Eventually she was induced to send him an invitation; but she made no attempt to conceal the bitterness of her feelings, and the Duke himself was only too well aware of all that had passed.
Nor was it only against the Tories that her irritation rose.

As the time for her wedding approached, her temper grew steadily sharper and more arbitrary.

Queen Adelaide annoyed her.

King Leopold, too, was "ungracious" in his correspondence; "Dear Uncle," she told Albert, "is given to believe that he must rule the roost everywhere.

However," she added with asperity, "that is not a necessity." Even Albert himself was not impeccable.