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the Queen to the Prince Regent 14th. Jany 1813.

My dearest Son. Your Kindness of charging the Duke of York with the Commifsion of acquainting me with the intended Alliance between Your Daughter & the Hereditary Prince of Orange calls for my most gratefull acknowledgement. _ My Congratulations upon this Event You will not doubt to be Sincere when I say underlined May this Union prove to be as Happy as Your own hath been Fatal. foreign: french C'est tout dive en peut de mots /foreign /underlined.

I will not deny that the Sudden Conclusion of so serious an Event did Surprise me a litte but when I recollect that the Proposal addition does /addition arise from the same Quarter addition from which ^ /addition You received a very differnt one before I believe by comming into this, You have prevented much distrefs to Yourself, & deletion unclear /deletion however it may turn out in the End You can have nothing to reproach Yourself with.