A month after his father's death Prince George was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, but the young Prince, though always respectful, never entertained any affectionate feelings for his grandfather. This may have been due, in part, to the unforgiving spirit with which the old King followed his son even to the tomb. Frederick's funeral was shorn of almost every circumstance of state. No princes of the blood and no important members of the government attended, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey "without either anthem or organ". Of the few faithful friends who attended the last rites, Dodington writes: "There was not the attention to order the board of green cloth to provide them a bit of bread; and these gentlemen of the first rank and distinction, in discharge of their last sad duty to a loved, and loving, master, were forced to bespeak a great, cold dinner from a common tavern in the neighbourhood; at three o'clock, indeed, they vouchsafed to think of a dinner and ordered one, but the disgrace was complete--the tavern dinner was paid for and given to the poor".[8] [8] Dodington's _Diary_, April 13, O.S., 1751, edition 1784. Some five months after Frederick's death his widow gave birth to a princess, the subject of this book. Dodington thus records the event, which, except in the _London Gazette_, was barely noticed by the journals of the day:-- "On Wednesday, the Princess walked in Carlton Gardens, supped and went to bed very well; she was taken ill about six o'clock on Thursday morning, and about eight was delivered of a Princess. Both well."[9] [9] Dodington's _Diary_, July 13, O.S., 1751, edition 1784. The advent of this daughter was hardly an occasion for rejoicing. Apart from the melancholy circumstances of her birth, her widowed mother had already a young and numerous family,[10] several of whom were far from strong, and all, with the exception of her eldest son, the heir presumptive to the throne, unprovided for. [10] Table. See next page. Eleven days after her birth the Princess was baptised at Leicester House by Dr. Hayter, Bishop of Norwich, and given the names of Caroline Matilda, the first being after her grandmother, the second harking back to our Norman queens. Except in official documents she was always known by the latter name, and it is the one therefore that will be used in speaking of her throughout this book. The infant had three sponsors, her aunt the Princess Caroline (represented by proxy), her eldest sister the Princess Augusta, and her eldest brother the Prince of Wales. In the case of the godfather the sponsorship was no mere form, for George III. stood in the light of guardian to his sister all through her life. TABLE SHOWING THE CHILDREN OF FREDERICK AND AUGUSTA, PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, AND ALSO THE DESCENT OF HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII. FROM FREDERICK PRINCE OF WALES.