Chapter V: Harsh Trials and Petty Triumphs

The Princess again in public--Restricted intercourse
between the Princess and her daughter--Sealed letters
addressed by the Princess to the Prince--Published--The
Princess’s appeal to Parliament--Bitterness on both sides
--Meeting of the Princess and her daughter--The Princess
at Vauxhall--Death of the Duchess of Brunswick--Last
interview between the Duke of Brunswick and the Princess--
Her depressed spirits--Unnoticed during the festivities
of 1814--Sacrifice made by the Princess--Unnoticed by the
Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia--The Princess at
the opera--A scene--Not invited to the great City banquet
--Mr. Whitbread’s advice to the Princess--A freak--
Reception of the Regent in the City--The Princess excluded
from the Drawing-rooms--Correspondence between the Queen
and the Princess--Her letter to the Regent--Discussed in
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CHAPTER VI.

A DOUBLE FLIGHT.

The Prince of Orange proposes to the Princess Charlotte--His
suit declined--Dr. Parr--A new household appointed for
the Princess Charlotte--Her astonishment and immediate
flight--Alarm and pursuit--Princess Charlotte removed
to Cranbourne Lodge--The Princess of Wales determines to
leave England--Her departure from Worthing--The Regent’s
continued hatred of her 299