Assume George III, shortly after American Revolutionary War, dies or goes permanently insane circa 1785 (ish).
How does this additional 25 years of George IV go for Great Britain?
Like most Georgians, George IV quarralled with his father and took stands against his father's positions. In the AMR, George IV associated with Charles Fox, largely to snub his father.
It is said most of the Georgians were Whigs as Prince of Wales and Tories as Kings.
Would this be any different for George IV?
Would he immediately back away from Catholic Emancipation, electoral reform, ending slavery,etc, positions supported by Fox but possibly impractical given the overall political climate at the time?
Would his alliance with Fox (who could argue and hold grudges with the best of them) end after their first fight, leading Fox back into opposition?
No doubt he would prove a poor king. George IV was intelligent and cultured but vain, gluttonous, lecherous, indolent, spendthrift and generally too lazy to do his own business, leaving actual governance to whomever Parliament demanded put in charge. He and William III would lead to a permanent decline of the monarchy (though William was more diligent in his duties).
Would an early reign of Georve IV leave Britain weaker due to his lack of committment?
Would there be a swift succession of Prime Ministers (similar to the first decade of George III's reign due to his inexperience)?
How would this affect the Napoleonic Wars without the strong hand of William Pitt (the younger)?
Thanks.