G3 apparantly went all "who does he thnk he is? when getting this "most impertinent" letter. To which Dr. Johnson could have replied: Der einzige König. Still writes like Voltaire's footman, though. :) (There is actually a quote from Johnson to the effect that Fritz is the sole real monarch of Europe in Boswell's Life, which was given during G3's reign, so...)
And speaking of Fritzian insults to his Hannover relations, no sooner had he gotten the pardon for George Keith, Lord Marischall that would allow the later to visit Britain again (remember, he did this after the death of James Keith at Hochkirch), that he appointed George Keith - i.e. a man who'd done his best to ensure the Stuarts, not the Hannovers, would sit on the British throne - as Prussian Ambassador to GB.
G3: I think I'll like John Adams better when he's the first American ambassador at my court.
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Re: Andrew Mitchell: The Return
Date: 2020-10-12 07:06 am (UTC)And speaking of Fritzian insults to his Hannover relations, no sooner had he gotten the pardon for George Keith, Lord Marischall that would allow the later to visit Britain again (remember, he did this after the death of James Keith at Hochkirch), that he appointed George Keith - i.e. a man who'd done his best to ensure the Stuarts, not the Hannovers, would sit on the British throne - as Prussian Ambassador to GB.
G3: I think I'll like John Adams better when he's the first American ambassador at my court.