CollectionGeorge IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/39210-39215
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from George, Prince of Wales, to Queen Charlotte, on the danger posed by Princess Caroline, and requesting an account of her visit to Queen's House; and of [Lord] Malmesbury's audience with the King
Date4 June 1796
WriterGeorge, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
AddresseeCharlotte, Queen Consort to George III
DescriptionThe Prince describes the political danger that Princess Caroline poses, both due to her own 'wicked, mischievous intriguing head', and the likelihood that she will 'positively usurp the whole power of the country, force it into her own hands or into those of the wicked set of whom she would be the tool, leaving me almost without a friend'. He states that 'if I fall all must fall also', and that the King must 'take a decided tone to the Princess, to his Ministers & to the world in general'.
Endorsed 'To be made what use of you please dearest mother, but on no account to be destroyed'.
Signed.
Place Of WritingGrange
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (6 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers; mounted
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PublicationsPublished in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1965) Vol. 3; no 1124
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