Porphyria and King George III The British monarch at the time of the American Revolution is generally believed to have been insane. In the light of modern knowledge it seems that he suffered from ...

Buckingham Palace says that some medical historians think that George III’s mental health condition was caused by a hereditary physical disorder called porphyria, which is a rare disorder that ...

In other porphyrias the proteins can cause skin problems. There is some speculation King George III had porphyria. Sue was one of the patients on the trial and is now taking the drug. She says her ...

George's first attack of madness --actually the rare blood disorder porphyria, which caused severe ... In 1820, George III died at the age of 82, blind, deaf, and delusional.