The Queen, page 39
26. Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001), 376.
27. Turner, Elizabeth, 57.
28. “How Many Prime Ministers Has the Queen Had in Her Reign?” inews.co.uk, December 13, 2019. See also Marr, Real Elizabeth, 158.
29. Hardman, Our Queen, 205.
30. Marcia Falkender, Inside Number 10 (Worthing, UK: Littlehampton Book Services, 1972), 17.
31. Matthew Francis, “Harold Wilson’s ‘White Heat of Technology’ Speech 50 Years On,” Guardian, September 19, 2013.
32. Nicole Stinson, “Revealed: Queen Broke Protocol for Winston Churchill by Bestowing Rare Honour on Prime Minister,” Daily Express, February 22, 2018.
33. Reiss Smith, “The Crown: Who Is John Lithgow, the American Actor Playing Winston Churchill on Netflix?” Daily Express, December 7, 2016.
8: A Family Affair
1. Author interview with Victoria Charlton, December 2018.
2. Pimlott, The Queen, 371.
3. Pimlott, The Queen, 371.
4. Author interview with Grania Forbes, February 2015.
5. Abbie Llewelyn, “Princess Anne Loathed Royal Family Documentary: ‘It Was a Rotten Idea,’” Daily Express, January 29, 2021.
6. Dennison, The Queen, 332.
7. Bradford, Elizabeth, 353.
8. Smith, Prince Charles, 43.
9. Anne de Courcy, Snowdon: The Biography (London: Phoenix, 2008), 192.
10. Bradford, Elizabeth, 397.
11. Lacey, Monarch, 238.
12. Turner, Elizabeth, 91.
13. Turner, Elizabeth, 91.
14. Turner, Elizabeth, 97.
15. Ibid.
16. Bradford, Elizabeth, 412.
17. Smith, Prince Charles, 63.
18. Bradford, Elizabeth, 415.
19. Katie Frost, “The Queen and Prince Philip’s Best Quotes on Married Life,: Harper’s Bazaar, April 9, 2021.
20. Hardman, Our Queen, 270.
21. Turner, Elizabeth, 110.
22. Turner, Elizabeth, 111.
23. Sheila Langan, “The Irish Lord Who Captured Queen Elizabeth’s Heart,” British Heritage Travel, July 6, 2021.
24. Lisa Waller Rogers, “Princess Margaret and Her Guttersnipe Life,” Lisa’s History Room(blog), April 30, 2020.
25. Sean Smith, “Will She Finally Be Elizabeth the First?” Daily Mail, May 16, 2011.
26. Smith, “Will She Finally Be Elizabeth the First?”
27. Author interview with Sean Smith, October 2021.
28. Theo Aronson, Princess Margaret: A Biography (London: Thistle Publishing, 2013), 276.
29. de Courcy, Snowdon, 230.
30. de Courcy, Snowdon, 234.
31. Elizabeth and Margaret: Love and Loyalty, directed by Lucy Swingler and Stephanie Wessell (UK: Outpost Facilities, September 26, 2020), Channel Five.
32. Shawcross, The Queen Mother, 850.
33. R. W. Apple Jr., “Northern Ireland, Awaiting Jubilee Visit by the Queen, Erupts in Violence Fatal to Two,” New York Times, August 10, 1977.
34. David McKittrick, “Northern Ireland: Memories of 1977 and a ‘Terribly Tense’ Royal Visitor,” Independent, June 28, 2012.
35. Turner, Elizabeth, 117.
36. Dimbleby, Prince of Wales, 205.
37. Dimbleby, Prince of Wales, 260.
38. Sally Bedell Smith, “‘A Sympathetic Ear and a Goofy Sense of humour,’” Daily Mail, April 2, 2017.
39. Ben Pimlott, Elizabeth II and the Monarchy (London: Harper Press, 2012; paperback version), 470.
40. Dimbleby, Prince of Wales, 267.
41. Dennison, The Queen, 384.
9: Then Along Came Diana
1. Jimmy Carter, White House Diary (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), 49.
2. Dennison, The Queen, 415–16.
3. Catherine Armecin, “Queen Elizabeth Reportedly Loves ‘Good Gossip’ About ‘Immoral Balmoral,’ Biographer Says,” International Business Times, February 24, 2019.
4. Smith, A Horseman Through Six Reigns, 144. See also Erickson, Lilibet, 58.
5. Author interview with Eric Milligan, February 2019.
6. Gordon Rayner, “Barbeques, Quips and Pranks at Balmoral: MPs Share Fondest Memories of Prince Philip,” Telegraph, April 12, 2021.
