The book: or the investigation of the conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales / being the evidence given under a Commission from the King; with Her Royal Highness's defence and other important documents.

  • Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Date:
1813
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Credit: The book: or the investigation of the conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales / being the evidence given under a Commission from the King; with Her Royal Highness's defence and other important documents. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    King directed his Cabinet to transmit to him, made a formal communication to him, oT his intention to put them into the hands of his Lawyers; acompanied by a request, that his Majesty would suspend any further steps in the business, until the Prince of Wales should be enabled to submit to him the state- ment which lie'proposcd to make. The King, there- fore, considers it incumbent on him to defer naming a day to the Princess of Wales, until the farther re- sult of the Pritice’s intention shall hare been made known to him. (Signed) “ GEORGE R. “ To the Princess of Wales.” The circumstance relating to Captain Manby, as stated in Bidgood’s testimony, received the follow- ing decisive contradiction by the affidavit of Captain Manby himself:— “ 1 do solemnly, and upon my oath, declare, that the said passage (in Bidgood's evidence) is a vile and wicked invention } —that it is wholly and absolutely false;—that it is impossible he e_ver could have seen (what he swore he saw) any such thing; as I never, upon any occasion, or in any situation, had the pre- sumption to take that liberty, or to offer any such liberty to her Royal Highness’s person.” This affidavit was sworn by Captain Makby, about three months after the Report of the Commissioners. Narrative of Facts.—The indisposition of the Princess Crab LOTTE commenced previous to the fete at Carlton-house, aud afterwards increasing, her Royal Highness was necessarily obliged to defer her return to Windsor. In consequence of this, the Princess of Wales, on the 8th February, addressed herself to Lord Liverpool, desiring that he would communicate to the Prince Regent her Royal Highness’s intention to visit the Princess Charlotte, at Warwick-iiousc, not anticipating the possibility of a prevention on the part of the Prince Regent, under the circumstance of the Princess Charlotte's coiitinc- inent from illness. Lord Liverpool replied, that he was happy to announce the IVincess Charlotte so much better, that her Royal Highness would be able to visit the Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace on the following Thursday, 11th lebruary. On that morning she received information _ that the Princes* Charlotte was not permitted to go to Kensington. Upon this, the Princess of Wales again addressed Lord Li- verpool to know the reason, none having been assigned, tor