The king who escaped assassination

George III (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820), full name George William Frederick, the eldest grandson of George II, the second monarch of the Hanover dynasty, was the eldest son of George II, Prince Frederick, who died earlier than him, and was established by his grandfather as Crown Prince under the English Succession Act, who succeeded to the throne after his death. He ascended the throne as King of Great Britain and Ireland on 25 October 1760 and became King of the United Kingdom after 1 January 1801 when Great Britain and Ireland formed the United Kingdom, until his death in 1820. George III was also Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and was therefore also Elector of Hanover of the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. During his reign, Wenzhi was prominent in martial arts, and the Industrial Revolution began on Wenzhi, which made Britain's national strength quickly stronger, won the Seven Years' War in martial arts, France was forced to cede Canada to Britain, participated in the Anti-French Alliance to defeat the French Emperor Napoleon I, prevented Napoleon I from unifying Europe, but unfortunately lost the American War of Independence, so that the thirteen colonies of North America were formed into the United States, from 1811 he was often insane, unable to govern the country, by the eldest son George IV to handle the government, He died of illness at Windsor Castle in the capital, London, in 1820 at the age of 82, a 60-year reign.

George grew up with a likable personality. He was described as a "taciturn, modest, cautious, and shy" child. He inherited the family's physical characteristics of bulging eyes and fair complexion. He is tall, full of energy, full of red light, and has a smile.

George III's books were not well read, but he spared no effort and did everything in his power to fulfill the duties of the king. He was also a religious young man, and his religious beliefs were very religious. A month after ascending the throne, George III issued a proclamation encouraging filial piety and honesty. The atmosphere in the court was relaxed. The king was not as serious as when he first ascended the throne, and when he enjoyed singing and dancing or listening to the recitation of poetry, he could not help but laugh like everyone else.

In the summer of 1788, the king fell ill and exhibited a nervous demeanor. Later, when the researchers analyzed george III's disease, from the symptoms that accompanied the disease, such as rapid pulse, severe rash, congestion in both eyes, puffiness of both feet, red urine, etc., they believed that the patient had an uncommon porphyria that was not clear until the 1930s. However, not all strata of the people supported and supported George III.

The outbreak of the war against France in 1793 brought deep suffering to the British people. The new bourgeoisie and the toiling masses in England formed the idea of abolishing the monarchy and achieving a republic. As class contradictions intensified, the king was the target of many assassination plots.

George III escaped two murders that tried to take his life, the first in 1786, when Margaret Nicholson, believing himself to be the rightful monarch, tried to assassinate him with a dessert knife as he dismounted at St. James's Palace. Later, it was George's timely intervention that prevented her from being lynched by the crowd present, and he shouted, "This poor fellow is a lunatic!" Don't hurt her! She didn't hurt me!" The Assassins were imprisoned in a madhouse, where they spent the rest of their lives for 42 years. James Hadfield, 15 May 1800

A more decent assassination was carried out at the Drury Lane Theatre, an Army veteran who suffered eight stab wounds to the head at the Battle of Roubaix in 1794. He stood on the wooden box of the orchestra pit and fired two shots at the king. His pistol bullet almost hit the target, deflected and embedded in the wall of the box. George III ordered the show to continue. He was very calm, and he didn't doze off for a while during the break. Hadfield's dementia took the form of a religious illusion, and he was particularly convinced that if he were executed by the state, it would lead to the second coming of Christ. We will never know if he was right, because the government refused to obey his will and instead imprisoned him (his imprisonment lasted 41 years). The only impact of these two episodes was to give the British public the opportunity to widely publicize their loyalty to the king. At the Drury Lane Theatre, Sheridan quickly added a makeshift lyric to "God Bless the King," and he's never the only one. Michael Kely [who played the role of Don Basilio in Mozart's The Wedding of Figaro" in Vienna in 1786 sang the lyrics in front of an ecstatic audience:

Avoid potential enemies,

Avoid the attacks of the Assassins,

God bless the king!

His jurisdiction extended,

Defending Britain,

My Father, my King, my friend,

Had Hadfield been more accurate, the history of Great Britain would have been different.

The last 10 years of George III's life were tragic. He was old and blind, with a long white beard and a purple dressing gown, and staggered around in an isolated room at Windsor Castle. Only the Garter Medal worn on the chest reminds people that this sick old man is the King of England. On 29 January 1820, George III rested in peace at the age of 82. He is still as revered as Shakespeare's King Lear. People knew he was a good man, a good king. Many books have been written to explain why the monarchy failed in France and survived in England. Historians should consider that King George III's integrity may have something to do with this.