George III

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including tea resulting in the infamous Boston Tea Party. King George was eventually humbled as the American colonies
successfully became the United States Of America. Other colonies began to rebel after America's success and King George
remained embroiled in one conflict or another for many years.

George III inherited more than just the throne. He also had the royal hereditary disease
porphyria which had afflicted Mary Queen of Scots. She passed it to her son, King James I
of England. Porphyria is caused by the insufficient production of hemoglobin. The symptoms
are photosensitivity, strong abdominal pain, port wine colored urine and paralysis in the arms
and legs. The interruption of nerve impulses to the brain causes the development of
psychiatric symptoms. Finally, epileptic convulsions occur and the patient sinks into a coma.
George III's first attack occurred in 1765, four years after his marriage to Queen Charlotte.
From 1811 to the time of his death in 1820 ...

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