Editing Anne, Queen of Great Britain (section)

== Glorious Revolution ==
[[File:William&MaryEngraving1703.jpg|thumb|right|Engraving of William and Mary]]
William of Orange invaded England on 5 November 1688 in the [[Glorious Revolution]], which ultimately deposed King James. Forbidden by James to pay Mary a projected visit in the spring of 1687,<ref>Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 47; Somerset, p. 74</ref> Anne corresponded with her and was aware of the plans to invade.<ref>Gregg, p. 60</ref> On the advice of the Churchills,<ref name=yorke /> she refused to side with James after William landed and instead wrote to William on 18 November declaring her approval of his action.<ref>Green, p. 47; Gregg, p. 63</ref> Churchill abandoned the unpopular King James on the 24th. George followed suit that night,<ref>Gregg, p. 64</ref> and in the evening of the following day James issued orders to place Sarah Churchill under house arrest at St James's Palace.<ref>Gregg, p. 65</ref> Anne and Sarah fled from Whitehall by a back staircase, putting themselves under the care of Bishop Compton. They spent one night in his house, and subsequently arrived at [[Nottingham]] on 1 December.<ref>Gregg, pp. 65–66</ref> Two weeks later and escorted by a large company, Anne arrived at [[Oxford]], where she met George in triumph.<ref>Green, pp. 45–47; Gregg, p. 67</ref> "God help me!", lamented James on discovering Anne's desertion on 26 November, "Even my children have forsaken me."<ref>Gregg, p. 66</ref> On 19 December, Anne returned to London, where she was at once visited by William. James fled to France on the 23rd.<ref>Gregg, p. 68; Somerset, p. 105</ref> Anne showed no concern at the news of her father's flight, and instead merely asked for her usual game of cards. She justified herself by saying that she "was used to play and never loved to do anything that looked like an affected constraint".<ref>Lord Clarendon's diary, quoted in Green, p. 49</ref>

In January 1689, a [[Convention Parliament (1689)|Convention Parliament]] assembled in England and declared that James had effectively abdicated when he fled, and that the thrones of England and Ireland were therefore vacant. The [[Parliament of Scotland|Parliament or Estates of Scotland]] took similar action, and William and Mary were declared monarchs of all three realms.<ref>Ward, pp. 250–251, 291–292</ref> The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] and [[Claim of Right Act 1689]] settled the succession. Anne and her descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary, and they were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage.<ref>Green, p. 52; Gregg, p. 69</ref> On 24 July 1689, Anne gave birth to a son, [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]], who, though ill, survived infancy. As William and Mary had no children, it looked as though Anne's son would eventually inherit the Crown.<ref>Curtis, p. 72; Green, pp. 54–55</ref>