The prequel to 'The Bridgertons' does accurately narrate the evil of the man known as the 'farmer king' George III was the son of Frederick Louis of Wales and his wife Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. He belonged to the house of Hanover, the German dynasty that reigned in Great Britain since 1714.

The life of George III is fascinating from the point of view of history and, especially, from the history of medicine, due to the disease he suffered.