George VI and Elizabeth, page 78
“soberly and with”: Ibid., p. 334.
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Several days later: King George VI, diary, 19 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“the smiles on their”: King George VI, diary, 17 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“grease & a lotion”: King George VI, diary, 17 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“A lovely sunny”: King George VI, diary, 20 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“brought a lump into”: King George VI to Queen Mary, 28 June 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/56.
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“by sea and by night”: Ibid.
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“But I have been”: Wheeler-Bennett, George VI, p. 578.
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her first investiture: Lascelles III, p. 135.
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“obviously enjoyed”: Ibid.
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“Please don’t get”: Queen Elizabeth to King George VI, 17 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/79.
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“he looks very thin”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 24 June 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/55.
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“internal trouble”: King George VI, diary, 21 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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he had lost: King George VI, diary, 25 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“I found Elizabeth”: King George VI, diary, 25 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“has not been well”: King George VI, diary, 14 to 19 February 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“great secrecy”: King George VI, diary, 6 July 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“flat refusal”: Lascelles III, pp. 138–39.
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“he could no longer”: King George VI, diary, 6 July 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“at once”: Lascelles III, p. 140.
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“had always found”: King George VI, diary, 6 July 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“unwilling target”: Lascelles III, p. 138.
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“kindness & support”: Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 26 June 1943, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B.
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“a serious thing”: Harvey II, p. 275.
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“very angry at me”: Helen Hardinge, diary, 8 July 1943, Hon. Lady Murray Papers, Shawcross, QEQM, p. 573.
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“simply grand”: Lascelles III, p. 141.
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“extended knowledge”: Lady Airlie to Sir Alan Lascelles, 3 August 1943, British Library, Airlie Papers.
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“rather wearily”: Lascelles III, p. 141.
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THIRTY-ONE: Overlord
“The more one goes”: King George VI, diary, 3 February 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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she also saw her patronage: Susan Owens, Watercolours and Drawings from the Collection of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (London: Royal Collection, 2005), p. 17.
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“romantic”: Sir Kenneth Clark to Queen Elizabeth, 9 August 1941, RA QEQM/PRIV/PIC, Owens, Watercolours and Drawings, p. 34.
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“really exquisite”: Queen Elizabeth to Sir Kenneth Clark, 11 February 1944, Clark Papers, Shawcross, QEQM Letters, p. 358.
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“covered with wisteria”: Owens, Watercolours and Drawings, p. 37.
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“You seem to have”: James Lees-Milne, Prophesying Peace (London: Chatto and Windus, 1977), p. 212.
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The King watched: King George VI, diary, 10 to 14 December 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“I can’t hear a word”: Crawford, Little Princesses, p. 141.
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The presence of: King George VI, diary, 18 to 20 October 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“It was admirably”: Lascelles III, p. 186.
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“I have never known”: Crawford, Little Princesses, p. 150.
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“seems so suited”: Fitzalan Howard, Windsor Diaries, p. 217.
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“They rolled back”: Lascelles III, p. 189.
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“we had a very gay”: Princess Elizabeth to Marion Crawford, 1 January 1944, RA QEII/OUT/BUTHLAY, Shawcross, QEQM, p. 578.
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“behaviour did not”: Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 31 December 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF, Shawcross, QEQM, p. 578.
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King and the general: King George VI, diary, 10 to 17 January 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“From now on I shall”: King George VI, diary, 24 to 31 January 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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he saw Prince Philip: King George VI, diary, 12 May 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“a wonderful sight”: King George VI, diary, 19 May 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“family matter”: King George VI, diary, 8 February 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“How could I create”: King George VI to Queen Mary, 20 February 1944, Wheeler-Bennett, George VI, pp. 591–92.
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“any change”: Wheeler-Bennett, George VI, p. 591.
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“liked it very much”: Robert Barrington-Ward, diary, 16 February 1944, collection of Mark Barrington-Ward.
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“beginning to move”: The Times, 17 April 1944.
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uniform she wore: The Times, 19 April 1944.
