S1.51 George III (Review)

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🗓️ 22 June 2012

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In the second part of the George III podcast we review his reign in the traditional fashion. However, reviewing George III is no easy task, for his epic reign contains some of the most glorious highs and disastrous lows of any reign. From the disastrous loss of America Britain moves to the defeat of Napoleon via its two greatest military heroes, Nelson and Wellington. George's interference in politics causes ministerial instability and he is anything but a friend of reform, yet he is a decent and affable man who oversees cultural patronage, the industrial revolution and the abolition of slavery. And of course, through all of the factors is the dilemma of his final decade where his mental illness meant his son, the Prince Regent, was in effect ruling. When everything has been through the Rex Factor computer, it proves to be one of the tightest decisions yet... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.0	Welcome to Rex Factor! This week George the third, the review. With your hosts Graham Duke and Ali Hood. Hello, hello, welcome to Iraq's factory viewing all the Kings and Queens of England
1:16.6	from Alfred the Great to Tulis, but the second.
1:19.0	But this is the second half of George III.
1:21.6	Yes. First half, last time we did his biography because
1:25.3	there was so much stuff that happened in such a long rain that we couldn't do that
1:28.8	and review him in one episode. Yeah. So there's more detail than background context if you want that in our previous episode but this week we are actually going to review him.
1:38.0	Yeah, so we're going to do all the factors.
1:40.0	So a quick recap as to who George Third was and a
1:44.0	King. Yeah, he was King.
1:46.0	He was King having been born in 1738, the son of Prince Frederick
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