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lettre de cabinet
Compared to the lettre de chancellerie, a relatively familiar and informal style of communication and thus the most common form of communication between monarchs regarding themselves as equals (‘Monsieur mon frère’, or ‘cousin’, or ‘ma soeur’, etc.). It is also written on smaller paper and by no means always countersigned by a government minister. It could serve many purposes, including provision of the credentials of a diplomatic agent, recall of the agent, the expression of condolences on a death, and so on. |
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