The Prince Regent
The Prince Regent "Like most of society, Aunt Stirling had a better opinion of night soil than of the Prince Regent." Alverstone by Beatrice Knight The Prince Regent was viewed with nearly unanimous contempt by his contemporaries, and much like today's entitled ruling elite, he was self-obsessed, thin-skinned, tone-deaf, and claimed victimhood if anyone had the nerve to criticize his conduct. Admittedly, he was a royal 260 years ago, when self-scrutiny was not a thing. It probably didn't help that he spent his entire life surrounded by fawning courtiers who agreed with everything he said. Born [...]
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