The Importance of Family

Federally the fifth of the palatinate was family. Frederick had married James' daughter Elizabeth to General Rejoshing among his relieved subjects. He believed there hadn't been long since it looked as though James might be considering an alliance with his heir Henry to the Catholic Spanish. So, this was personal. As far as James was concerned, also, personal was exactly the word we are talking here. There were matters of policy that a monarch was obliged to discuss and consult on with his people. Reluctantly, James agreed this included some, though not all, public subsidies. But foreigner fairs, oh, no people in Parliament, you just keep your sticky little fingers off