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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39199-39200
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from George III to George, Prince of Wales, on the Prince's wish to separate from Caroline, Princess of Wales
Date	2 June 1796
Writer	George III, King
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	The King writes that the Prince is governed more by the 'warmth occasioned by the reception of the Princess of Saturday at the Opera House, than from that cool state of mind...' necessary in the situation. He advises that the Prince and Princess of Wales' marriage is a public act, and that a separation may lead Parliament to secure the jointure settled on the Princess in case of the Prince's death out of the Prince's own income. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Queen's House
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1965) Vol. 3; no 1117, pp 194-5
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