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Contemporary audiences noted some obvious similarities between the film's [[The House of Hanover|House of Hanover]] and the twentieth-century [[The House of Windsor|House of Windsor]], especially when it came to frustrated Princes of Wales. However, the film is as much a response to ''[[King Lear (Theatre)|King Lear]]'' as to modern royal foibles.
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* [[Bearer of Bad News]]: Captain Fitzroy does this quite a lot, although he's clearly enjoying himself.
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* [[Genre Blindness]]: Thurlow completely fails to realize that he's in ''[[King Lear (Theatre)|King Lear]]''.
* [[Happily Married]]: George and Charlotte, when George has his wits about him.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: You might recognize King George as his descendant Elizabeth's most loyal civil servant [[Yes Minister|Sir Humphrey Appleby]].
* [[Historical Beauty Update]]: In the film, Queen Charlotte and Lady Pembroke. William Pitt the Younger, too, although that's a matter of casting instead of the script.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Virtually the entire cast of characters, except for Captain Fitzroy.
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* [[The Ishmael]]: Captain Greville.
** [[Truth in Television]], as Bennett used Greville's memoirs as one of his sources.
* [[ItsIt's What I Do]]: Fox calls Pitt out on being [[The Stoic]]:
{{quote| '''Fox''': Do you enjoy all this flummery, Mr. Pitt?<br />
'''Pitt''': No, Mr. Fox.<br />
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* [[Verbal Tic]]: What, what? Hey, hey!
** The verbal tics are a sign that George is ''normal''.
* [[Viewers Areare Morons]]: NOT an example, despite what many will tell you. There is persistent rumour that the title was changed from ''The Madness of George III'' to ''The Madness of King George'' because they thought American audiences would think it was a sequel. The change was for American eyes, but the intent was merely to make it clear to a country that's never had royalty that the movie was about a king. When English audiences see a first name followed by a Roman numeral, they immediately think 'king'. Americans have no such coding.
 
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