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George I
Season 1 · Episode 48

George I

Hail the House Of Hanover!

Willy Willy Harry Stee... · Charlie Higson

February 23, 20241h 18m

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Show Notes

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges.....


Skip around 50 more eligible heirs and what do you get? You get the House of Hanover and the first of our four Georges.......George I.


If you've ever wondered how we ended up with a German king, Charlie Higson will enlighten you, along with his 'proper' historian, Catherine Curzon author of Kings Of Georgian Britain.


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