7. Anne Glenconner, “Princess Margaret, Her Lover and Me,” Daily Mail, September 27, 2019.
8. Glenconner, “Princess Margaret, Her Lover and Me.”
9. Glenconner, “Princess Margaret, Her Lover and Me.”
10. Seward, The Queen and Di, 41.
11. Seward, The Queen and Di, 47.
12. Author interview.
13. Rhodes, Final Curtsey, 114.
14. Seward, My Husband and I, 165.
15. Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story—In Her Own Words (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017; orig. 1992), 25th anniversary edition, 56.
16. “Another Round in Prince Charles’ Matrimonial Sweepstakes,” UPI Archives, November 22, 1980.
17. Joel Day, “Princess Anne’s Brutal Assessment of Diana Amid Relationship Tensions,” Daily Express, July 14, 2021.
18. Seward, The Queen and Di, 46.
19. Seward, The Queen and Di, 63.
20. Paul Riddell, “MI5 Blamed BP for Security Lapse Before IRA Bomb Attack on Queen at Sullom Voe,” Shetland Times, June 24, 2019.
21. Graham Strachan, “The IRA Plot to Bomb the Queen in Shetland Following the Death of Bobby Sands,” Press and Journal Evening Express, May 7, 2021.
22. Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute, directed by John Bridcut (UK: Crux Productions, April 21, 2016), BBC.
23. Stephanie Linning, “The Queen Steps Out in Her Third Headscarf in as Many Days,” Daily Mail, May 12, 2017.
24. Seward, The Queen and Di, 52.
25. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 82.
26. Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands (New York: Vintage Books, 2015).
27. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 303.
28. Vickers, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 424.
29. Seward, The Queen and Di, 59.
30. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 184.
31. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 67.
32. Seward, The Queen and Di, 65.
10: Marriages Under the Microscope
1. Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story—In Her Own Words (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017; orig. 1992), 25th anniversary edition, 72.
2. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 306.
3. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 306.
4. “The Princess and the Press: Interview Ken Lennox,” PBS Frontline, undated.
5. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 71.
6. Andrew Morton and Mick Seamark, Andrew: The Playboy Prince (London: Corgi, 1983), 88.
7. “Queen Praying for Troops in Falklands,” UPI Archives, May 26, 1982.
8. Erickson, Lilibet, 266.
9. Talia Shadwell, “Royal Baby: Queen Cracked This ‘Mean Joke’ When She Met Another New Arrival,” Daily Mirror, May 9, 2019.
10. Andrew Morton, Inside Buckingham Palace (New York: Summit Books, 1991), 28.
11. “A Talk with the Queen,” Washington Post, undated.
12. Morton, Inside Buckingham Palace, 84.
13. Brandreth, Philip, 226–27.
14. Michael Dennigan, “Queen’s Former Bodyguard Cleared of Charges,” UPI Archives, November 24, 1982.
15. Victoria Murphy, “60 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About the Queen,” Daily Mirror, February 1, 2012.
16. Seward, The Queen and Di, 103.
17. Seward, The Queen and Di, 103–04.
18. “Andrew and Koo Reported Back on Track,” UPI Archives, May 2, 1983.
19. Monica Greep and Chloe Morgan, “Prince Andrew’s Ex-Girlfriend Koo Stark,” Daily Mail, May 28, 2021.
20. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 219.
21. Dennison, The Queen, 410.
22. Seward, The Queen and Di, 7.
23. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 229.
24. Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, 589.
25. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 367.
26. Camille Heimbrod, “Prince Philip Saw Sarah Ferguson as ‘Great Asset’ to Prince Andrew,” International Business Times, August 11, 2019.
27. Seward, The Queen and Di, 166.
28. Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 221.
29. Brandreth, Philip, 375.
30. Turner, Elizabeth, 91.
31. “Thatcher Declines to Answer Questions on Queen,” UPI / LA Times Archives, July 23, 1989.
32. Brandreth, Philip, 15.
33. Anna Kretschmer, “Queen Heartbreak: Greatest Regrets of Her Majesty’s Reign Revealed,” Daily Express, December 14, 2019.
34. Andrew Neil, Full Disclosure (London: Pan Macmillan, 1996), 276.
35. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 350.
