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emigrated to Russia. Because she had expressed her rage about the verdict, the Crown Prince included her in the exile and deprived her of her pension as courtier, which was however disputed by the Queen. She joined her spouse in 1812. Before her departure, the Crown Prince surprised her at a visit to
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Swedish monarch and achieved permission for her to return to Sweden, to use her husband's name to allow Armfelt to live anywhere except Sweden and Russia and to stop all active persecution toward him. She then managed to get permission from the
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and told her that he regretted the exile of
Armfelt and that he had been mistaken in him and felt nothing but respect for him. Hedvig Ulrika De la Gardie was given the portraits of the Russian empresses, was given and served as lady-in-waiting (Dame du palais et dame a portrait) to the Empress in
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In March 1811, Armfelt was exiled by the Crown Prince and de facto regent
Charles John on suspicion of plots against the Crown Prince. Hedvig Ulrika De la Gardie negotiated with the Crown Prince through the Queen for Armfelt, but without success. In April 1811, Armfelt was exiled from Sweden and
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