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Great Britain - 1820

Withdrawal of the Divorce Bill

Obverse:

Capped, draped bust of Queen Caroline left.

Legend:

CAROLINE ACKNOWLEDGED QUEEN OF ENGLAND.

Size:

25 mm.

Reverse:

MILAN PLOT BLASTED. BY JUSTICE, INNOCENCE TRIUMPHANT OVER TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION.

BHM:

AE, Br. 25 by ?
AE R; Br. N.

There was a commission consisting of three men who concluded that the evidence against Caroline was overwhelming. It was quite conclusive in fact. Caroline was in semi-exile from England and something of a crude man-hunter while George IV was secretly married again; a bigamist, and he was very interested in having Caroline disgraced. However politics intervened and the report was buried. Caroline died in August of the following year.

Withdrawal of the Divorce Bill