Letter from Queen Charlotte to Miss Feilding
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Title
Letter from Queen Charlotte to Miss Feilding
Date Created
2 April 1815
Creator
Charlotte, Queen Consort of George III
Description
Note in a different hand at the top of the letter: 'Sent to Gibraltar & not received till March 1816' Explains reason for not writing sooner; on the role of Matilda as executrix of her mother's will ('I seize the very first opportunity to assure You, that I am so fully persuaded of Your Uprightness & Steadiness of Character that had You not by being Sole Excutrix to Yr dear Mothers will, had a right to open Her Letters I could never suspect Yr ever making any bad use of the Contents of the one I wrote to Her'); thanks her for a copy of Lady Charlotte's epitaph sent to her; extends her regards to Lord Winchelsea and on the benefit of [Matilda] being under his protection; and the status of the apartments at St James's Palace Signed with initial
Language
English
Identifier
RA GEO/ADD/15/452
