He arrived to find that the Princess was about to take a bath, she deferred it until he had started the miniature; he was surprised to see that, compared to the vision of beauty he saw in the theatre, she was ordinary and haggard, with one or two red spots due to her "disorder"; he states she was of little height, even though she stood in very high heeled shoes.
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Prince [Charles Stuart] showed the palace and its grounds.