He had been a friend of the Emperor since the two had first met in Rome in 1829, a time when Malmesbury found him ‘ a wild harum - scarum youth apparently without a serious thought of any kind’, who enjoyed galloping through the streets at full tilt on a fine thoroughbred.
He had been a friend of the Emperor since the two had first met in Rome in 1829, a time when Malmesbury found him ‘ a wild harum - scarum youth apparently without a serious thought of any kind’, who enjoyed galloping through the streets while leaning to one side on a fine thoroughbred.