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This letter is barely civil, and plainly shows that 

 there had been no alteration in his intentions, and that 

 all his concessions respecting Lady Jersey had been 

 wrung from him by the King ; for immediately after, 

 his treatment of her was worse than ever. 



The Princess never consulted me on any subject 

 connected with her own affairs during the first two 

 years, 1809 and 1810, except as to taking Lady Char- 

 lotte Campbell as one of her ladies, which she had 

 been strongly pressed to do, as an act of kindness; and 

 she asked if I thought she would be a safe person, con- 

 sidering the Prince's plan of surrounding her with 

 spies, and the absurd attempts made in 1806, after 

 the charge had failed, to construe everything into 

 want of becoming reserve and proper state. 



The Princess of Wales had, on the part of her 

 daughter, and by her desire, consulted me as to the 

 Prince. I think this was in the latter end of 1810. 



Differences existed, and the Princess Charlotte tak- 

 ing part with her mother gave rise to constant dis- 

 putes, as did the appointment of her ladies and gover- 

 nor. The Princess Charlotte was desirous, therefore, 

 of ascertaining on what footing she stood in point of 

 right, and whether she was entirely subject to his 

 pleasure and control, more especially as she was 

 anxious to have an establishment or household formed, 

 when in a few years she would be eighteen. I fully 

 examined the whole subject, and gave her all the in- 

 formation possible, showing her that by law the power 

 of the Crown is absolute over all the members of the 

 royal family, and particularly that the sovereign for 

 the time being has the exclusive right to direct their 

 education, residence, guardianship, in all particulars 



