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there are any, or to diminish the disadvantages of 

 failure, by showing that strong measures were not 

 resorted to till every other hope had failed. 



" I am therefore of opinion that this matter can, in 

 the first instance at least, be brought forward with 

 advantage only by the Princess herself. This ought 

 to have been done when the marriage was first pro- 

 posed to her. It is not now, however, too late ; and 

 a temperate but firm application to the Prince for a 

 previous security that she never shall be compelled to 

 leave England against her will, or for a longer time 

 than she may approve, would, I think, be the right 

 measure. I cannot conceive on what ground such an 

 application could be resisted. It could not, however, 

 fail of success ultimately, if resolutely supported ; and 

 at all events would, as I have already said, greatly 

 assist any ulterior measure in Parliament, if such 

 should become necessary. 



" In the short interval since I received your letter, 

 I have not been able to look back to the case of Queen 

 Anne, and I am not sure that I have materials here 

 for such a search. But I cannot conceive that this 

 can form any precedent. Queen Anne was married 

 before her father's abdication, when she had an elder 

 sister, not hopeless of children, and a brother between 

 her and the throne. There was not therefore, at that 

 time, any greater necessity for providing for her resi- 

 dence here than for that of our Princess-Eoyal. Besides, 

 in point of fact, I never heard that it was proposed to 

 take her to Denmark, or that she ever went there. I 

 need not say how widely different the case is of the 

 Princess Charlotte, who now stands next to the Prince 

 in succession to the crown. 



