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The king who barely spoke English

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Managing an entire empire is surprisingly relaxed when you literally cannot understand a word your parliament is screaming at you. Brought over from Hanover purely because he was Protestant, George I spent his reign speaking German and terrible French. His linguistic barrier essentially forced the creation of the Prime Minister role to handle all the boring local chatter.

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