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VICTORIA, Queen of England. Autograph letter signed ("V R I") to her lady-in-waiting Mary [Hardinge], Osborne, 31 June 1894. 4 pages, 8vo, on black-bordered printed embossed stationery, traces of old mount.
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VICTORIA, Queen of England. Autograph letter signed ("V R I") to her lady-in-waiting Mary [Hardinge], Osborne, 31 June 1894. 4 pages, 8vo, on black-bordered printed embossed stationery, traces of old mount.
QUEEN VICTORIA WARNS AGAINST MIXED MARRIAGES. "I duly received your letter...the contents of which I must own grieved me very much....Of course I wish you all possible happiness but I hope that you have reflected well on the want of means & above all of the great difficulties which are in the way in the present day, of mixed marriages. If a promise is not given that all the children are not [sic] to be brought up as Catholics, I understand that now the Priest will refuse to marry them. I have known so many instances of such difficulty even amongst my own relations that I cannot help pointing it out to you..."
QUEEN VICTORIA WARNS AGAINST MIXED MARRIAGES. "I duly received your letter...the contents of which I must own grieved me very much....Of course I wish you all possible happiness but I hope that you have reflected well on the want of means & above all of the great difficulties which are in the way in the present day, of mixed marriages. If a promise is not given that all the children are not [sic] to be brought up as Catholics, I understand that now the Priest will refuse to marry them. I have known so many instances of such difficulty even amongst my own relations that I cannot help pointing it out to you..."