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Relations between members of the British royal family often have had their ups and downs. When the then Prince of Wales became a father in 1767, with the birth of a daughter, the prince’s father, George II, did what? And how did a senior court official Lord Hervey describe the birth of the daughter, Augusta?
I was a Flemish painter and diplomat. I went to Italy in 1600, studying the works of Titian and Veronese in Venice before entering the service of the Duke of Mantua. I became court painter to the Spanish viceroys in Antwerp in 1609. I was already famous when I painted my masterpiece, the triptych ‘Descent…
