Charlotte Papendiek, Queen Charlotte's wardrobe keeper, wrote many years later that the match would "have made him a Prince indeed; but as he was a younger brother, it might have disturbed the harmony of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz."
Garderobiera reginei Charlotte, Papendiek, a scris mulți ani mai târziu că mariajul "l-ar fi făcut un Prinț, într-adevăr, dar cum el era fratele mai mic, s-ar fi tulburat armonia casei de Mecklenburg-Strelitz".