I want everyone to know that I will devote all my strength to maintain, for the good of the whole nation, the principle of absolute autocracy, as firmly and as strongly as did my late lamented father.
Jeg ønsker, at alle skal vide, at jeg til gavn for hele nationen vil bruge al min styrke til at opretholde princippet om det absolutte enevælde, lige så fast og så stærkt som min begrædte far gjorde."