The Princess was devoted to her, but "greatly in awe of her." She remained at Court after the accession till 1842, without holding an official position, and then returned to Germany, where she died in 1870.
[Pageheading: BARON STOCKMAR] Baron Stockmar was another of the interesting personalities who came into very close contact with the Queen in her early years.

He was forty-nine at the time of the accession, but he had come to England more than twenty years before as private physician to Prince Leopold.
He endeared himself to the Princess Charlotte, who died holding his hand.

He afterwards became Prince Leopold's private secretary, and took a prominent part as the Prince's representative in the successive negotiations with regard to his candidature for the thrones of Greece and Belgium.

Upon the accession of Queen Victoria, Stockmar joined the Court in a private capacity, and for fifteen months he held an unofficial position as her chief adviser.

There was a general feeling of dislike in the minds of the English public to the German influences that were supposed to be brought to bear on the Queen; and Lord Melbourne found it necessary to make a public and categorical denial of the statement that Stockmar was acting as the Queen's private secretary.