“Georgie Porgie” Was A Rhyme Mocking The Prince Of Wales

No, sorry, it wasn’t a scandal about a gay man.

Linda Caroll
History, Mystery & More
8 min readOct 27, 2021

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PPeople of the Georgian era would have loved the internet. In their world, criticizing the King was a crime punishable by death. Know how they vented their frustration? The made nursery rhymes!

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