Another son of Frederick, Edward, Duke of York, was ‘a very plain boy, with strange loose eyes, but was much the favourite. He is a sayer of things,’ remarks Walpole. Nine years after his father’s death, Prince Edward had occasion to pay as warm a compliment to Lady Huntingdon as ever had been paid her by his father. The occasion was a visit to the Magdalen, in 1760. A large party accompanied Prince Edward from Northumberland House to the evening service. They were rather wits than worshippers; for among them were Horace Walpole, Colonel Brudenell, and Lord Hertford, with Lords Huntingdon and Dartmouth to keep the wits within decent limits. The ladies were all gay in silks, satins, and rose-coloured taffeta; there were the Lady Northumberland herself, Ladies Chesterfield, Carlisle, Dartmouth, and Hertford, Lady Fanny Shirley, Lady Selina Hastings, Lady Gertrude Hotham, and Lady Mary Coke. Lord Hertford, at the head of the governors, met the prince and his brilliant suite at the doors, and conducted him to a sort of throne in front of the altar. The clergyman, who preached an eloquent and impressive sermon from Luke xix. 20, was, not many years after, dragged from Newgate to Tyburn, and there ignominiously hung. Some one in the company sneeringly observed that Dr. Dodd had preached a very Methodistical sort of sermon. ‘You are fastidious indeed,’ said Prince Edward to the objector: ‘I thought it excellent, and suitable to season and place; and in so thinking, I have the honour of being of the same opinion as Lady Huntingdon here, and I rather fancy that she is better versed in theology than any of us.’ This was true, and it was gracefully said. The prince, moreover, backed his opinion by leaving a fifty-pound note in the plate. CHAPTER XI. THE LAST YEARS OF A REIGN. Princess Augusta named Regent in the event of a minority--Cause of the Prince’s death--Death of the Prince of Orange--The King’s fondness for the theatre--Allusion to the King’s age--Death of the Queen of Denmark--Her married life unhappy--Suffered from a similar cause with her mother--Rage of Lady Suffolk at a sermon by Whitfield--Lady Huntingdon insulted by her--War in Canada--Daily life of the King--Establishments of the sons of Frederick--Death of the truth-loving Princess Caroline--Deaths of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Anne--Queen Caroline’s rebuke of her--Death of the King--Dr. Porteous’s eulogistic epitaph on him--The King’s personal property--The royal funeral--The burlesque Duke of Newcastle.