The young couple went to live at Brighton, and by doing so, laid the foundation of popularity for that pi sant seaside resort. Things went smoothly for a time, till the Prince's gambling debts became so pressing that he was forced to have recourse to his" "faithful Commons" special grant of, mone; "But rumours of the happy menage Brighton had reached the ears of several Members of Parliament, and Commons viewed with alarm the apparent failure of their plan to ally the young Prince to an influential Continental house. Moreover, as the King was already suffering from periodical fits of insanity, it was pretty certain that, later on, "he would have to relinquish control of the country, and the Prince would then be declared Regent. A matrix monial scandal in guch cireumstances could not be thought of.
For the sake of ready money and a promised. increase in' his. already huge allowance, the Prince "would have married his grandmother:
"The wedding was celebrated with great pomp and magnificence, even Though the stowd. lining the' route of. the. royal. procession. remained Silent and" sullen az" the "Prince's Carriage drove by.
As he had been a faithless love 50. was "be faithless Husband George, Prince of Wales, vepudiaved his wife soon efter their only child was born. This. was that." Princess Charlotte who subsequently. married Leopold 1, King of the Belgians. Her father declared the baby 10 be! Ulegltimate. George haa the eftronby'to accuse his wife of infidelity hare which "was "manifesty tuntrue—and prohibited her from see-) ing her daughter more than once fortnight.
Two oF three years later the Pope, for some unknown reason since the
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