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Couple being married in front of a crowd of dignitaries
Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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CATHERINE II, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (1729-96)

Letter to Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719–1792)

13 Oct 1762

RCIN 5100072

Written by the Empress to thank her distant cousin (George III’s mother) for her letter of congratulations on the occasion of Catherine’s coronation in Moscow. The Empress thanks God for the favours granted to her and hopes for good relations between Russia and Britain.

RA GEO/MAIN/29
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