CollectionQueen Charlotte
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/36395-36398
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Queen Charlotte to George, Prince of Wales
Date2 - 4 September 1792
WriterCharlotte, Queen Consort to George III
AddresseeGeorge, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
DescriptionOn her faintness; on France: 'It is strange that my Sex should shew so much more Fortitude than the Men in France for every Step the former have taken in these Troubles give Strong proofs of their Courage, whereas the Men shew Nothing but Cowardly Brutality'; on Marie Antoinette 'by the Letters which are come there is every reason to fear that the Poor Unhappy Queen will fall a Victim to That Tyger Nation. The Idea of this is terrible, & the reality must be shocking & I feel truly Miserable not to be able to help Her'; on Madame de Noaille; 'Charity covers many Sins & who is free from them? Not myself, I Plead guilty at once. But what Comfort does it not Administer in Adversity & happy are You who have the Power & inclination to put it into execution'; on the arrival of Lord Gower and his news of the French Royal Family and the army; the weather; life at Weymouth.
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Place Of WritingWeymouth
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 documents
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers; mounted
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PublicationsPublished in "Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" edited by A Aspinall; no 688
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