>I think I mean I was talking through my hat :-}
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>I'm not clear how you are building the xml but would it be possible to create it using ISO-8859-1 and then use Encoding.Convert to get a UTF-8 representation ?
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>https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kdcak6ye(v=vs.110).aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=csharp#code-snippet-2
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>Disclaimer : Never tried this........

I will have to see about it.

Basically, this works. It is just that if someone tries to open the received Xml as is, it won't be possible in the browser. But, when processing the data, the proper characters sent are as is.