How, 300 years ago today, a German princeling became the British monarch
He was 52nd in line to the British throne. He was the Elector of Hanover. Although he was fluent in German. French, Dutch, Italian and Latin, he could barely understand English.
So how come, 300 years ago today, the British Parliament invited Georg Ludwig to become our King? It had everything to do with the fact that he was a Protestant and not a Catholic, but you can read more here.
This German princeling became the first of four successive King Georges of Britain who have been characterised as sad, bad, mad and fat respectively. Isn’t history fun?