36. William E. Schmidt, “Far from Gulf, British Royalty Is Under Fire,” New York Times, February 12, 1991.
37. William Tuohy, “A Royal Dilemma for Britain,” Los Angeles Times, September 8, 1992.
38. Schmidt, “Far from the Gulf, British Royalty Is Under Fire.”
11: One’s Annus Horribilis
1. Alex Zatman, “Filmmaker Edward’s Right Royal Legacy,” Jewish Telegraph, 2012.
2. Richard Kay and Geoffrey Levy, “How Diana Broke the Queen’s Heart,” Daily Mail, March 6, 2016.
3. Seward, The Queen and Di, 193.
4. Author interview with Simone Simmons, August 2021.
5. Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story—In Her Own Words (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017; orig. 1992), 25th anniversary edition, 298.
6. Seward, The Queen and Di, 168.
7. Rachel Borrill, “No Shock as ‘Vulgarian’ Fergie Leaves the Royal Fold,” Irish Times, April 18, 1996.
8. Britta Zeltmann, “Pen Papa,” US Sun, April 15, 2021.
9. Richard Kay, “The Night Diana Told Me ‘The Redhead’s in Trouble,’” Daily Mail, October 31, 2014.
10. Daniela Elser, “The Toe-Sucking Photo That Ruined the Duchess of York,” news.com.au, July 28, 2019.
11. Kay and Levy, “How Diana Broke the Queen’s Heart.”
12. Anna Kretschmer, “Royal Rage: How Sarah Ferguson Faced Queen’s Fury at Balmoral,” Daily Express, November 1, 2019.
13. Turner, Elizabeth, 9.
14. Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, directed by Ashley Gething (UK: Oxford Film and Television, July 24, 2017), ITV.
15. Dickie Arbiter, “Diana and Charles’s Ex-Press Chief Reveals Advice He Gave,” Daily Mail, September 21, 2014.
16. Pimlott, The Queen, 558.
17. Seward, The Queen and Di, 203.
18. Kay and Levy, “How Diana Broke the Queen’s Heart.”
19. Kay and Levy, “How Diana Broke the Queen’s Heart.”
20. Dennison, The Queen, 437.
21. Ken Wharfe with Robert Jobson, Guarding Diana: Protecting the Princess Around the World (London: King’s Road Publishing, 2017).
22. Andrew Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love (London: Michael O’Mara Books, 2004), 111.
23. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 87.
24. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 107.
25. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 109.
26. John Darnton, “Prince Charles, in TV Documentary, Admits to Infidelity,” New York Times, June 30, 1994.
27. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 137.
28. Robert Jobson, “Charles: Camilla Is Central to My Life,” Evening Standard, April 12, 2012.
29. Graham Turner, “The Real Elizabeth II,” Telegraph, January 8, 2002.
30. Turner, Elizabeth, 169–70.
31. Andrew Morton, Meghan: A Hollywood Princess (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2018), 319.
32. Brandreth, Philip and Elizabeth, 225.
33. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 209.
34. Jennifer Newton, “Queen’s Letter to ‘Furious’ Princess Diana That Finally Ended Marriage to Charles,” Daily Mirror, June 28, 2021.
35. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 211.
36. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 210.
37. Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love, 213.
38. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 387.
39. Matthew Kirkham, “Prince William’s Promise to Princess Diana Revealed,” Daily Express, February 15, 2019.
12: Flowers, Flags, and Fortitude
1. Naomi Gordon, “Prince William and Prince Harry Speak of Their Regret at ‘Rushed’ Last Call with Princess Diana,” Harper’s Bazaar, July 23, 2017.
2. Seward, The Queen and Di, 14.
3. Penny Junor, The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown (New York: HarperCollins, 2017), 150.
4. Pimlott, The Queen, 2012 paperback, 609.
5. Deirdre Fernand, “Diana, the Queen and a Final Royal Family Reckoning,” Times, September 17, 2006.
6. Beth Whitehouse, “The Lives of ‘the Heir and the Spare,’ With and Without Diana,” Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2001.
7. Pimlott, The Queen, 2012 paperback, 615.
8. Robert Seeley, “Britain Shocked by Princess Diana’s Death,” AP News, August 31, 1997.
9. Diana: 7 Days (UK: Sandpaper Films, August 27, 2012), BBC One.
10. George Carey, Know the Truth: A Memoir (New York: HarperCollins, 2004), 407.
11. Siofra Brennan, “‘Is It True That Mummy’s Dead?’” Daily Mail, May 30, 2017.
12. Christopher Warwick, Princess Margaret: A Life of Contrasts (London: Andrew Deutsch, 2000), 285.
13. Frances Hardy, “My Twin Brother Was Dead,” Daily Mail, August 6, 2010.
14. Katie Nicholl, William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls (New York: Weinstein Books, 2010).
15. Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy.
