ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the Satires from Kouli Khan, or, the Progress of Error. The Prince of Wales George rebelled against his father, George III, and led a dissipated life in the company of Charles James Fox, the leading Whig politician of the 1780s and 1790s. George’s marriage to Caroline of Brunswick was motivated entirely by his need to pay off his debts and placate his father. In 1805 Caroline faced accusations of adultery with a succession of alleged lovers, leading George to provoke an inquiry into his wife’s conduct. George continually frustrated Caroline’s access to her daughter, Princess Charlotte. In 1814 Caroline left England for the continent, where she was constantly spied upon by government agents. The Milan Commission was formed to gather evidence of Caroline’s adultery. The Milan Commission was widely felt to be corrupt. It was accused of manufacturing evidence and of paying Caroline’s servants to tell lies about their mistress.
