King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw the relationship of Britain and America as that of a parent to a child. A disobedient child, of course, must be punished.

The monument to King George III was installed on Weymouth's Esplanade in 1809 to mark the monarch's Golden Jubilee. But the 5ft-long (1.5m) staff, topped with a cross, disappeared from his right ...

In a dramatic daylight heist, burglars wielding axes stormed the Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris, France, making off with a cache of invaluable artifacts, including pieces from King Charles III’s ...

On Jan. 29, 1820, 10 years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, Britain's King George III, who lost the American colonies, died at the age of 82.