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CHAPTER XIII. 



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THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AND COURT POLITICS CONTINUED 

 STATEMENT ON THE WHOLE " SITUATION " TO LORD GREY - 

 HIS VIEWS IN ANSWER QUESTION OF THE HEIRESS TO THE 

 THRONE LIVING ABROAD PRECEDENT IN THE DAUGHTERS OF 

 JAMES II. THE PRINCESS LADY CHARLOTTE LINDSAY MISS 

 MERCER (LADY KEITH) AND MISS KNIGHT THE PRINCE OF 

 ORANGE REVELATIONS OF THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF THE 

 REGENT, AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE COUNTRY THE ASSEMBLY 

 OF THE FOREIGN MAGNATES IN LONDON THE PRINCE RE- 

 GENT'S DEMAND THAT THE PRINCESS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED 

 FROM THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM CORRESPONDENCE ON THE 

 AFFAIR - HOW AFFECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE FOREIGN 

 PRINCES IN LONDON PLIGHT OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 

 TO HER MOTHER THE CONSEQUENCE. 



IN consequence of what had passed with the Princess 

 Charlotte, I wrote to Lord Grey upon the whole en- 

 tanglement of her situation, and desired him to con- 

 sider it on its own merits, and also with a view to the 

 state both of public feeling and of parties in Parlia- 

 ment. The following correspondence took place on 

 the subject : 



TO EARL GREY. 



"LANCASTER, March 12, 1814. 



" MY DEAR LORD GREY, I received yours the day 

 before yesterday, and have been prevented by business 



