King George III’s main royal court in London was at the Tudor brick building St. James’s Palace, close to Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey in Central London. (Entering the palace is only possible on select dates.) That is where, on Aug. 23, 1775, he signed the Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, the document that declared the colonies were in a state of rebellion.
About a four-minute walk from the palace, Lord George Germain, who was the secretary of state for the colonies during the Revolutionary War and led the war effort, lived at 167 Pall Mall, which no longer exists.
For modern Londoners and visitors, the best interaction with the king — albeit a fictionalized version — is probably at the Victoria Palace Theater in the London production of “Hamilton.” (Ticket prices are generally less expensive than in New York City, ranging from about $106 to $298.)
The productions of “Hamilton” are almost identical on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. But in London, the actor who plays the king receives a warm welcome on his home turf. To loud cheers, the king warns the Americans as he sings: “Oceans rise, empires fall / It’s much harder when it’s all your call / All alone, across the sea / When your people say they hate you / Don’t come crawling back to me.”
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