In the same despatch (May 4, 1768) Lord Weymouth announced the death of the Princess Louisa Anne, and enclosed a sealed letter from George III. to the Queen, whose sorrows now came upon her thick and fast, for her sister's death was the second bereavement she had sustained within a few months, in addition to the loss of her faithful Plessen. Louisa Anne, who had once been put forward as a possible Queen of Denmark, had been always an invalid, and was so diminutive in stature that, though she completed her nineteenth year before she died, she looked like a sickly child of thirteen. There is nothing recorded of her beyond that she was a lover of literature, and of an amiable disposition. The death of her sister furnished the Queen with an excuse for not appearing at court festivities, which became wilder and more dissolute, and were attended by many persons of ill-fame, both men and women. Prominent among them was "Catherine of the Gaiters," who had now gained great influence over the King, and led him (or he led her) into the wildest excesses. It was one of Christian's peculiarities that he liked to see women dressed as men, and to humour him "Milady" disguised herself in the uniform of a naval officer and accompanied the King and his friends on their night adventures. During her varied career "Milady" had made several enemies among women of her own walk in life: they were jealous of her prosperity and spoke ill of her. To revenge herself she induced the King and his party to enter the houses where these women lived, smash the windows and throw the furniture into the street. The watchmen had secret orders to take no notice of these proceedings, but they often found it difficult to prevent the populace from rising in indignation. Reverdil, who viewed the _liaison_ between the King and "Milady" with disgust, once saw Christian returning to the palace, boasting loudly of his exploits, and he could not refrain from uttering the sarcasm, "_Voilà un beau chemin à la gloire_". The King was exceedingly angry, and said, "Do not mock at me. Scold me if you will, but do not mock at me."