DR. MACKENZIE AND THE QUEEN.
HER MAJESTY GREATLY ANNOYED.
THE DOCTOR'S DEFENCE.
FORTY THOUSAND COPIES OF HIS BOOK SEIZED. PRESS association.] London, October 16. The relations between Queen Victoria and Sir Morell Mackenzie are sti aed, in consequence of the action of the English medical journals in publishing fac-simile portions of the Emperor Frederick's diary whilst defending Sir Morell against the attacks made on him by the German doctors. These portions of the diary the Queen had ordered to be erased, and their publication has caused Her Majesty great annoyance. Sir Morell Mackenzie protests his innocence in the matter, and has assured Her Majesty that he in no way authorised the publication of these portions of the diary. Her Majesty fears that this incident/" will further annoy the Germans, and cause friction between the two countries. Sir Morell Mackenzie-is threatened with libel actions for calling papers who published the parts of his book prematurely thieves and robbers. Forty thousand copies of the work have been seized at Leipsic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9188, 18 October 1888, Page 5
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