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When King George III of England began to show signs of acute mania toward the end of his reign, rumors about the royal madness multiplied quickly in the public mind. One legend had it that George tried to shake hands with a tree, believing it to be the King of Prussia. Another described how he was whisked away to a house on Queen Square, in the Bloomsbury district of London, to receive treatment among his subjects. The tale goes on that George's wife, Queen Charlotte, hired out the cellar of a local pub to stock provisions for the king's meals while he stayed under his doctor's care. More than two centuries later, this story about Queen Square is still popular in London guidebooks.