You can now rent King William IV’s former home in London’s Mayfair

The former home of William IV is now available to rent for £25,000 a week via Wetherell estate agents . For £1.3 million a year, you could live in the Grade-II listed Mayfair mansion, which comes complete with a blue plaque.

Built in 1753, the property was remodelled in the 1820s for the king, who lived there when he was Prince William, the Duke of Clarence. He went on to reign for seven years, inheriting the throne aged 64 and ruling until his death. The monarch from 1830-1837, William was the last of the Hanovers and the third son of George III, ‘the mad king’. Like father, like son, William gained his own moniker, ‘the sailor king’, after the time he spent in the Royal Navy.

In his lifetime, William courted scandal by living with, but not marrying, the actress Dorothea Jordan, wit