Note 308 — XX ROYAL DUTIES AND INTERESTS (continued 2)
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The story of Count Piper is curious and highly honourable to him. He discovered that the late King Carl XV. was going to make a most unworthy and disgraceful marriage, and he wrote to him most strongly upon the subject. The king never forgave him, and made it impossible for him to stay in Sweden, but the cause of his disgrace was unknown, till the present king, Oscar, found the letter among his brother’s papers after his death. Count Piper was at once recalled, and given first-rate diplomatic posts.