Kensington Palace in Kensington Gardens, London, England, United Kingdom
Courtiers by Lucy Worsley
Power and intrigue in Georgian England's royal court
Courtiers is Lucy Worsley’s study of the courts of George I and George II and their time at Kensington Palace. She explains how Queen Anne, the last of the Stuarts, failed to produce any children; therefore, the Act of Settlement in 1701 proclaimed the Protestant House of Hanover would be Anne’s successor. However, this law was also designed to further restrict the powers of the king. It prevented him from awarding peerages to his fellow Germans; he could not declare war or leave the country without the consent of Parliament and could not change his religion.
