Autograph letter signed : Amorbach, to [Frederick Augustus] Wetherall, 1818 Dec. 21.

Writing that since he thinks Wetherall "should be exactly apprized of the communication that has been made to the Duke [of Kent] by order of the Prince Regent" [George IV], he has "obtained His Royal Highness's sanction just to extract for [him] the Terms made use of by the Duchess of Gloucester in two letters, & the Princess Augusta in one"; remarking that "the Duke is hurt to the quick at what he considers, as a proof, that the Prince is most anxious to keep both him & all his Brothers out of England"; noting that the Duke of Kent is determined to return to England for the birth of his child [Queen Victoria]; adding that if "[the Duke of Kent] is prevented from going, he cannot suffer it to remain a secret, what has been the cause of keeping him & them away." The letter includes three pages of extracts from the Duchess of Gloucester's letters, dated Nov. 26 and Nov. 30, in which she states that the Prince Regent does not think the Duke of Clarence [William IV] or the Duke of Kent should return to England for their wives' confinements and "cannot help" them with the expenses of the trip. She explicitly warns him, "if you do come, your reception will not be as warm as you wish." It also includes three pages of extracts from a letter from Princess Augusta, dated Nov. 30, in which she reiterates the Prince Regents' charge that the Duke of Kent and the Duke of Clarence should not "come to England for the confinements of [their] respective duchesses," emphasizes that he should not take his wife "from her own comfortable Home, which particularly as Guardian to her son, would be a very great sacrifice to her to make," and states that the Prince Regent "cannot be expected to pay" for his journey or to "maintain [him] whilst [he is] in England."