 Louise spent her last years at Kensington Palace , occupying rooms next to her sister Princess Beatrice . She made occasional public appearances with the royal family , such as at the Cenotaph at Whitehall on 11 November 1925 . However , her health deteriorated . In 1935 , she greeted her nephew , King George V , and his wife , Queen Mary , at Kensington Town Hall during their Silver Jubilee celebrations , and was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Kensington . Her last public appearance occurred in 1937 , at the Home Arts and Industries Exhibition . Between these occasions , her great nephew , King Edward VIII , abdicated on 11 December 1936 . In December 1936 , Louise wrote to the British prime minister , Stanley Baldwin , sympathising with him about the crisis . 
