Chapter I: Mother and Daughter

Marriage of Princess Augusta to the Prince of Brunswick--
His reception at Harwich--Wedding performed with maimed
rites--The Prince at the opera--A scene--Old mode
of travelling of the bride and bridegroom--Issue of
this marriage--Dashing replies of Princess Caroline--
Her mother the Duchess a weak and coarse-minded woman--
Education of German princesses--Infamous conduct of the
Duke of York--Lord Malmesbury sent to demand Princess
Caroline in marriage for the Prince of Wales--His account
of the Princess--Eloquence of the Duchess on the virtues of
the Princess--The Duke’s mistress, and picture of the Court
of Brunswick--The Duchess’s stories of bygone times--The
marriage by proxy--Celebration of the wedding-day--The
marriage treaty--Eccentricity of the Duke--Education of
the Princess neglected--The courtesan champion of morality
--The Duke’s fears for the Princess--Lady Jersey and the
Queen--Lord Malmesbury’s advice to the Princess--Madame
de Hertzfeldt’s portrait of the Princess--The Princess’s
exuberant spirits at a court masquerade--More admonitions
by Lord Malmesbury--Madame de Waggenheim’s taunt, and Lord
Malmesbury’s thrust _en carte_ 183