I told Her Majesty I could not rest the Prince's case on Her Majesty's objections if they were the only ones which could be brought forward.

If the case again rose I feared Her Majesty would find many who before, from Party views, voted according to Her Majesty's wishes, would now rank on the opposite side.
Her Majesty asked Dr Hawtrey the evening before who was the cleverest boy at Eton.
Dr Hawtrey made a profound bow to the Queen and said, "I trust your Majesty will excuse my answering, for if I did I make 600 enemies at once." _Memorandum by Baron Stockmar._ _6th October 1841._ The Queen had asked Lord Melbourne whether he would soon visit her at Windsor.

He had not replied on that point, but had written to Prince Albert in order to learn first the Prince's opinion on the feasibility of the matter.
The Prince sent for me and consulted with me.

I was of opinion that the Prince had better refrain from giving an answer, and that I should give my opinion in the written form of a Memorandum, with which Anson should betake himself to town.

He was to read it aloud to Melbourne, and orally to add what amplifications might be necessary.
And so it was done.
[Pageheading: RELATIONS WITH PEEL] My Memorandum was as follows:-- Sir Robert Peel has yet to make his position opposite[113] the Queen, which for him to obtain is important and desirable for obvious reasons.