Not many Days after my Arrival here, the King being gone to visit his Kingdom, I had the Honour of waiting on the Queen. This Princess, whose Name is _Sophia-Dorothea_, is Sister to the present King of _Great Britain_, being the Daughter of _George_ I. the late King, and of _Sophia-Dorothea_ Princess of _Brunswic-Zell_. And she does every thing that is worthy of her August Extraction; for surely never did Daughter more resemble a Father; she has the same Benignity and Wisdom, the same Equity and Justice, and Sweetness of Temper. Like him she knows the Charms of a private Life, and Friendship, on a Throne: Like him she is ador’d by her Subjects and her Domestics, and is the chief Blessing and Darling of both. To extend Goodness and Affability farther, were impossible; there being no Foreigners but what are charm’d with the gracious Manner in which this Princess receives them. To a thousand Virtues worthy of Veneration, she has added the singular Talent of speaking the Language of several Countries which she never saw, with as much Delicacy as if they had been her Mother Tongues. The _French_ Language especially, is so familiar to her, that one wou’d take her to be a Princess of the Royal Family of _France_; and the Grandeur and Majesty that accompany all her Actions, induce those even who don’t know her, to be of Opinion that she was born to reign. That which still more endears this Queen to her People, is the Care she takes of the Education of her Family; which consists of four Princes, and six Princesses. The eldest of the Sons is stil’d the _Prince Royal_[7]. This young Prince is handsome, charms every one by his Kindness and Good-Nature; and loves Reading, Musick, the Arts, and Magnificence: His Sentiments, his Behaviour, and his Actions, make it probable, that if he comes to the Crown, his Reign will be one of those mild and peaceable Reigns, which procure Kings that Love of their People, wherein consists their true Glory. The Care of the Prince Royal’s Education was committed first of all to Madam _de Camke_, one of the Queen’s Ladies of Honour, and Governess of the Children of _Prussia_. But this Lady left the Charge of the latter to the Sub-Governess, Madam _de Rocoule_, and her Daughter Madamoiselle _de Montbail_. Madam _de Rocoule_ had also the honour to be Sub-Governess to the King; so that she was no Novice in the forming of young Princes. As she talks nothing but _French_, she has taught it to the King’s Children; who speak it with as much ease as they do the _German_ Language. At seven Years of Age the Prince Royal was taken out of the Hands of the Women; and the Count _de Finck_ of _Finckenstein_, Lieutenant-General of the King’s Forces, a Knight of his Order, and Colonel of a Regiment of Horse, was appointed his Royal Highness’s Governour; and the Baron _de Kalestein_ was made Sub-Governour. The King’s Choice of both these Gentlemen was universally applauded.