Letter from Madame Royale to Marie-Amélie

The Duchess of Angoulême thanked her cousin for the details of her trip and recommended that her poor daughter, Marie [d'Orléans (1813-1839), future Duchess of Württemberg], be well cared for: "We learned from the newspapers of the arrival of the Duke of Chartres in Lunéville [...]". She promised to stop in Randan on her way to Vichy and mentioned the King of Naples' trip: "Nothing is known for certain yet; but it seems that it is delayed, that the wedding will not take place until the end of November, that Their Majesties will leave at the earliest at the end of September, that Their Sardinian Majesties have strongly encouraged them to pass through Turin and stop there for three days [...]". She relayed further news from the court of Naples and assured her cousin that she had fulfilled her duties for the King and her husband: "They asked me to thank you and offer their sincere congratulations; please convey ours to the Duke of Orleans, to Mademoiselle [Madame Adélaïde], and to all your children [...]". Madame Royale added: "Nothing new here except the deaths of Monsieur Daru and the old Duchess of Tingry; the fair is dreadful here this year, it rains every day [...]".