Note 164 — V THE HEIRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN (HERRENHAUSEN, 1701-1714)

She told Schütz (January 1st, 1706) that she thought the naturalisation unnecessary, as it had been held to be in the case of King William III and in those of her late brothers, but that she was quite prepared to act as the Queen and Parliament wished. She would have preferred the name ‘Brunswick-Lüneburg’ to be substituted for ‘Hanover,’ and the style ‘Sérénissime’ in lieu of ‘Excellent.’ The former of these criticisms, at all events, was perfectly just.