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King Stanislaus assumes title to secure Prussia interview
The piece reports King Stanislaus adopting the name Count Ligny to gain an audience with the King of Prussia. It notes a French Spanish and Sardinian troop evacuation from Italian counties, a large aristocratic arrival at Hanover for Lord Delawar, and preparations at St. James's for the Prince of Wales’s forthcoming marriage to Augusta of Saxe Gotha. It mentions the Bath and Wells bishop's illness, Parma and Sicily governance plans, Ottoman war prep, and various court ceremonies and appointments surrounding the royal wedding and court entertainments.
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Stanislaus
Count Ligny
Prussia
Marquis de Monti
Thorn
Czrina
Hamburgh
Italy
Wells
Bath and Wells
Lord Delawar
Prince of Wales
Augusta
Lawe-Gotha
Hannover
Gotha
Gilbert
St.James’s House
Lisbon
Brazil
Infanta
Spain
Naples
Cutchess
Parma
Sicily
Palermo
Kingdom of
Vienna
Don Carlos
Galheys
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Koul Kan
Licy
Czarina
Rossisa
Bohemia
Tore Pair
Miss Young
Hay
Wiscome Chetwynd
Duthy
Lorrain
France
Delawar
Aupulta
Prince Frederick
Duke of
Saxe Gotha
England
Offel
Helvoetfluys
Greenwich
Roya
Somerset-house
St. James’s
Caroline Fitzroy
the Dutt of Gratton
Caroline Lenes
Duke of Richmond
Lucy Wentworth
Earl of Stratford
Sophia Palmer
Earl of
Pomfret
London
Amelia
Caroline
St. James’s House