. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . Denmark, a man of unparalleled dullness, but forwhom she entertained as much affection as her somewhat tepid andwholly unimaginative temperament was capable of conceiving. Asthe Duchess of Marlborough said at his death in 1708, I believe shefancied she loved him. Nevertheless Annes married life wasconsistently unhappy. Her attempts to obtain public honour andrecognition for her husband always met with failure, and she waseven unable to secure him against the open assaults of politicalopponents. Though she gave birth to many children,
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . Denmark, a man of unparalleled dullness, but forwhom she entertained as much affection as her somewhat tepid andwholly unimaginative temperament was capable of conceiving. Asthe Duchess of Marlborough said at his death in 1708, I believe shefancied she loved him. Nevertheless Annes married life wasconsistently unhappy. Her attempts to obtain public honour andrecognition for her husband always met with failure, and she waseven unable to secure him against the open assaults of politicalopponents. Though she gave birth to many children, all died ininfancy, except the Duke of Gloucester, who died in 1700, at the ageof eleven. During her fathers reign, Anne was on friendly ratherthan affectionate terms with him, and fell even more than beforeunder the influence of Sarah Jennings, now Lady Churchill and oneof the ladies of her bedchamber. Their famous correspondenceunder the names Mrs. Morley and Mrs. Freeman began 1684, andwhen the crisis of 1688 arose, Anne was persuaded by the Churchills. QUEKN ANNE WHEN PRINCESS, WITH HER SON WILLIAM, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER From llic poilrait by MicliacI Dahl in tlie National Portrait Gallery Face p. 2J2 ANNE 273 to abandon her father. She fled from Whitehall in a hackney coachon the night of November 26, accompanied by Lady Churchill andthe warlike Bishop of London on horseback. After a triimiphalprogress through the Midland counties, she returned to greetWilliam and Mary. During the first years of their reign, however,Anne was conspicuously neglected by the King, and seems to havebeen bitterly jealous of her sisters elevation to the throne. Owingto a suspicion of treachery which Marlborough had incurred, shewas compelled to dismiss Mrs. Freeman from her service, thoughtheir mutual regard and their correspondence continued unabated,while her relations with the Queen, her sister, never became anywarmer. The latter died childless in 1694, and Annes position wasimmediately altered
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