Prince defends George III against 'mad' label Royal visit might have saved Colonies in 1776, Charles says

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: January 27, 2004 | Copyright information

LONDON -- Prince Charles has spoken in support of his ancestor, King George III, who is widely -- if wrongly -- regarded as the "mad" monarch who lost Britain its American Colonies.

Interviewed for a TV documentary -- excerpts were released Monday - - Charles said George III might have calmed American revolutionaries bent on severing ties with Britain if a royal visit across the Atlantic had been possible in 1776, the year the Colonies declared independence.

George's illness, now believed to have been rooted in the genetic disorder porphyria, is the subject of the award-winning 1994 film "The ...

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