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of Wales saw Me He called to Me & said He wished to speak to Me -- At this moment ^[[addition]] [[underline]] Colonel Digby [[/underline]] [[/addition]] came down Stairs from the Queen's Apartment, & informed Their Royal Highnesses, that The King had Himself, arranged Every thing respecting their meeting, & that He wished to see Them [[underline]] in The Queen's Apartment [[/underline]] & where Her Majesty was then waiting for Them. On this communication the Prince said He would not for a moment delay paying his respects to The Queen, & leaving Me He joined the Duke of York & went up Stairs. I own It was pleasing to Me, that The Prince saw the King this day, without having previously spoke to any Person in this House -- Their Royal Highness staid with The King above half an hour - Colonel Digby, attendant on The Queen, saw Them come out of Her Apartment, & attended Them, immediately from thence to their Carriage. They both to Colonel Digby ^ to General Gordon, and to Myself expressed Themselves much satisfied at the King's Amendment - & only mentioned two circumstances which were new to Them, & different from his former topics of conversation - The one was the information He gave Them that He had now taken up Latin again, & that He had recovered a good deal of it during his Illness -- The other was that He had learnt Picquet from Mr. Charles Hawkins, & that He now played at it as well as Himself -- I have now to allude to a more Interesting