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CHAPTER XII. 

 prince an* princess of Male*. 



THE PRINCE OF WALES AND HIS CIRCLE AT CARLTON HOUSE THE 

 PRINCESS CAROLINE HER CIRCLE THE DELICATE INVESTIGA- 

 TION THE QUARREL CORRESPONDENCE - THE YOUNG PRIN- 

 CESS CHARLOTTE - LADY CHARLOTTE LINDSAY - THE PRINCE'S 

 SEVERANCE FROM HIS POLITICAL FRIENDS - WHITBREAD - 

 MR BROUGHAM AS ADVISER OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES AND 

 HER DAUGHTER - KING GEORGE III. - HIS LETTER TO THE 

 PRINCE ON THE SITUATION - LETTER OF REMONSTRANCE BY 

 THE PRINCESS TO THE PRINCE - ACCOUNT OF ITS PREPARATION 

 DELIBERATIONS ITS DELIVERY AND RECEPTION MADAME DE 

 STAEL. 



FOR some years I had refused to be presented to the 

 Princess of Wales because of the open quarrel between 

 jher and the Prince, a matter in which I did not wish 

 i to be at all mixed up, and which those who frequented 

 her society, and were persons of any consideration, 

 with difficulty avoided. Not that I had the least 

 intercourse with the Prince, having only become ac- 

 quainted with him by his desire that I should be asked 

 to meet him at Melbourne House, where he treated me 

 with the courtesy that belongs to all the family. He 

 was on intimate terms with some of my particular 

 friends, especially Erskine and the Hollands; and 

 Komilly, who was his Solicitor-General for the Duchy. 



