New documents reveal intricate details of life at georgian court

Digitised papers publicly available for the first time reveal a wealth of intricate detail about day to day Court life in the Georgian period, and shine a light on the familial relationships of the Hanoverian Monarchs. In Phase II of the Georgian Papers Programme, a further 17,000 papers from the early Georgian period have been digitally scanned and published online, available free for anyone to access at www.royalcollection.org.uk/georgianpapers. This follows on from 33,000 documents released in January this year, making a total of 50,000 pages publically accessible so far. The papers include financial accounts relating to the Coronation of George I, and the ceremonial booklet detailing those assembled to greet the new King in procession on his arrival from Holland. Also released is the precise expenditure of the Civil List in 1747-48 under George II which outlines, amongst other things, the costs of transporting rebels to America. Personal papers include the last will and testament of George II's daughter Princess Amelia and a detailed post mortem carried out after her death. A touching letter from the future George III after the death of his Father, to his Grandfather George II, reveals his wish to stay living at Kew with his Mother and thanks him for the 'paternal tenderness which has hitherto so much contributed to my happiness and the continuance of which I shall ever think my greatest comfort'.