When the duke of Gramont, as French ambassador to the Court of Spain, received on his sovereign’s behalf the Infanta who would become Queen of France, he made this salutation: “Your Majesty, my lord the King wishes you peace. And to thee, Your Highness, he delivers both his heart and crown.”
Adolfo Padovan, Il libro degli aneddoti (Milan: Bottega di Poesia, 1924), p. 142. (Nobility.org translation.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 72
