Regency Crisis of 1788
1788–1789 · Event
George III's first great bout of madness throws Westminster into crisis: Fox and the Whigs press for the Prince of Wales as regent, Pitt stalls with a restricted Regency Bill — and the King recovers in February 1789.
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