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“fascinated her”: Fitzalan Howard, Windsor Diaries, p. 228.
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“her life is becoming”: Ibid.
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now she was “Ma’am”: Ibid., p. 240.
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“lovely hot day”: King George VI, diary, 21 April 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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The Grenadiers did: The Times, 22 April 1944.
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very small air raid shelter: King George VI, diary, 14 March 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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From Eisenhower on: King George VI, diary, 15 May 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“astonishment”: Lascelles III, p. 219.
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“This is the biggest”: Wheeler-Bennett, George VI, p. 600.
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“capture some villas”: Butcher, My Three Years with Eisenhower, p. 539.
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“cafeteria style”: Ibid., p. 550.
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“bombarding ships”: King George VI, diary, 30 May 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“I told Elizabeth”: Ibid.
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“shook the King”: Lascelles III, p. 224.
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“not right”: King George VI, diary, 31 May 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“As I thought he”: King George VI, diary, 1 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“I have been very”: King George VI, diary, 2 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“in deference to”: Lascelles III, p. 228.
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the King diverted: King George V, diary, 2 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“very cramped”: King George VI, diary, 4 to 5 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“spent almost”: Fitzalan Howard, Windsor Diaries, p. 244.
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“Bertie’s message”: Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 18 May 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF.
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worked with Lionel: Logue and Conradi, King’s Speech, pp. 194–95.
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Bishop of Lichfield: King George VI to Queen Mary, 10 June 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/90.
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“a great opportunity”: Ibid.
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“very fierce”: King George VI, diary, 9 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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viewed models: King George VI, diary, 8 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“waddled”: Lascelles III, p. 234.
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Camembert: Ibid.
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“would not hear”: Ibid., p. 235.
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“elaborately staged”: Ibid., p. 234.
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“most encouraging”: King George VI, diary, 16 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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Elizabeth told him: Ibid.
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“It looks as if”: Ibid.
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“a great shock”: King George VI, diary, 17 to 19 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“felt the concussion”: King George VI, diary, 20 June 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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burst some windows: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 8 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/93.
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“our normal life”: King George VI, diary, 4 July 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“much worse”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 8 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/93.
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“constantly on”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 17 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/95.
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“You can’t take”: Queen Elizabeth to David Bowes Lyon, 14 November 1944, Bowes Lyon Papers (SPW), Shawcross, QEQM Letters, p. 377.
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“in case I get”: Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 27 June 1944, RA QEQM/OUT/CHILD, Shawcross QEQM Letters, pp. 365–66.
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“put in the shade”: King George VI, diary, 3 August 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“intense anxiety”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 26 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/96.
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“strenuous eleven days”: King George VI, diary, 3 August 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“darling Angel”: King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, 22 July 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF, Shawcross, QEQM, p. 585.
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“It was nearly dark”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 26 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/96.
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“It looked as big”: Lascelles III, p. 247.
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“nice little kitchen”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 26 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/96.
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“I have only been”: King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, 29 July 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF.
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“I got to know him”: King George VI, diary, 3 August 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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own rubber bathtub: Field-Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, The Alexander Memoirs 1940–1945 (London: Cassell, 1962), pp. 129–30.
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“panorama of”: King George VI, diary, 25 July 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“very well”: Lascelles III, p. 249.
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“longing to get”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 4 August 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/97.
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“most important”: King George VI, diary, 12 August 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“that training”: King George VI, diary, 21 to 23 August 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“very bright eyes”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 19 August 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/98.
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her first salmon: Lascelles III, p. 257.
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“peace and beauty”: Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 4 August 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/97.
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“Germany first”: King George VI, diary, 17 July 1942, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY: “Americans don’t seem to understand that we (USA and UK) have got to beat the Germans in Europe. Japan can wait for her defeat.”
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“admiration for”: King George VI, diary, 23 to 25 September 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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Monty’s dogs: Lascelles III, p. 262.
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“I found out that”: King George VI, diary, 15 October 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“I have got to know”: King George VI, diary, 15 October 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
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“I had not seen”: King George VI, diary, 17 October 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY.
