I called on
Lady Palmerston and found her and Lady Jocelyn greatly dejected. Palmerston is
very unwell with a bad fit of gout and is unable to go to Windsor, and Ferguson
and Lady P. are most anxious he should not attend the funeral. She told me he
was deeply affected by this event, that he had ever had the highest opinion of
the Prince's character and ability, and he considered him an immense loss to
himself personally. The Prince of Wales had written Palmerston a very nice
letter, in which he says he had been desired by his mother to tell P. that she
was fully aware she had a life of duty before her, and that she would endeavour
to fulfil that duty to the best of her ability, but that she considered
her worldly career as at an end.
SOURCE: Alice
Countess of Stratford, Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville:
1857-1861, p. 421
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