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lady would be forced to remain, while he himself return to
Stockholm." However, though she had no longer a court office herself, Charlotte Manderström managed to stay at court and continue to participate in court life, being married to a man with a court office and herself having the informal position of a favorite to the queen.
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claims in her famous journal that it was the task of
Manderström to keep the queen updated about everything in the life of the royal court and aristocratic high society life. Manderström is often mentioned as the companion in the queen during periods when the later preferred to isolate herself, such
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that year, that
Manderström: "state that she is quite disposed to let herself lose, if there were but one who would take advantage of the opportunity. She is in despair to lose a chance which may not return for a long time, as her husband has the inclination to send her to the country, were the fair
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remarked that the queen isolated herself with "her favorite" Baroness
Manderström. Her intimate friendship with the queen is also demonstrated by the fact that she participated in the private Christmas dinner of royal family in 1789, when the only other participators were the king, the queen, the
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crown prince and the governor of the crown prince. She was regarded as influential over the queen: during the conflict between the king and the queen in 1786, when Sophia
Magdalena refused to participate in representation as a protest to the king's favoritism of
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In 1773, she married the courtier Baron
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She was born to the noble Carl Erik Duwall and
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and noble. She was the lady in waiting and favorite of the Swedish Queen consort,
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Manderström had dramatic talent and often played the main parts in the popular
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