20.02.2008 - Brighton was no more than a little seaside town with 1.500 inhabitants when, in 1753, Richard Russell, a doctor from Lewes, started to promote health treatments with sea water. He opened a spa hotel and from near and far, rich people with failing health began to pour into Brighton. Since the 1780s, it has been fashionable to go to Brighton for a holiday – one of the most illustrious guests was the young Prince Regent, the later King George IV. wh...
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[...] later become King George IV. George was an extravagant man, and he loved to party. His excesses with women and alcohol and his expensive lifestyle were subject to much wonder and criticism. [...]
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