CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/C/14/68
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Queen Victoria to Lord Russell
Date12 June 1864
WriterVictoria, Queen
AddresseeRussell, 1st Earl
DescriptionQueen Victoria's regret at the Cabinet decision regarding Schleswig-Holstein, which amounted to pledging England to war against Germany, under certain conditions. The Queen urged the Cabinet to consider the consequences. The necessity for an impartial threat of action. The suggestion for facilitating German agreement to arbitration on the frontier question.
LanguageEnglish
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