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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/A/19/14
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell
Date	7 August 1846
Writer	Victoria, Queen
Addressee	Russell, John, Lord
Description	Wellington statue on Constitution Hill. Queen Victoria writes to say she must keep her word and allow it to go up, however bad the appearance may be. The Constitutional fiction applied here is absurd, since one Ministry advises her to assent, another to refuse. Her Majesty must keep her word.
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
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