The Gift included with a yacht, the Mary, a tapestry, and bedroom furniture which had belonged to Charles' sister Maria Henrietta Stuart I.Whittaker and Clayton: pp. 31–2 for the art, Gleissner for the furniture and yacht. The yacht was the gift of the Dutch East India Company, according to Liverpool Museums (with model) , or the City of Amsterdam according to other sources. John Evelyn, visiting Hampton Court Palacein 1662, noted that "The Queen's bed was an embroidery of silver on crimson velvet, and cost 8000l., being a present made by the States of Holland when his Majesty returned, and had formerly been given by them to our King's sister, the Princess of Orange, and, being bought of her again, was now presented to the King.""Garden Descriptions, From the Diary of John Evelyn", Gardenvisit.com A very tricky issue was the education and upbringing of her son, the orphan William III of Orange.
