The Princess’s letters to her family intercepted--Unkindness exhibited to her--The Prince seeks a separation-- Acceded to by the Princess--She removes to Blackheath-- Her income settled--Merry hours spent by the Princess at Blackheath--Intercourse between the Princess and her daughter--The Princess’s unfortunate acquaintance with Lady Douglas--The boy Austin--Lady Douglas’s communication to the Prince attacking the Princess--The _delicate investigation_--Witnesses examined--The Princess hardly dealt with--Her memorial to the King--Delay in doing her justice--The Monarch’s decision--Exculpated from the grave charges--Comparison of Caroline Queen of George II. and Caroline of Brunswick--The Prince and Lady Hertford-- Miss Seymour, and the Prince’s subornation of witnesses-- Persecution of the Princess by her husband--Her appeal to the King--Menace of publishing The Book--The Princess received at the Queen’s Drawing-room--Meeting of the Prince and Princess--Death of the Duke of Brunswick at the battle of Jena--The Duchess a fugitive--The Princess’s debts 235 CHAPTER IV. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. Imbecility finally settled on the mind of George III.--Intercourse between the Princess and her daughter obstructed--The Whigs betrayed by the Prince--Sketch of the Duchess of Brunswick--The Princess’s Court at Kensington diminished--Her pleasant dinners there-- Lively outbreaks of the Princess--Her sketches of character --Her indiscretion--An adventure--Description of the Princess Charlotte--The Princess of Wales’s demeanour to her mother--Thoughtlessness of the Duchess of Brunswick-- Popularity of the Princess on the wane--Her determination to bring her wrongs before the public--She becomes more melancholy--An incident--Continued agitation of the Princess--She becomes querulous--The poet Campbell presented to her--A humorous fault of orthography--The Prince and John Kemble 263 CHAPTER V. HARSH TRIALS AND PETTY TRIUMPHS.