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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 689037, member: 20205&quot;]He wasn&#039;t afflicted with syphillis at all. George IV may well have been, but George III was reknowned for being strictly monogamous and loyal to his wife and was unusually for royalty at that time, probably a virgin when he got married to Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz. </p><p>&nbsp;The disease which afflicted his mind in later life is thought to have been Porphyria, a blood and enzyme disorder which also causes hallucinations, depression and paranoia. </p><p>&nbsp;It is quite sad what happened to him, as despite his poor reputation in the US, he was a good, honest and popular monarch (his governments however, were less so. And his son was rightly seen as a gluttonous oaf who treated his own wife very badly)...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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