A prince regent or princess regent is a prince or princess who, due to their position in the line of succession, rules a monarchy as regent in the stead of a monarch, e.g., as a result of the sovereign's incapacity (minority or illness) or absence (e.g., by remoteness, such as exile or long voyage, or the absence of an incumbent).

At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III, having done so since 5 February 1811 during his father's final mental illness. George IV was the eldest child of King George III and Queen Charlotte .

George IV, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover from January 29, 1820, previously the sovereign de facto from February 5, 1811, when he became regent for his father, George III, who had become insane.

The Prince Regent (1762 – 1830) George, Prince of Wales, (often referred to as Prinny) was the eldest son of George III, and was named Prince Regent when his father became too mentally unstable to rule.

Prince Regent: With Peter Egan, Nigel Davenport, Bosco Hogan, Frances White. The life and times of George (1762-1830), Prince of Wales, from his early days of debauchery to his ascent to the throne as George IV.

Prince Regent is a British period television series made and transmitted by the BBC in 1979. It depicts the life of George IV from his youth time as prince regent and his reign as King. It consists of eight episodes of 50 minutes.

2020年12月10日 · King George IV, who reigned between 1820–30 and served as prince regent between 1811–20, is widely regarded to have been one of the worst rulers in British history.

The meaning of PRINCE REGENT is a prince who rules a country during the minority, absence, or disability of the nominal sovereign.

While at the Carlton House (on November 13, 1815), Stanier Clarke informed Austen that the Prince Regent kept a set of Austen’s novels at each of his residences and by his permission, Austen was “at liberty to dedicate any future novel to him” (Sheehan).

George, Prince of Wales was Prince Regent - because of the incapacity of George III to rule - from 1811 to 1820, when George III died. In 1820, he became George IV . The Prince Regent was extravagant, a dandy and the self-styled 'the first gentleman of Europe'.