The life and times of George (1762-1830), Prince of Wales, from his early days of debauchery to his ascent to the throne as George IV. His two marriages (one legal, one not), his mistresses, the famous men of his day: all the over-indulgence and frustration of waiting for his father George III to die or remain mad.
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Peter Egan stars in the title role of this period drama based on the life of George, Prince of Wales. Notorious womaniser and all-round rebel, Prince George, at the age of 21, finds himself falling for Maria Fitzherbert (Susannah York), a widower six years his senior. When his father, the King (Nigel Davenport), learns that his son and heir has married a commoner in secret, he demands that he enter into a proper marriage with his cousin Princess Caroline of Brunswick (Dinah Stabb). As George refuses to leave Maria, his father is taken ill and Prime Minister William Pitt (David Collings) appoints Prince George to assume the King's duties. When the King unexpectedly recovers however, George finds himself once again waiting to take the throne.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. The life and times of Britain's king-in-waiting, from his debauched youth and two marriages to his father's madness and his belated ascent to the throne. George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830) waited almost 60 years to become King, despite his father George III's long battle with mental illness. In his youth the Prince (Peter Egan) is a notorious womaniser, gambler and drinker, who runs up huge debts with extravagant renovations of his private palace, Carlton House. At 21 he falls for the charms of Maria Fitzherbert (Susannah York), a twice-widowed Catholic commoner six years his senior. Despite her unsuitability on almost every count, he rushes into a secret marriage. But his father the King (Nigel Davenport), insists he make a proper marriage with his cousin Princess Caroline of Brunswick (Dinah Stabb), in exchange for support in clearing his debts. That marriage is a disaster as young George refuses to give up Maria and takes a series of other lovers. When George III succumbs to his first bout of madness in 1788, there's a constitutional crisis. Without a King's Speech, there can be no State Opening of Parliament, and plans are drawn up for a Regency. Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger (David Collings) reluctantly agrees with the Prince's staunch ally and his own fierce rival Charles James Fox (Keith Barron) that there is only one suitable candidate to assume the duties of the living King. But the King recovers his wits, and the Regency is delayed for another twenty years. Not till our own times would an heir to the British throne wait so long for his coronation.
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