Between December through January, the Prince was in discussion with the House of Lords and Commons on how he would run the regency. In the last debate, it was proposed by the Duchess of Devonshire in William Pitt’s Bill that if the Prince became Regent, he will have limited authority, “even with regard to the disposition of the Royal Household, since the King was to be entrusted to the care of the Queen.” At first, the Prince refused the proposal, “but he had, in the end, to accept the fact that, if he were to be Regent, he would have to be so on Pitt’s terms. On 12 February 1789, Pitt’s Regency Bill passed the Commons, and were on the point of passing it also when unexpected news arrived from Kew.” Simultaneously, “While the British parliament hesitated, the Irish parliament voted (19 Feb. 1789) to ask the prince to assume the regency of
Between December through January, the Prince was in discussion with the House of Lords and Commons on how he would run the regency. In the last debate, it was proposed by the Duchess of Devonshire in William Pitt’s Bill that if the Prince became Regent, he will have limited authority, “even with regard to the disposition of the Royal Household, since the King was to be entrusted to the care of the Queen.” At first, the Prince refused the proposal, “but he had, in the end, to accept the fact that, if he were to be Regent, he would have to be so on Pitt’s terms. On 12 February 1789, Pitt’s Regency Bill passed the Commons, and were on the point of passing it also when unexpected news arrived from Kew.” Simultaneously, “While the British parliament hesitated, the Irish parliament voted (19 Feb. 1789) to ask the prince to assume the regency of