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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
The Prince will drop all Royal state on leaving my dominions & travel 
under the name of Lord Renfrew as he has done when travelling on the 
Continent of Europe. 
The Prince Consort wishes to be kindly remembered to you. 
I remain, 
Ever, 
Your good friend 
Victoria. 
Windsor Castee. 
Nov. jp, i860. 
My good Friend: 
Your letter of the 6 " ult: has afforded me the greatest pleasure, contain- 
ing, as it does, such kind expressions with regard to my Son, & assuring 
me that the character & object of his visit to you & to the United States 
have been fully appreciated, & that his demeanour & the feelings evinced 
by him have secured to him your esteem & the general good will of your 
Countrymen. 
I purposely delayed the answer to your letter until I should be able to 
couple with it the announcement of the Prince of Wales’s safe return to his 
home. Contrary winds & stress of weather have much retarded his arrival, 
but we have been fully compensated for the anxiety which this long 
delay has naturally caused us, by finding him in such excellent health and 
spirits & so delighted with all he has seen & experienced in his travels. He 
cannot sufficiently praise the great cordiality with which he has been 
everywhere greeted in your Country & the friendly manner in which you 
have received him ; & whilst, as a Mother, I am most grateful for the kind- 
ness shown him, I feel impelled to express at the same time how deeply I 
have been touched by the many demonstrations of affection personally 
towards myself, which his presence has called forth. 
I fully reciprocate towards your Nation the feelings thus made apparent, 
& look upon them as forming an important link to connect two Nations 
of kindred origin & character, whose mutual esteem & friendship must 
always have so material an influence upon their respective development & 
prosperity. 
The interesting and touching scene at the grave of General Washington, 
to which you allude, may be fitly taken as the type of our present feeling, 
& I trust, of our future relations. 
The Prince Consort, who heartily joins in the expressions contained in 
this letter, wishes to be kindly remembered to you, as we both wish to be 
to Miss Lane. 
Believe me always, 
Your good friend 
Victoria. 
