Mr. Raikes to Mr. Hill.
Bar Harbor, Me., July 21, 1902.
Sir: The King, my august sovereign, has been greatly moved by the numerous expressions of good will on the part of foreign nations and Governments which have reached him during his illness.
The Marquis of Lansdowne has accordingly directed me, by His Majesty’s command, to assure you that His Majesty and the Queen are very sensible of the interest displayed in his condition throughout the world, and deeply appreciate the sympathetic inquiries after his health which have been addressed to his representatives abroad as well as those which have been made by the representatives of the powers at his own court.
It was with profound regret that His Majesty was compelled to allow the special envoys who had been sent at great trouble to represent their countries at His Majesty’s coronation to leave England without offering them his thanks in person for the compliment which their appointment conveyed. His Majesty feels this all the more as the postponement of the ceremony renders it unlikely that they will be able to take a part in it.
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