Tea at Trianon: Princess Charlotte of Wales

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Friday, January 7, 2011

Princess Charlotte of Wales

The beloved daughter of George IV. Share

6 comments:

May said...: Thank you for the link! You really seem to be interested in Princess Charlotte;-); January 7, 2011 at 4:31:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: Not particularly but I just read the book Notorious Royal Marriages and she is mentioned in it.; January 7, 2011 at 4:44:00 PM EST
May said...: I was just struck because this is the second time you have linked to a post of mine on Princess Charlotte. Not that I mind, of course...But I thought perhaps you were interested in her, or in that period of time, at any rate.; January 7, 2011 at 5:00:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: Yes, I love that time period because it is the same as my novel, MADAME ROYALE.; January 7, 2011 at 5:13:00 PM EST
ThereseMarie27 said...: Hello, I am fan of Princess Charlotte of Wales. But why was she mentioned in notorous marriages? Was it her parents or hers? I just recently created a blog about her.; January 9, 2011 at 1:48:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: It was her parents, dear. I am looking forward to seeing your blog.; January 9, 2011 at 1:56:00 PM EST