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When Was the regency Period?
In Britain, the years from the time when George III was declared insane until his death (1811–1820) are known as the Regency period, since in these years his son, the future George IV, served as Prince Regent, or acting monarch. (Sometimes the term covers the period up to the end of George IV's own reign in 1830.) The Regency is remembered for its elegant architecture and fashions, its literature (especially the works of Jane Austen), and its politics. Today hotels, furniture, and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic carry the name "Regency" to identify with the period's style, and hundreds of modern romance novels—called simply "Regencies"—have been set in the period.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
What makes the appointment baffling is Mojtaba’s total lack of public profile, let alone the religious qualifications that once underpinned the idea of clerical leadership as God’s vice-regency on Earth.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
Styling her light brown hair in a romantic updo with a coronet braid and curly tendrils framing her face, the birthday girl leaned into a regency-era aesthetic with a diaphanous floor-length coat that could be straight out of Bridgerton.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
Despite the regency era aesthetics seemingly preferred by her husband, Melania seems given to a simpler, sometimes stark style.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Regency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regency. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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