brother to whom I shall never cease to be the affectionate sister- sincere friend and dutifull subject'.

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    And fellow wrote this terrific reflection: "On 29 January 1820, Thomas Jefferson’s last king died in Windsor Castle."

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    Did you know that publish blogs based on their research into documents in the Royal Archives? These articles offer the opportunity to shed new light on numerous aspects of Georgian history, such as the death & funeral of .

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  5. Even though George IV's reign started 1820, age 58, his training to become King began at a young age . Find out more about his reign at the exhibition here:

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  6. Today publish an online catalogue of ’s military maps (). This 1766 memoranda, attributed to Capt. Roy is part of the ().

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    2/4 In our first blog, I join Liam Fitzgerald in exploring the commemorative medals issued to mark the King's death, comparing them to 's recently issued £5 coin.

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    4/4 Finally explores 's reflections on his former sovereign as a way into American responses to the King's death.

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    3/4 Then looks at the king's death in the context of the string of royal funerals at Windsor in the 1810s:

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    1/4. 200 years ago today III died after a decade of seclusion at Windsor Castle. To mark the occasion, publishes three blogs on , and has launched his collection of military maps as a free resource at .

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  11. Do you want to decipher cursive, doodles, or just plain bad handwriting? Help us some of the Georgian Papers and be a part of our archival community!

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  12. Doctors’ handwriting is notoriously illegible, but we think this letter from George III’s physicians to the Prince Regent (written 1820) isn’t too hard to decipher

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  13. Poor health plagued many of the , & William Henry, Duke of Gloucester was no exception! This letter describes fears his bones would 'come thro' his skin':

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  14. An motor?! King George III describes the inner mechanisms of a watch in this document from the 1760s.

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  15. George IV expresses passionately how impressed he is by a poem sent to him, comparing it to Shakespeare and Milton. If only we knew what it was!

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  16. the exotic status symbol of the era were highly prized & used in porcelain designs . In 1811 John Lister Kaye sent 2 pineapples of an 'extraordinary size' grown in Yorkshire, to hoping they would 'prove well flavour'd'!

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  17. Would that everyone were as thoughtful a gift-giver as Queen Charlotte, who sent the Duke of Sussex a gift to help him with his habit of reading in candlelight

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    The Georgian Papers Programme is a project to digitise 65,000 items relating to the Georgian period, including many written by & about George III. Discover more from Programme Director and Professor of Modern History at ,

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    Really like this GIII coin commemorative coin from the Royal Mint, for which supplied contextual material to accompany it - the Bullhead portrait is so striking

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    The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) takes part at this morning. What can tell us about recent trends in C18th publishing? Was there a 'polite & commercial effect' in 1990s? Joining & on panel

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