 Further rumours spread that Louise was having an affair with Arthur Bigge , later Lord Stamfordham , the Queen 's assistant private secretary . Beatrice mentioned the rumours to the Queen 's physician , calling it a " scandal " , and Prince Henry claimed to have seen Bigge drinking to Louise 's health at dinner . Louise denied the rumour , claiming that it was started by Beatrice and Helena to undermine her position at court . However , on Henry 's death , relations between the sisters sporadically improved , and it was Louise , rather than the Queen , who was the first to arrive at Cimiez to be with the widowed Beatrice . Nevertheless , Louise 's jealousy did not evaporate completely . James Reid , the Queen 's physician , wrote to his wife a few years later : " Louise is as usual much down on her sisters . Hope she won 't stay long or she will do mischief ! " 
