The Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 3 (Of 3) Queen of Denmark and Norway Etc.
The Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 3 (Of 3) Queen of Denmark and Norway Etc.
By Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall
2 Apr, 2019
Count Brandt has broken the fidelity which he owed to the king his master by virtue of the oath he took to his Majesty, by being an accomplice in the improper intercourse and intimacy which Count Struensee had acquired with the person to whom he cert
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Count Brandt has broken the fidelity which he owed to the king his master by virtue of the oath he took to his Majesty, by being an accomplice in the improper intercourse and intimacy which Count Struensee had acquired with the person to whom he certainly owed reverence and affection, but no tenderness. Count Brandt confesses this, and that Count Struensee confided it to him is proved by his, Brandt's, own confession, lit. a, pp. 40 and 41. It is true that Count Struensee, in his declaration, lit. a, p. 50, will not quite admit Count Brandt's statement; but no doubt[9] can be possible when we remember that Count Brandt was placed about his Majesty to prevent other persons having access to the king, in order that Count Struensee might have the better opportunity to play his part. What could induce Count Struensee to share the booty with him, and to allow him to rise in honor equally with himself unless it was done to render him, Brandt, faithful, silent, and attentive? Less