She refused to allow his illegitimate son from that affair to keep the surname Herbert, and she and Henry ended up living in separate quarters at Wilton (he downstairs, she upstairs).

She was admired by George III in the early 1760s, becoming a Lady of the Bedchamber to his wife, Queen Charlotte.

The King and Queen stayed for two nights with Henry and Elizabeth at Wilton House in 1778.

She would eventually move to Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park in 1788, which King George had put at her disposal.

However, the King – who had been attracted to Elizabeth as long as he had known her – suffered his first bout of insanity that same year, and she had to endure the embarrassment of his sporadic and unwanted attentions until his recovery later that year.