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George I, George II and Prince Frederick of Wales were the epitome of a family at war, father against son, son against father. This royal family tale is dramatic, stunning, mind blowing and in turns farcical and tragic. The fathers in the House of Hanover were said to trample their young...not literally of course! George I, father to George II was hated by his son.George II hated his son Frederick, Prince of Wales, the father of George III. George I actually liked Frederick which was a rare thing! The Hanoverians needed to keep the Stuarts and their Jacobite supporters from taking power - while they imploded. Somehow, they survived.When a royal family rift occurs it isn't just the family that's affected, thanks to the press British people and politicians share in every ridiculous, painful or defiant moment. The Hanoverian kings and princes arguments, recriminations, accusations, displays of staged grandeur, rival courts and courtiers, alliances, banishments, imprisonments, deaths and neglect were played out as Robert Walpole rose to prominence as Britain's first Prime Minister. The first Hanoverian British royalty reshaped the country, its fortunes, its government and their era gave us the national anthem and Rule Britannia but they were hopeless at loving and liking their own kin.

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