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Prince Charles holds Press Conference at National Gallery of Art

Holding what Buckingham Palace called his first news conference in "several years", Prince Charles talks to reporters on November 10, 1985 at the National Gallery of Art, while Princess Diana sits watching. The prince defended ancestor King George III, against whom American colonists revolted, saying, "He wasn't quite such the ogre." (UPI Photo/Doug Mills/Files)

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LONDON, March 23 (UPI) -- Early jigsaw puzzles, world maps used to teach geography to the children of Britain's King George III, have gone on display in London.

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Arsenic may've caused madness bouts

LONDON, July 22 (UPI) -- A report in Britain's Lancet says high concentrations of arsenic were found in a sample of King George III's hair, which may explain his bouts of madness.

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