New Documents shed light on George III's loss of the American Colonies
15th November 2016
Poor George III. As British monarchs go,
he’s perhaps one who has had a lot of calamities placed upon
his lap. Much of his reign was marked by periods of insanity, most
likely caused by porphyria and aggravated by the chemicals found in
powdered wigs at the time, which rendered him utterly incapable of
knowing where he even sat at the time. The end of his reign saw
Britain plunged into a…
