Both the pub and the street on which it sits are named in
commemoration of a visit to Cambridge by George IV in November 1815, while
still Prince Regent – this despite the fact that he got no closer to the centre
than Barnwell, and that was only to change horses, a sidestep which the elders
of the Corporation presumably didn’t take as a snub.
Like so many pubs already, it has fallen victim to the
latest round of Greene
King’s rather characterless (I’m being as polite as I can) rebranding
operation. Up until 21 March 2014 it bore this sign.
Based on the coronation
portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (by which time he was, of course, King
George IV, no longer Prince Regent, but we’ll overlook that small detail), it
was colourful, easily identifiable from a distance, and eye-catching, like any good pub sign
should be.
It’s now been replaced by this . . . creation, which is none
of those things:
More suitable for a trendy wine bar than a pub, I’d say.
Which might actually be more to Georgy-Porgy’s taste, come to think of it.
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