<p>I’m thinking that if the princ. likes you and has even written you a great recommendation, perhaps your mom could contact him and see if he would be willing to write the GC rec instead of the GC. It’s hard to imagine that colleges would object to the princ. writing it – they might not even notice. Your mom might tactfully explain that she has some serious concerns about whether the GC is a good fit for you, or is truly in a position to do an accurate assessment as is the princ., or some such nonsense that won’t force the princ. to acknowledge that the woman is a vindictive b****, but just suggests that since the princ. knows you so much better, and since your mom really doesn’t feel that the GC rec should go out until she sees it, it might just be easier for all concerned if the princ. simply morphed his letter into the GC rec.</p>