Caroline of Brunswick, the Queen who was never Crowned
The greatest scandal of the entire Regency period was the behaviour of the Prince Regent towards his wife, Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Caroline of Brunswick as a young woman It was a scandal that went public and involved the entire nation rather like the unhappy marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer in our own time. Although she married the heir to the throne, Caroline, like Diana, was never crowned Queen. Her unjust treatment gained her the sympathy of women as different as Jane Austen - who wrote that she took sides with the Princess "because she is a woman" - and Elizabeth Crave n, the Georgian feminist writer. When Caroline was shipped over from Germany to marry George in 1795, he was aged 33 so he could hardly complain that she was 27. She had endured a very strict, confined upbringing which was certainly not the case with George. He was the most pampered, spoilt brat in the world and would have been a nightmare husband to any wife. From ...