Perhaps because of their upbringing, both Mary and Anne seem to have valued material prosperity over anything else. Sarah Churchill, of all people, condemned Mary's conduct after the Glorious Revolution:
"Queen Mary wanted bowels. Of this she gave unquestionable proof the first day she came to Whitehall. She ran about it looking into every closet and conveniency, and turning up the quilts of the beds just as people do at an inn, with no sort of concern in her appearance. Although at the time I was extremely caressed by her, I thought it very strange and unbecoming conduct. For whatever necessity there was of deposing King James, he was still her father, who had been lately driven from that very chamber, and from that bed; and if she felt no tenderness, I thought, at least, she might have looked grave, or even pensively sad, at so melancholy a reverse of fortune."
John Evelyn concurred with Sarah's evaluation of Mary's behavior in his Diary:
"Queen Mary came to Whitehall laughing and jolly as to a wedding, so as to seem quite transported. She rose early the next morning, and in her undress, as it is reported, before her women were up, went about the palace from room to room to see the convenience of it; lay in the same bed and apartment her unfortunate step-mother had always used, and within a night or two sat down to play at basset, as that princess had been accustomed to do. She smiled upon and talked to everybody, which carriage was censured by many."
Mary later confided to Bishop Burnet that she behaved this way because William had ordered her to behave cheerfully when she came to London.
