Prince George (King George II) receives news from from Sir Horace Walpole, British Prime Minister, of his father's death in June 1727 during one of George I's visits to Hanover. George II was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain, having been born and brought up in Northern Germany.

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Location: London, England
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