Letter from Queen Charlotte to George, Prince of Wales

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My dearest Son. I will not leave London without returning You thanks for Yr kind Letter, & in Particular for the good account You give me of Yr state of Health. My fears about the Bath Winters being taken improperly are so great that I sent for Turton & ordered Him to write You good advice which I hope You have received by this Time & need not add how much I wish You to follow His Prescriptions. Comparisons between the Metropolis & Bath would I suppose be less Majestic: but I may be -- allowed to say that what Yr present Habitation is to Dull, London I fear is to gay for the Health & Strength of many of the Young ladies, for there are at least five or six more a comming so thick one after another for fear of the beaut going away, that those who go to all must have Herculean Strength to bear up with the Fatigue. One good however has arisen from this gaiety which is the declared Match of Lrd Bayot & Amely [[unclear]], on


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