Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, by Lely. The rare seal of Charles II issued in Jersey after his father’s death; Jersey was the only part of the English dominions in which Charles II was proclaimed. Mary, Princess of Orange and eldest sister of Charles II , 1659, by Adriaen Hanneman. ‘La Grande Mademoiselle’ (Anne-Marie Louise de Montpensier), first cousin of Charles II and the greatest heiress in Europe. Whiteladies and Boscobel House in Shropshire, where Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester; he commissioned this commemorative painting, by Robert Streater, after the Restoration. Worcester, showing the house from which Charles II escaped at the end of the battle; photo by the author. The Royal Oak today, isolated in a field near Boscobel House (it was once part of a forest). Charles II asleep in the lap of Major Carlos in the branches of the Boscobel Oak. Charles II in farmer’s clothes riding with Jane Lane from Bentley Hall to Abbot’s Leigh. These are two of a set of five historical reconstructions of the royal adventures painted by Isaac Fuller some time after the Restoration. Much of the detail is accurate, but the King himself, only twenty-one at the time of his escape, looks far too old. Charles II in exile, artist unknown but probably a Spanish painter working in Bruges (detail). Lucy Walter, known as Mrs Barlow, mistress of Charles II . Miniature of James, later Duke of Monmouth, Charles II ’s illegitimate son by Lucy Walter, showing a strong resemblance to pictures of his father at the same age.