The Terrifying Final Days of George IV

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By the time George IV died in 1830, he was a grotesque shadow of royalty. Morbidly obese, barely able to walk, and addicted to laudanum and alcohol, his body was falling apart — swollen, rotting, and covered in ulcers. He weighed over 300 pounds, couldn't climb stairs, and had to be carried like a corpse through his own palace. Once obsessed with appearances, he had become so bloated and disfigured that mirrors were removed from his chambers. His breath stank of decay. Servants gagged when entering his room, and rumors spread that his body emitted a sickening odor — as if he were already decomposing before death. Despite being king, he died utterly alone. No one mourned. The people despised him. Even his doctors mocked him in private. His funeral was rushed, and the public cheered his passing. George IV didn't die as a monarch… he died as a bloated embarrassment — the final punchline of a failed reign. This is the horrifying true story of a king who transformed from "the first gentleman of England" into a living nightmare that repulsed even his own servants. Witness the terrifying descent of a monarch who became more monster than man, whose final days were so grotesque that his death was celebrated rather than mourned.