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docum ent, p u rp o rtin g to be a L etter w hich the y ou ng a n d u n h a p p y Q ueen w rote to h e r b ro th er, G eorge III. o f E ngland, ap p eared for, p ro b ab ly , the first tim e , in a book pu blished a t Celle in 1851, under the title o f " Caroline M a th ilde, Königin von Dänemark , nach ihrem Leben und Leiden,” (The L ife and Sufferings o f C aroline M atilda, Queen o f D e n m a rk ), by H. Ch. Heimbürger , A rchidiacon us u nd Senior M inistern in Celle.” T h is n a rra tiv e is founded on a p rio r publication, p rin ted in 1 7 7 5 , entitled " Die letzten S tunden Ihrer M a je stä t, der hochseligen Königin Caroline Mathilde von Dänemark ” (T he last h o u rs o f H e r M ajesty the late Queen C aroline M atilda o f D enm ark) , and on the statem ents o f its author, P a sto r Lehzen , th e Q ueen’s sp iritual ad viser, ivlio w as in atten dan ce upo n h er during h er fatal illness. A rchdeacon H eim b ürger does no t state th a t he takes th is L etter from P a sto r L eh zen ’s book (now becom e v e ry sc a rc e ), b u t s a y s , " In h er last m om ents the Q ueen entrusted to P a sto r L ehzen a L etter, w ritten b y h e r own h and an d w ith the g re atest effort, begging him to seal it, and to send it to her b ro th er w hen she should cease to exist.” T h e follow ing is a literal tran slatio n o f the L etter as given in G erm an in A rchdeacon H e im b ü rg e r’s b o o k :