uckland Correspondence
, vol. iv. p. 366).
It was, however, the mind, and not the physical strength that failed.
"The King, I should suppose," wrote Lord Buckinghamshire, on August 13, "is not likely to die soon, but I fear his mental recovery is hardly to be expected "
(
ibid
., vol. iv. p. 367).
George III. never, except for brief intervals, recovered his reason.