130-131] The Scottish response to the Settlement was to pass the Act of Security; a bill which stated that — failing the issue of the Queen — the Estates had the power to choose the next Scottish monarch from amongst the numerous descendants of the royal line of Scotland. OK. "Queen Anne" redirects here. In about 1673, Anne made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who became her close friend and one of her most influential advisors.cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica| title = Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough| accessdate = 2007-01-07| publisher = Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9051033/Sarah-Jennings-Churchill] Jennings later married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), in course of time Anne's most important general. Anne Princess of Great Britain; Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. Soon after her accession, Anne appointed her husband Lord High Admiral, giving him control of the Royal Navy.

The new arms were: "Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England) impaling Or a lion rampant within a tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); II Azure three fleurs-de-lys Or (for France); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland)". Lady Frances Villiers contracted the disease, and died. [109], While Ireland was subordinate to the English Crown and Wales formed part of the kingdom of England, Scotland remained an independent sovereign state with its own parliament and laws. 35–37; Green, p. 31; Gregg, p. 24; Somerset, pp. Another month of arguments followed before the Queen finally consented to put the Admiralty in control of the Earl of Orford in November.Later yearsAs the expensive War of the Spanish Succession grew unpopular so too did the Whig administration. The claim to France was only nominal, and had been asserted by every English king since Edward III. Template:English Monarchs The new arms were: Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England) impaling Or a lion rampant within a tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); II Azure three fleurs-de-lys Or (for France); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland). [Gregg (2001), pp. MSS. [Macaulay iv. [101] It was headed by Lord Godolphin and Anne's favourite the Duke of Marlborough, who were considered moderate Tories, along with the Speaker of the House of Commons, Robert Harley. [35] When her father tried to get Anne to baptise her youngest daughter into the Catholic faith, Anne burst into tears. The Bill of Rights 1689 settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne and her descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary. [115] At first, Anne withheld royal assent to the act, but she granted it the following year when the Estates threatened to withhold supply, endangering Scottish support for England's wars. Thomas Aylesbury15= 15.

She used the motto "Semper eadem" (always the same).Ancestry and descentAncestorsahnentafel-compact5style=font-size: 90%; line-height: 110%;border=1boxstyle=padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc;boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9;boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;1= 1. She used the motto "Semper eadem" (always the same).Ancestry and descentAncestorsahnentafel-compact5style=font-size: 90%; line-height: 110%;border=1boxstyle=padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc;boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9;boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;1= 1. In 1708, Anne became the last British Sovereign to withhold the Royal Assent from a bill (in this case, a Scots militia bill).Preoccupied with her health (she may have suffered from porphyria), Anne allowed her ministers, most notably Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, as well as her favourites (Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and Abigail Masham) to dominate politics.The shift of power from the Crown to the ministry became even more apparent during the reign of George I, whose chief adviser, Sir Robert Walpole, is often described as the "first Prime Minister."

A marriage treaty between Anne and Prince George of Denmark, younger brother of King Christian V, and Anne's second cousin once removed, was negotiated by Anne's uncle Laurence Hyde, who had been made Earl of Rochester, and the English Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley17= 17.

Anne's life was marked by many crises, both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarisation. The Whigs rose to power on the strength of Marlborough's victory and almost all the Tories were removed from the ministry. As a committed Anglican, Anne was inclined to favour the Tories. Anne was played by Margaret Tyzack. [52] Churchill abandoned the unpopular King James on the 24th. Eventually the Estates chose the latter option, and Commissioners were appointed to negotiate the terms of a union between the two countries. On the advice of the Churchills—Anne's conduct during this period was probably influenced a great deal by themcite encyclopedia|encyclopedia =Encyclopædia Britannica|title = Mary II| publisher = Cambridge University Press| location = London| edition = 11th Ed.| date = 1911] —she refused to show any sympathy for James after William landed in November and wrote instead to William, declaring her approval of his action. (ed.

[15] A year later, Anne and her stepmother visited Mary in Holland. [106], She took a lively interest in affairs of state, and was a patron of theatre, poetry and music. In a public show of support for the Marlboroughs, Anne took Sarah to a social event at the palace, and refused her sister's request to dismiss Sarah from her household. )|title = The Cambridge Modern History| publisher = Cambridge University Press| location = Cambridge, England| url = http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh.html, PersondataNAME = Anne of Great BritainALTERNATIVE NAMES = Queen AnneSHORT DESCRIPTION = Queen of England, Scotland and IrelandDATE OF BIRTH = 6 February 1665PLACE OF BIRTH = St. James's Palace, LondonDATE OF DEATH = 1 August 1714PLACE OF DEATH = Kensington Palace, London, Cultural depictions of Anne of Great Britain — Anne, Queen of Great Britain, is depicted in novels, film and television.

174–175, 188–193; Somerset, pp. 189–199, Curtis, p. 107; Green, pp.