 Elizabeth were given secret document to keep from the royal council by Charles, and during the conflict between Charles and Sigismund, the loyalists of Sigismund kept watch of who she visited and consorted with because of her closeness to Charles, and speculated about her political sympathies.She was present at the assembly in Stockholm in the summer of 1597, were Charles was granted more authority.Elizabeth died suddenly and unexpectedly 10 November 1597.