George of Denmark missed another thanksgiving service in May 1707, to celebrate the union of England and Scotland, as he was recuperating at Hampton Court. When Anne became queen in 1702, he was named lord high admiral and generalissimo of the queen's forces, though his role was largely ceremonial. George married Anne at the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace on July 28, 1683. The couple were devoted to each other, but of Anne's many pregnancies, none produced a child who survived to adulthood. George suffered from asthma for many years. He had an easy-going manner and little interest in politics; his appointment as Lord High Admiral of England in 1702 was largely honorary. The Scilly naval disaster of 1707, in which a fleet commanded by Sir Cloudesley Shovell foundered, highlighted mismanagement at the Admiralty, for which George was nominally responsible. By October 1708, five powerful politicians, known as the Whig Junto—Lords Somers, Halifax, Orford, Wharton and Sunderland—were clamouring for the removal of both Prince George and Churchill. Amid the political pressure, George was on his deathbed, suffering from severe asthma and dropsy. He died at 1:30 pm on 28 October 1708 at Kensington Palace, aged 55.