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THE STUART KINGS AND OLIVER CROMWELL 83
Elizabeth a Moorish ambassador paid a visit to
Hampton Court, and in 1611 James I. received an
envoy from the Shah of Persia there.
As years rolled by sadder events came to darken
the lives of the King and Queen, and threw a gloom
over the Court. It was to Hampton Court that
Anne retired on the death of her little daughter
Mary, the second child whom she had lost, “ with
only Lord Salisbury to comfort her,” writes Row-
land Whyte. “ All the other Court officers, having
leave to play, are gone every one to his own home.” 1
Soon after this a heavier loss befell the royal family
in the death of Prince Henry, a youth of rare
promise, who died at St. James’s Palace on
November 5, 1612. The Queen never recovered
from the shock, and although she lived for some
years, lost both health and spirits. In the autumn
of 1618 she fell seriously ill, and came to Hampton
Court, where the air always suited her. For a
time she revived, and on Christmas Day attended
service and heard the Bishop of London preach in
a room next to the Paradise chamber. But soon
after this she took to her bed, and died in the early
hours of March 2, as the palace clock struck four.
James, who had paid frequent visits to Hampton
Court during his wife’s illness, was not with her at
the end ; but Prince Charles nursed his mother with
tender care, and was seldom absent from her bed-
side during these last hours.
Anne of Denmark may not have been an interest-
ing woman, but she deserves to be remembered for
1 Lodge’s “ Illustrations,” ii. 201.
Elizabeth a Moorish ambassador paid a visit to
Hampton Court, and in 1611 James I. received an
envoy from the Shah of Persia there.
As years rolled by sadder events came to darken
the lives of the King and Queen, and threw a gloom
over the Court. It was to Hampton Court that
Anne retired on the death of her little daughter
Mary, the second child whom she had lost, “ with
only Lord Salisbury to comfort her,” writes Row-
land Whyte. “ All the other Court officers, having
leave to play, are gone every one to his own home.” 1
Soon after this a heavier loss befell the royal family
in the death of Prince Henry, a youth of rare
promise, who died at St. James’s Palace on
November 5, 1612. The Queen never recovered
from the shock, and although she lived for some
years, lost both health and spirits. In the autumn
of 1618 she fell seriously ill, and came to Hampton
Court, where the air always suited her. For a
time she revived, and on Christmas Day attended
service and heard the Bishop of London preach in
a room next to the Paradise chamber. But soon
after this she took to her bed, and died in the early
hours of March 2, as the palace clock struck four.
James, who had paid frequent visits to Hampton
Court during his wife’s illness, was not with her at
the end ; but Prince Charles nursed his mother with
tender care, and was seldom absent from her bed-
side during these last hours.
Anne of Denmark may not have been an interest-
ing woman, but she deserves to be remembered for
1 Lodge’s “ Illustrations,” ii. 201.