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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/C/8/49
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell
Date	7 September 1848
Writer	Victoria, Queen
Addressee	Russell, John, Lord
Description	The Queen sends an enclosed draft to Lord John, with a copy of her letter to Lord Palmerston upon it. As usual, Palmerston has pretended not to have had time to submit the draft to her before sending it off. What the Queen has long suspected and often warned against is now on the point of happening: Lord Palmerston using the new Entente Cordiale to wrest the Italian provinces from Austria by French arms. This would be an iniquitous proceeding. It is another question whether it is good policy for Austria to try to retain Lombardy: but that is for Austria to decide. Many might think that England would be happier without Ireland or Canada. The whole tone of Palmerston's language is intemperate.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
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