Lord Salisbury writes concerning the Prince of Wales and the Baccarat case. He writes that Smith mentioned to him that there had been some "negotiations" concerning the case and that he believes it not to be appropriate for any government minister to favour the "Jubilee utterance" with an apology from the Prince of Wales without "command from the Queen herself". He further writes that he considers it difficult for the Prince of Wales himself to make any similar pronouncement. He finally writes that should he have been advising the Prince then he would have advised a course of action in which the Prince distanced himself from the game proclaiming that "the case had so convinced him of the evil that was liable to be caused by such a game". He writes that nothing else would be sufficient to "deodorize him of all the unpleasant aroma which this case has left upon him". Sent from: [London]. Letter is marked "private" and is written on House of Lords headed paper.
Letter from Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
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- GB 2495 CS8/2387
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- GB 2495 CS2/340/2387, CS8/340/2387
- Dates of Creation
- 16 June 1891
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- 1 letter 3 sheets
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