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John Morley: “I said that her Majesty’s frankness, so well known, was a main ground of the entire reliance of her ministers upon her.”

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I said that her Majesty’s frankness, so well known, was a main ground of the entire reliance of her ministers upon her.
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John Morley

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Morley reflects on the importance of the Queen's openness in maintaining trust with her ministers.

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