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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

How to be a king

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

How to be a king: letter of advice sent to George III to go on display for first time http://bit.ly/Mt3CYb

'Avoid war; don't trust flatterers, courtiers and ministers; and most importantly 'retrieve the glory of the Throne'.'

'The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy 1714-1760' opens at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace in April and includes this previously unseen letter from Frederick, Prince of Wales, advising his son, the future George III, on how to be a good king.

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