Her one idea of her position as Queen was to agree with any expression of opinion that fell from the King.
She was fond of music, and took a deep interest in her religious duties and in all that concerned the welfare of the Protestant communion.

But apart from this, her interests were entirely domestic and personal, and her letters reveal her character in the most amiable light.

Her devotion to the King, and the tender and respectful diffidence with which she welcomed her niece to the Throne, show a very sweet nature.
The rest of her life, after King William's death, was passed to a great extent under invalid conditions, though she was only forty-four at the time of her niece's accession.

She travelled a good deal in search of health, and lived a quiet life in England, surrounded by a small but devoted circle of friends and relations.

Her personal popularity with the nation became very great, not only for the simple kindliness of her life, but for her splendid munificence; it is said that her public subscriptions often exceeded L20,000 a year.