She returned to London in 1663 and took on the persona of an orphaned Princess van Wolway from Cologne. She claimed that she was born in Cologne and that her father was Henry van Wolway, Lord of Holmstein and that she had fled a possessive lover. In April 1663 she used this guise to marry a surgeon John Carleton, who was the brother-in-law of the landlord of the "Exchange" tavern which she frequented. After the wedding, however, an anonymous letter exposed her.