George III Abdicates

If George IV doesn't get as fat as OTL because he has to do actual work... I think we have just butterflied the necktie as a men's fashion accessory.
 
Isn't that descended from the cravat, though?

On the other hand, a world without the necktie is automatically good in my books. :)

George needed help disguising his weight and double-chin, and got advice from Beau Brummell on this. The weight-disguise led to darker clothing, trousers, and eventually the modern business suit. The double-chin disguise popularised the cravat, which evolved into the neck tie.

Men's fashion owes a lot to George's obesity.
 
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Georges all the way down.
With both the name not being tarnished by George IV and the relationship between father and sons being better in this era, George is very popular.

after all we've had four Georges on the bounce already (although I accept that due to George II hating his dad, he named his heir Frederick) it is not unusual to see George's V and VI.

And IOTL between Victoria and Elizabeth II, there has only been either an Edward or George on the throne.
 
With both the name not being tarnished by George IV and the relationship between father and sons being better in this era, George is very popular.

after all we've had four Georges on the bounce already (although I accept that due to George II hating his dad, he named his heir Frederick) it is not unusual to see George's V and VI.

And IOTL between Victoria and Elizabeth II, there has only been either an Edward or George on the throne.
It was only fifty one years
 
Would being slimmer not bring more fashion first from George, as now he is free to be a flamboyant as he wants with his cloths.

Fashion at the time was "stick on as much bling as humanly possible." George had to be much more careful in how he dressed.
 
I do not think who a marriage with a girl aristocratic but still commoner would have been accepted in England at that time...
do George IV need to marry a foreign princess
and the Ducky of Lancaster is a personal property of the King, ruled by the same kind of laws relative to the Duchy of Cornwall and the titles of Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay so no way the king can assign it to one of his sons
 
I do not think who a marriage with a girl aristocratic but still commoner would have been accepted in England at that time...
do George IV need to marry a foreign princess
and the Ducky of Lancaster is a personal property of the King, ruled by the same kind of laws relative to the Duchy of Cornwall and the titles of Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay so no way the king can assign it to one of his sons

Theoretically all it would take is a royal proclamation separating the title from the revenues received towards the royal purse.

It would take a similar proclamation to separate the Dukedom of Normandy (with regards to the Channel Islands) from the crown.
 
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