Proclamation of His Majesty 

Portuguese! Your King shall not abandon you, on the contrary wishes only to liberate you from the terror, from the anxiety that does oppress and re-establish public security and lift the veil that still covers the truth to you in the certainty that the collective voice of this loyal Nation shall unite in support of the Throne (…)

My son, Prince Miguel, that just a short time ago did so cover himself in glory due to the heroic actions that he did undertake, this same person now impelled by sinister inspirations and led astray by treacherous advisers, has ventured to commit acts, that, even were they to be just and necessary, could only ever emanate from my Sovereignty Authority, and are thereby in defiance of Royal Power (…)

Aboard the British ship Windsor Castle, in the Tagus, on the ninth of May 1824.

THE KING with Guard.

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ROYAL CHARTER.

Prince Miguel, My much Loved and Cherished Son: I the King do Send you great feeling such as that of much Love and Respect: In response to the Letter that you have sent me today  I have only to tell you that there does not contain within My Royal mind any other sentiment other than that of the Paternal love that I hold for you and which does thereby oblige Me to forget your involuntary errors for Me to solely and exclusively recall the important services that in the last year you did render unto the Throne and the Nation: And knowing just how advantageous you might prove to the verification of the desires that you did manifest to Me, I do deem it for the good to Grant you the licence that you did request of Me to travel for some time to Europe, for I am persuaded that I shall never have any cause but to praise Me in your conduct: That does therefore seem to Me to participate to you that thus I have deemed as understood. Written on board the British ship Windsor Castle, in the Tagus, on 12 May 1824. = KING = To Prince Miguel.

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