And all went rantum scantum.
Now sire and son had played their part;
What could befal beside?—
Why, the babe took this to heart,
Kick’d up his heels, and died.
God grant the land may profit reap
From all this silly pother,
And send these fools may ne’er agree
Till they are at Han-o-ver.
As the Prince of Wales was now forbidden to live in any of the royal palaces, it became necessary for him to set up a house for himself and his consort. He remained at Lord Grantham’s for a short time, and then took Savile House in Leicester Fields, and moved his effects thither from St. James’s. But Savile House was too small for his requirements, so he took the house adjoining, Leicester House, from Lord Gower, at a rent of £500 a year, established a communication between it and Savile House, and with the Princess of Wales took up his residence there on Lady Day, 1718.