He never felt he owed Britain anything, and indeed he did not: the throne had been settled on his mother, not for love of her, but simply because she was the only alternative to the succession of the dreaded Roman Catholic heirs.

So George came as a visitor, rather submitting to be King of England, than anxious for the honour, prepared to be forced by circumstances to return, little dreaming that two hundred years later his descendants would be firmly seated upon his throne.
It may be mentioned that Lady Mary, as she became better acquainted with the King, grew to like him.

In the letter from Hanover just quoted, she says: "His Majesty dines and sups constantly in public.

The Court is very numerous, and his affability and goodness make it one of the most agreeable places in the world to me." The King was indeed at his best when in residence at Herrenhausen.

Lord Peterborough said that George was so happy there that he believed he had forgot _the accident that occurred to him and his family on the 1st of August_, 1714.
It may be that, the King having taken a great fancy to Lady Mary, modified that lady's earlier impression.