Lives of the last four princesses of the royal house of Stuart

1660.] HER FUNERAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 153
deceased lady. Then two heralds before the Duke of
Ormonde, lord-steward of his majesty's household, then
Edward Earl of Manchester, lord chamberlain, after whom
came Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor of
England, with the purse and macebearer before him. Then
came another herald bearing the coronet of her royal high-
ness, Princess-royal of England and Princess-dowager of
Orange, on a cushion of black velvet, followed by the
remains of the royal lady, carried by her own servants ;
the pall being supported by six earls, and the canopy
over it carried by baronets.
His royal highness, the Duke of York, preceded by
another herald, followed the corpse of his royal sister as
chief mourner ; his train was supported by persons of very
high rank. In this order they came to Henry VII. 's
chapel, where the remains of Mary Princess-royal of
England, Princess-dowager of Orange, were interred in the
vault of the royal Stuart line, beside those of Henry Duke
of Gloucester.*
" I am sorry," writes Charles Louis, Elector Palatine, to his
mother, the Queen of Bohemia, then at the Hague, " for this
new affliction God hath sent on your royal family ; whereof I
am the more sensible because I know how near it toucheth
your majesty's affection, which was ever great towards the
deceased Princess, of whom you will ever find the want
while you stay at the Hague. I pray God to comfort your
majesty in all this great affliction, and to do me such grace
that I may be able to contribute something — if not so
much as my duty requires towards it."f
Indeed, the loss of her best niece, as Elizabeth, Queen *
of Bohemia, ever called Mary, was felt very deeply. The
poor Queen was distressed, as her undutiful son acknow-
* Heath's ' Chronicle,' p. 470.
f Bromley Letters, pp. 228-9, date 21st January, 1661, N.S.