To Her Royal Majesty, Victoria of Great Britain, I reply with this; you needn't worry about any hampered trade with Sweden. Indeed, that they no longer are compelled to pay the sound toll and will be protected by Danish vessels will help ensure those commercial ships get where they need to go. Second, this Act applies to no other nation, and British, Russian or Prussian ships will continue to pass as they always have, so long as they honour the Sound Toll. Third, Sweden can always choose to bypass the Strait, and trade from Norway, which would certainly aid our Norwegian brethren, who have obviously been mistreated by Marshal Bernadotte.
Concerning our right to close the Strait, I would argue that Denmark, which has long held the Sound Toll and has always protected the entire passage, has the right to defend its territory and to act as it sees fit in its realm; we will not tell you have to govern your lands, and so long as our policies are not directed at you, we ask you to do the same. Furthermore, this has been caused by the failure of Marshal Bernadotte, who oppresses the Scandinavian people and mismanages his economy. Does the British Parliament endorse his tyranny, when, across its own empire, it seeks to expand liberty, just as the Danish Parliament has done? However, as the Danes desire no war with Britain, we would perhaps be willing to modify the Act, but we remain that this is completely in our right to act in this manner, and that the failed puppet of Napoleon, who terrorizes the Swedish and Norwegian people, has been the root cause of these recent unpleasantness.
Of one final note, Her Majesty and the Parliament only recently removed themselves from the goings-on in Scandinavia, instead favouring the Prussians to act as they see fit; does Her Majesty oppose the policies of the Prussians and the actions of the Parliament and her predecessor?
