What Eye Has Wept for George IV?

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What Eye Has Wept for George IV?

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Sep 17, 2019

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When King George IV died, his obituary in The Times read: “There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow-creatures than this deceased king." But even George IV once fell in love.
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Sep 17, 2019

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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood. New episodes every two weeks, on Tuesdays.

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What Eye Has Wept for George IV?

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