Letter from Queen Charlotte to the Prince Regent

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Princes whom Resolutions and other Causes had driven to the Alternative of seeking a Refuge and Support in England. Mr Pesceoul cannot be surprised that, with those feelings upon this Subject, the Queen should positively decline to have any Controul whatsoever over an Establishment which She has declared to be so objectionable in Principle and in detail, and equally refuse to interfere in any Manner in its Arrangements and Execution, whether we the [[unclear]] or in its further Course, beyond that Sanction which She has already given to the Nomination of the Persons proposed to fill the higher Offices. -- Her Majesty cannot, by Her Acquiescence in this Proposal place Herself in a Situation, in which the incessant Complaints of Individuals whom She may not be able to relieve, the Restrictions upon reasonable Expenditure, the fear of incurring Responsibility and Reproach by exceeding in a trifling Degree the Expences which must be so strictly regulated and limited, if to be brought within the proposed scale, would subject Her to continual Uneasiness & Worry & add to the Anxiety and Distress already Created by other more serious Causes. -- She has not health, nor Spirit to engage in such an Undertaking, and She feels that, although She has not the Power of [[unclear]] what should [[catchword]] be [[/catchword]]


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