It is a long time coming but we are on the way.

Yes it is all still about George. Except the bit about Duke of York Fred’s missus Freddie and her shoes.

I think we have already worked out that this guy is a bit of a dick. Well it is, as usual worse so let us meet him properly. Here he is marrying Mrs Maria Fitherbert without permission.

Yes, the old boy is back on his medications or something or other. He is off with the fairies and oh dear, however will we cope.

Superstar Nelson will knock out the Frenchie navy and that will hurt Napoleon. He will though belt up the Russians and Germans at Austerlitz giving Ridley Scott happy visions of putting that in a movie.

Shall we kick off the new century with war? Why not.

You can alway rely on Bristol for a riot every few years.

In which the Indians lose India. But the British Government can see that the company has gone way too far and so will impeach Warren Hastings. Yes the only decent English guy to run the company is the one to cop it.

It’s not so much as Britain winning an empire as India losing one.

War can mess up all sorts of things including a vote for a new pope.