| George Augustus Frederick, (1762--1830),
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| | swallow a quick glass of some potent
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| better known as the Prince Regent during
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| | libation (brandy, I think) after meeting
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| the illness of his father, King George
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| | the future Princess of Wales--but yet he
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| III, was early on recognized as having a
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| | did it. He married her. He threw caution
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| good deal of charm, wit, and no lack of
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| | to the wind, betrayed his common-law wife
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| intelligence. So why did he accept a
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| | and worse, his own intuition and
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| bride that nearly made him ill just to
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| | nature--and went ahead with the
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| look upon, when neither national
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| | wedding.All this--just to escape debt?If
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| emergency or political expediency
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| | this were so, he would have no doubt been
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| demanded the marriage? The union was
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| | more careful in future to avoid the same
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| devoid of even the smallest natural
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| | predicament; Yet the truth is, he was
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| sympathies that should exist between a
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| | guilty of unbridled spending throughout
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| husband and wife, almost from the first
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| | his lifetime. Parliament increased his
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| day. Furthermore, his dislike of the
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| | income numerous times, but it made no
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| Princess Caroline--his bride-to-be--was
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| | difference: he always far outspent
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| in effect established before the wedding
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| | whatever they allowed him, which put him
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| ceremony.Which begs the question: Why did
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| | in a position of having to please the
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| he do it?The answer is no mystery in one
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| | Peers yet again to get his debts paid.One
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| sense: He was in enormous debt (some say
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| | might suggest that his relationship with
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| to the tune of what would amount to
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| | Mrs. Fitz had paled by now, and so he
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| nearly 1.7 million dollars in today's
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| | didn't care who he married. He was, after
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| money) and the only way to cajole
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| | all, the heir to the throne and royalty
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| Parliament into--once again--bailing him
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| | was expected to sacrifice personal desire
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| out, was to agree to wed a politically
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| | for the interests of the country.
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| correct bride. (ie., for a legitimate
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| | Further, his mistresses were usually
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| heir.) The King chose the lady: a royal
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| | older married women themselves--nothing
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| niece of Brunswick, and the prince,
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| | to save himself for, there. And yet he
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| grateful for his freedom from debt,
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| | did precious little "sacrificing" of
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| accepted the choice sight unseen. And
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| | other pleasures or luxuries, and seldom
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| this is where the mystery begins. Why on
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| | put popular opinion above his own
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| earth would the fastidious prince,
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| | preferences. And he was not known to
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| privileged from birth, chafing at the
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| | bemoan the fate that had cast him as
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| bit of of his father's reign (personally,
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| | prince, necessitating the marriage. No,
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| if not politically*) agree to such an
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| | it was not patriotism or duty, for these
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| important decision without meeting his
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| | noble ends had been earlier cast aside by
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| future would-be bride?He knew himself to
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| | him, at least in the eyes of King and
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| have extraordinary sensibilities
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| | country.**Was it to please the
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| concerning everything that surrounded
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| | King?Unlikely. The prince and his father
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| him: He was a man of great taste for
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| | (like the previous royal Georges) did not
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| luxuries, the exotic, the sublime. He
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| | enjoy a good relationship. They were
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| collected art, plate, furniture,
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| | often at odds, and the King openly
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| clothing, military uniforms, and more. He
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| | disliked his eldest son; Additionally,
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| loved things beautiful and elegant, from
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| | the prince made no remarks (that have
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| his silken drawers to his horses--and
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| | been preserved) to support the
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| Princess Caroline was neither. His
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| | supposition. In the final analysis, it
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| marriage to Maria Fitzherbert earlier on
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| | eludes me why this charismatic,
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| was evidence of a passionate,
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| | intelligent man allowed his wife--and in
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| strong-willed nature when it came to
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| | effect, his life--to be frivolously
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| getting what he wanted. (He would have
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| | decided for him.Notes: * There was a
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| Mrs. Fitz, you see, though he was
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| | political departure from the King that
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| forbidden to marry a Catholic by law; And
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| | the prince kept to only until his
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| Mrs. Fitz would not have him, unless he
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| | regency, as evidenced by his friendship
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| came as a husband. So he married her. It
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| | with the Whigs--particularly the
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| was a secretive, illegal ceremony which
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| | notorious Charles James Fox.**A different
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| is why he was later "free" to marry the
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| | discussion, which I will address in a
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| Protestant princess Caroline. But it
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| | future article.Linore Rose Burkard writes
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| showed his strong tendency to please
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| | Inspirational Regency Romance as well as
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| himself--devil may care what the
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| | articles on Regency Life, Homeschooling,
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| consequences.)And yet, we have him later
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| | Parenting and Self-Improvement. She
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| going as a lamb to the slaughter in the
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| | publishes a monthly eZine "Upon My Word!"
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| matter of his very real and legal
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| | which you can receive for FREE by signing
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| marriage to his cousin. In the one
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| | up at her website quickly and easily.
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| instance when it would truly have
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| | Ms. Burkard graduated from the City
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| behooved the prince to oppose his
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| | University of New York with a Magna Cum
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| father--and only in his choice of bride,
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| | Laude degree in English Literature, and
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| not the matter of the marriage--he is as
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| | now lives in Ohio with her husband and
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| silent as the grave, officially. He
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| | five children.
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| expressed private doubts and had to
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