Categotry Archives: George IV – Pre-Regency
By George! The Wages of Discretion
I took liberties with Mr. Al’s blog last week. He intended to end with the sentence that I moved to the beginning of this week’s history lesson. I preferred to end with “Discretion wasn’t in his vocabulary. He couldn’t behave discreetly if his life depended on it. But… he was the Prince of Wales. Which for him and him alone was a license to behave badly. And behave badly he did.” Now I return you to Mr. Al’s take on […]
By George! Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
We continue our saga of the life and times of George the IV with more youthful hijinks of the Oh-My-God variety. When we left off George had inadvertently settled an outlandish amount of money on his first mistress. **** The king’s orders and admonishments were so many snowflakes in July as far as the Prince was concerned. He continued to slip out of the palace and have it off with all manner of loose women and fast friends. […]
