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In the last decade of the eighteenth century England was perhaps the most glorious royal court of the world. The center of fashionable England was the Crown Prince, subsequently George the fourth, who was made Prince of Wales three days after his birth, who became prince regent during the insanity of the king and who had the best royal hair since Peter the Great. He was the leader of the social world, the fit companion of Beau Brummel and of a choice circle of rakes and fox-hunters.
It is not necessary to number the women whose heads he turned. They are too many for remembrance here, and they have no special significance, save one who, as is generally believed, became his wife so far as the church could make her so. The one real love story in the life of George the fourth is that which tells of his marriage with a lady who might well have been the wife of any king.

Music: Erik Satie. Pièces Froides. Used with the generous permission of the copyright holder.