The Royal Archives at Windsor are putting on an exhibition which will showcase a few items of Jacobite interest, as the Daily Telegraph reports. Among the things on display is a letter from Prince Charles Edward to his father, King James III and VIII, written when the Prince was seven years old in 1728. The letter, in a big childish hand, but correctly written and spelled, seems to be some sort of apology for a childish prank. It runs as follows:
Dear Papa, I thank you mightily for your kind letter. I shall strive to obey you in all things. I will be very Dutifull to Mamma, and not jump too near her. I shall be much obliged to the Cardinal for his animals. I long to see you soon and in good health. I am your most dutifull and affecionate son, Charles P.
