 Both Prince George and Lt. George are portrayed as dim @-@ witted " upper class twits " . The son of King George III , Prince George is represented as a childish , spoiled , bumbling foppish fool who spends money extravagantly ( especially on impressive trousers and socks ) . Lieutenant George , stationed in the trenches of World War I , retains his enthusiastic naiveté , despite being stuck in the trenches for 3 years , revealing a lack of awareness of the seriousness of his circumstances ; Robert Bianco of USA Today stated the character " smiles through in the face of certain death " . 
