Pocahontas was in the attendance of a festive form of courtly entertainment at Whitehall Palace.
 In early 1617, Smith met the couple at a social gathering and wrote that, when Pocahontas saw him, "without any words, she turned about, obscured her face, as not seeming well contented," and was left alone for two or three hours
 Charles I owned an extensive art collection at the palace and several of William Shakespeare's plays had their first performances here

