1 MAY 1886, Page 16

- .MARY FRAMPTON'S JOURNAL.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.']

Sin,—The question of Mrs. Fitzherbert's position as mistress to George IV. is not disposed of by a reference to a marriage- certificate. It is admitted that she was illegally married, both as a subject and a Roman Catholic, to the heir-apparent. The subsequent marriage to the Princess of Brunswick was (it is equally admitted) legally a good marriage. Mrs. Fitzherbert, when the Prince was tired of his legal wife, went back to him, and as her relations told her, her position, previously a very good one, became that of the Prince's mistress.—I am, Sir, &c., H. R. G.