Letter from Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

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Sir Ponsonby writes on behalf of the queen concerning the Detention of the Guards' Brigade at Alexandria. He writes that the Queen agrees with SCC's decision however admonishes him for not informing her sooner via telegram as she did not learn of the reason "till two days after the circumstance was published in the newspaper". Sent from: Balmoral.

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