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Ernest and Caroline were inseparable in childhood and always in adult life were closer to each other than they were with their spouses and/or lovers. Caroline never married but was rumored to have had numerous secret female lovers. At the age of five, Ernest became first in line to the throne when his great unclegrandfather passed away from Syphilis and Benedict George came to the throne as King George II. In 1818 Ernest would be engaged to Princess Charlotte Sophia of Pomerania (1796-1877) and the two would marry three years later. Only two months after his wedding, Ernest’s time as Prince of Wales would come to an abrupt end after his father’s unexpected death from Pneumonia.

Continuing the trend set by his father, he would take a rather offhand approach to politics and would allow Parliament to make most decisions, however, he would occasionally step in and would even refuse to sign Royal Assent on three separate occasions. He would strongly support the total abolishment of slavery across the British Empire in 1833 and would also encourage further colonization and settlement efforts, He would also officially pass a law that would firmly establish male preference primogeniture as the sole method of determining the succession of a monarch in order to avoid any future situations similar to what transpired when George I took the throne instead of his brother’s son. In 1869 Parliament would grant him the title of Emperor of India after control of the continent was formally transferred from the East India Company to the British Government. Ernest would be devastated by the death of his grandson [[Prince Charles of Wales]] in 1870 and would become a paranoid recluse in his twilight years. In 1873 Ernest would experience a stroke while on a trip to the Isle of Wight and would die several hours later of the hemorrhage. Princess Royal Caroline outlived her twin for fourteen more years. He would be succeeded by his son [[Edward VII]].

**[[Frederick George I]] (17371743-17791804)