#4825 Princess Charlotte of Wales Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only daughter of the future George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, died after suffering a still-birth with her first child, a son, after 55 hours labour. She succumbed within days of the trauma and the nation’s grief was instant, palpable & long-lasting. There was anger too and the royal obstetrician, Sir Richard Croft, took his own life for what many described as his failure to ensure both mother & child ha