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NHG-P.768.043
21 Oct 1768:21 (628)
London, August 13. Wednesday evening the King of Denmark
landed at Dover; and yesterday evening about six, his
Majesty arrived in perfect health at the apartments prepared
for him at St. James's. . . [4 lines]
His Majesty is of a fair complexion, has a fine open
countenance, flaxen hair, acquiline nose, and eyes
remarkably sparkling; is of a middling stature, and was
dressed in green and gold.
His Danish Majesty is not yet twenty years of age, being
born on the 2d of January 1749.
Yesterday about five o'clock in the afternoon, the King of
Denmark paid a visit to their Majesties at the Queen's
palace.
Last night his Danish Majesty was at Ranelaugh, and
afterwards went to Sir Thomas Robinson's near that place,
where he danced country dances. The Hon. Lady Bell Stanhope
was his Majesty's partner.
. . . [10 more lines about his visit.]
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