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The chaotic funeral of George III

The chaotic funeral of George III

Badly behaved crowd scenes and the shrieks of women and children

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Tony McMahon
Sep 15, 2022
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Greetings to Gold Level Templar Knight subscribers. Probably the most chaotic royal funeral in history was that of King George III - the monarch who lost America. If you thought Britain was good at royal pageantry, let me assure you that this is something they’ve only got right in the last hundred years. Before that - it was total chaos!

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