![]() ![]() Little trace of the poem, which has been in private hands for the past 200 years, can be found in the public record and it appears unknown to modern-day historians and biographers of Caroline and the Regency monarchy. ![]() The collection also includes dozens of handwritten letters that were exchanged between Princess Caroline, her father-in-law King George III and the Queen's loyal circle of friends and supporters. ![]() Until now, it was almost exclusively unavailable to historians.Īnother line in the poem reads: 'Ah, good my Lord, what is the dire pretence / that draws your high displeasure on my head / witness this heart unconscious of offence / witness the blameless life I still have led!' The manuscript poem and other related papers are part of a collection donated to Cambridge University Library by the late Michael Massy-Beresford. Addressed to 'His Royal Highness, the poem includes the lines: 'An injured Princess, justice is my claim / A helpless woman, pity is my due' ![]()
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