The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . ar, Coward—Correspondence between Frederick and his Father—The King refuses to see his Son— Verbiage of Sorrow—The King dechnesto write and answer his Letters—The Queen visits the Princess—The PrincesAffectation of Respect—The Queen laid up with the Gout—The Prince orderedout of St. Jamess Palace—Sir Robert Walpoles plain English— You lie, youlie, you lie —A garbled Translation of the Correspondence published by thePrince—Rival Publication by the King— The greatest Ass, the greatest Liar,the greatest Canaille, the greatest Beast in the whole
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . ar, Coward—Correspondence between Frederick and his Father—The King refuses to see his Son— Verbiage of Sorrow—The King dechnesto write and answer his Letters—The Queen visits the Princess—The PrincesAffectation of Respect—The Queen laid up with the Gout—The Prince orderedout of St. Jamess Palace—Sir Robert Walpoles plain English— You lie, youlie, you lie —A garbled Translation of the Correspondence published by thePrince—Rival Publication by the King— The greatest Ass, the greatest Liar,the greatest Canaille, the greatest Beast in the whole World—The QueensIllness—Her Intimate Conversations with Lord Hervey—Her Death, E have now reached an epoch in the domestic Hfeof George II., when the ill-feehng between himand his son Frederick, Prince of Wales, whichhad long been smouldering, and which wasdaily growing more intense, suddenly burst outinto a fierce and open flame, through an act, on the part ofthe Prince, of crowning insult to his august Majesty. Of. 1736] Geoi^ge II!s Hatred of his Son. 265 this act Hampton Court was the scene, and we must con-sequently, as far as it relates to the subject of these pages,narrate what occurred in some detail. It would seem that from the very day of the Kings acces-sion to the throne, he had been possessed with a feeling ofdeep animosity against his son, though the origin of thequarrel has remained, like that between George II. and hisown father, an unsolved mystery. No doubt the Princesseeking after popularity and courting the opposition, contri-buted not a little to excite his fathers hostility, which had alsocommunicated itself to the Princesses and the Queen, who,expressing herself in her forcible way, declared, Popularitymakes me sick, but Fritzs popularity makes me vomit. Asfor the King, he had latterly ceased to talk to or take anynotice of his son. Whenever he was in the room with him,it put one in mind of stories, that one has heard of g
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