Leopold was still pondering how to clarify this point for his niece when Victoria spoke first: "But you needn't worry about that, because I find that many people dismiss the related reports, especially the Duke of Wellington."
"Oh?" Leopold had always had a good personal relationship with the Duke of Wellington; they first met over twenty years ago in Paris, when Leopold was the special representative of Emperor Alexander I and met with the Duke of Wellington, who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army: "What did Your Excellency, the Duke say?"
