Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover, volume 2 (of 2)Doran, Dr. (John)
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Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover, volume 2 (of 2)
Doran, Dr. (John)
Hanover, House of; Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
The Princess again in public--Restricted intercourse
between the Princess and her daughter--Sealed letters
addressed by the Princess to the Prince--Published--The
Princess’s appeal to Parliament--Bitterness on both sides
--Meeting of the Princess and her daughter--The Princess
at Vauxhall--Death of the Duchess of Brunswick--Last
interview between the Duke of Brunswick and the Princess--
Her depressed spirits--Unnoticed during the festivities
of 1814--Sacrifice made by the Princess--Unnoticed by the
Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia--The Princess at
the opera--A scene--Not invited to the great City banquet
--Mr. Whitbread’s advice to the Princess--A freak--
Reception of the Regent in the City--The Princess excluded
from the Drawing-rooms--Correspondence between the Queen
and the Princess--Her letter to the Regent--Discussed in
the House of Commons 277
CHAPTER VI.
A DOUBLE FLIGHT.
The Prince of Orange proposes to the Princess Charlotte--His
suit declined--Dr. Parr--A new household appointed for
the Princess Charlotte--Her astonishment and immediate
flight--Alarm and pursuit--Princess Charlotte removed
to Cranbourne Lodge--The Princess of Wales determines to
leave England--Her departure from Worthing--The Regent’s
continued hatred of her 299
CHAPTER VII.
THE ERRANT ARIADNE.
The Princess arrives at Hamburgh--Assumes the title of
Countess of Wolfenbüttel--Travels in Switzerland--
Meeting of the Princess with the ex-Empress Maria Louisa
and the divorced wife of the Grand Duke Constantine--
The Princess at Milan--Her English attendants fall off
--Her reception by the Pope--At a masked ball at Naples
--Her imprudence--Her festivals at Como--The Princess
at Palermo--Bergami her chamberlain--The Princess at
Genoa--Corresponds with Murat--Personal vanity of Queen
Charlotte--The Pope visits the Princess--Surrounded by
Italians--Her roving life--Proceeds to Syracuse--At
Jericho--Lands at Tunis and visits the Bey--Liberates
European slaves--The Princess at Athens--At Troy--
At Constantinople--At Ephesus--At Acre--Stopped at
Jaffa--Enters Jerusalem--Her reception by the Capuchin
Friars--Institutes a new order of chivalry--Life on
board the polacca--The Princess and Countess Oldi at Como
--Private theatricals a favourite pastime--Agents and
spies--Innocent incidents converted into crimes--Bergami
divested of his knighthood--The Princess at Carlsruhe--
Contemptuously neglected at Vienna--The chamberlain her
only attendant--The Princess in public--Deeply affected
by the death of Princess Charlotte--As uncircumspect as
ever 313
CHAPTER VIII.
THE RETURN TO ENGLAND.
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