From the moment of her accession, he had surrounded the Queen with ladies of his own party; the Mistress of the Robes and all the Ladies of the Bedchamber were Whigs.
In the ordinary course, the Queen never saw a Tory: eventually she took pains never to see one in any circumstances.

She disliked the whole tribe; and she did not conceal the fact.

She particularly disliked Sir Robert Peel, who would almost certainly be the next Prime Minister.
His manners were detestable, and he wanted to turn out Lord M.His supporters, without exception, were equally bad; and as for Sir James Graham, she could not bear the sight of him; he was exactly like Sir John Conroy.
The affair of Lady Flora intensified these party rumours still further.
The Hastings were Tories, and Lord Melbourne and the Court were attacked by the Tory press in unmeasured language.

The Queen's sectarian zeal proportionately increased.

But the dreaded hour was now fast approaching.