THE COURT DOCTOR.
The Queen's Illness—The New Doctor—The Favourite—Court Revels—The Small-Pox—The Queen's Friend—A Trip to Holstein—Recall of Brandt—Sad Scenes at Court—Downfall Holck—Rantzau-Ascheberg—The Foreign Envoys—Presentation of Colours 215
THE QUEEN'S FRIEND.
The Princess of Wales—Mother and Daughter—George III.—The Cabal—The War with Algiers—The Palace of Hirschholm—Fall of the Premier—Proposed Reforms—Struensee's Maxims—The Council of State—The Royal Hunt—A Lovely Woman—Brandt's Folly 246
THE MASTER OF REQUESTS.
Education of the Crown Prince—Frederick VI.—Condition of the King—A Royal Squabble—The Swedish Princes—The Foundling Hospital—Count von der Osten—The Empress Catharine—Suppression of the Privy Council—The Grand Vizier—The Council of Conferences—The Free Press 286