16. Diana 7 Days, BBC One.
17. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 397.
18. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 397.
19. Carey, Know the Truth, 409.
20. Turner, Elizabeth, 159.
21. Brown, Diana Chronicles, 472.
22. Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy.
23. “The Queen Starts Celebrations for Her 90th,” Sky News, April 20, 2016.
24. “Princess Diana’s Death Was ‘Global Event’ Says Blair,” BBC News, September 1, 2010.
25. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 402.
26. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 401.
27. Pimlott, The Queen, 2012 paperback, 623.
28. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 403.
29. Pimlott, The Queen, 2012 paperback, 623.
30. Dennison, The Queen, 453.
31. Ann Leslie, “‘So Tell Me, Ma’am, Why Do You Always Look So Grumpy,’” Daily Mail, September 17, 2008.
32. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 403.
33. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 404.
34. Pimlott, The Queen, 2012 paperback, 624.
35. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 404–05.
36. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 405.
37. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 406.
38. Author interview with Dickie Arbiter, January 2019.
39. Petronella Wyatt, “Taking Sides in the Battle Royal,” Daily Mail, June 29, 2019.
40. Andrew Morton, “Destroyed: The Letters That Fuelled a Royal Feud,” Telegraph, September 20, 2009.
41. Brown, Diana Chronicles, 471.
42. Andrew Morton, Diana: In Pursuit of Love (London: Michael O’Mara Books, 2004), 272.
43. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 408.
44. Camille Heimbrod, “Princess Margaret Wrote ‘Secret’ Letter to Queen Elizabeth After Princess Diana’s Death,” International Business Times, October 24, 2018.
45. Carolyn Durand, “Letter from Queen Elizabeth About Princess Diana’s Death Comes to Light,” ABC News, August 13, 2017.
46. Editorial, Sunday Telegraph, September 24, 1998.
47. Pimlott, The Queen, 663.
13: Two Weddings and Two Funerals
1. Penny Junor, The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown (New York: HarperCollins, 2017), 157.
2. Smith, Prince Charles, 345.
3. John Davison and Kathy Marks, “Prince’s Charm Offensive Backfires,” Independent, November 10, 1998.
4. Prince Charles at 50: Heir to Sadness, directed by Alan Scales, written by Margaret Holder (UK: Imagicians, October 12, 1998).
5. George Carey, Know the Truth: A Memoir (New York: HarperCollins, 2004), 412.
6. Anna Kretschmer, “Royal Bombshell: What the Queen ‘Hates Above All Things’ Revealed,” Daily Express, April 21, 2019.
7. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 432.
8. Penny Junor, The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor (London: HarperCollins, 2005), 363.
9. Thorpe, ed., Who Loses, Who Wins, 363.
10. Rhodes, Final Curtsey, 5.
11. Shawcross, The Queen Mother, 935.
12. “Queen Thanks Nation ‘For Their Love,’” Guardian, April 8, 2002.
13. “The Queen Tells Driver to Slow Down,” YouTube, July 31, 2012.
14. Smith, Elizabeth the Queen, 446–47.
15. Caitlin Moran, “The Best Bit Was Seeing Reactions in the Royal Box; Golden Jubilee,” Times, June 4, 2002.
16. Gerrard Kaonga, “Queen ‘Blossomed’ as She ‘Heralded New Era’ of the Monarchy After Royal Family Death,” Daily Express, January 14, 2021.
17. Caroline Davies, “The Queen Came Through for Me,” Telegraph, November 2, 2002.
18. “What the Butler Paul Burrell Said About the Queen, Prince Philip, Charles… and Himself,” Daily Mail, January 15, 2008.
19. Steve Bird and Sam Lister, “The Queen ‘Warned Butler to Beware of Dark Forces at Work,’” Times, November 6, 2002.
20. Bronwen Weatherby, “Diana’s Letters from Prince Philip Reveal He and the Queen ‘Never Dreamed’ Charles Would Leave Her for Camilla,” Daily Mirror, September 8, 2018.
21. “War of the Wedding,” Daily Mail, November 4, 2004.
22. Smith, Prince Charles, 400.
23. “Queen Condemns Bombing ‘Outrage,’” BBC News, July 8, 2005.
24. Liz Jones, “Queen Elizabeth Looks in the Mirror and Likes What She Sees,” Daily Mail, May 26, 2012.
25. Richard Kay, “Angela, We Could Be Sisters,” Daily Mail, October 29, 2019.
