Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Lilienthal, Vol. 4, The Road to Change, 1955–1959, p. 338.

  37. “corrupt and tyrannical regime”: Gilbert, p. 1331.

  38. “widespread uneasiness”: Ibid., p. 1330.

  39. “her wish is to go”: Ibid., p. 1331.

  40. “fainthearts in Parliament and the press”: Horne, p. 399.

  41. “How silly I should look”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 320.

  42. “the greatest Socialist monarch”: Horne, p. 399.

  43. “fell for her”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 321.

  44. “how muddled his views on the world”: Pimlott, p. 308, summarizing letter from Queen Elizabeth II to Henry Porchester, Nov. 24, 1961.

  45. “I have risked my Queen”: Horne, p. 399.

  46. “brave contribution”: Ibid.

  47. This time Elizabeth II gave the American sisters: Diaries of David Bruce, March 28, 1962.

  48. “It was a great pleasure”: Queen Elizabeth II to John F. Kennedy, May 20, 1962, Kennedy Library.

  49. “the stuff he is made of”: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1956–1959, pp. 134–35.

  50. “prison sentence”: Dimbleby, p. 69.

  51. “hell … especially at night”: Ibid., p. 78.

  52. “an awful cloud came down”: David Ogilvy, the 13th Earl of Airlie, interview.

  53. “She loves her duty”: Macmillan, Pointing the Way, p. 472.

  54. “fashionable London call girl”: John F. Kennedy and Arthur Schlesinger, telephone recording transcript, March 22, 1963, Presidential Papers, Office Files, Presidential Recordings, Kennedy Library.

  55. “political squalor”: Schlesinger to John F. Kennedy, “The British Political Situation,” March 25, 1963, W. Averell Harriman Papers, Library of Congress.

  56. “grossly deceived”: Diaries of David Bruce, June 17, 1963.

  57. “pitiable and extremely damaging”: Horne, p. 483, quoting Bruce cable to Dean Rusk, June 18, 1963.

  58. “greatly undermined”: Diaries of David Bruce, June 15, 1963.

  59. “deep regret at the development”: Harold Macmillan, At the End of the Day, 1961– 1963, p. 445; Horne, p. 485.

  60. “charmingly consoling letter”: Horne, p. 486.

  61. The Palace approved: Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater, interview.

  62. “in animated conversation”: Ibid.

  63. “firm step, and those brightly shining eyes”: Macmillan, At the End of the Day, p. 515.

  64. “there were in fact tears”: Horne, p. 565.

  65. “seemed moved”: Macmillan, At the End of the Day, p. 515.

  66. “the Queen asked for my advice”: Ibid.

  67. “take his soundings”: Ibid., p. 516.

  68. “magic circle”: Pimlott, p. 334.

  69. “too remote”: Ibid., p. 332.

  70. “excruciatingly amusing”: Diaries of David Bruce, July 20, 1961.

  71. “taking women into a parliamentary embrace”: “The Life Peerages Act 1958: The passage of the Act,” lifepeeragesact.parliament.uk.

  72. “friendly headmaster”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 260.

  73. “guide and supporter”: Macmillan, At the End of the Day, p. 519. 165 “continue to take part in public life”: Ibid.

  74. “It is almost incredible”: Diaries of David Bruce, Nov. 12, 1963.

  75. “The unprecedented intensity”: Queen Elizabeth II speech at Runnymede, May 14, 1965, itnsource.com (Reuters TV).

  76. She insisted on having: Diaries of David Bruce, Nov. 26, 1963, Nov. 28, 1963.

  77. “generosity, sympathy and understanding”: Ibid., May 14, 1965.

  78. “doom laden period”: Queen Elizabeth II speech at Runnymede, May 14, 1965, Itnsource.com (Reuters TV).

  79. “wit and style”: Diaries of David Bruce, May 14, 1965.

  80. “you share with me thoughts that lie too deep”: Ibid.

  81. “immensely valuable”: Woodrow Wyatt, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt, Vol. 1, edited by Sarah Curtis, p. 249.

  82. “The Queen knew for years”: Ibid.

  83. “I find that I can often put things out”: Turner, p. 57.

  84. “She has a compartmentalized brain”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  85. “She talked of all sorts of things”: Diaries of David Bruce, April 28, 1964.

  86. “She regards Windsor as her home”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 303.

  87. “better than any dry cleaner in London”: Confidential interview.

  88. “unnerving to be descended upon”: Strong, p. 220.

  89. “It is always amusing to see”: Confidential interview.

  90. the “Windsor Uniform”: John Martin Robinson, Windsor Castle: The Official Illustrated History, p. 81.

  91. “I need to explain about the napkins”: Paxman, p. 121.

  92. “The Queen told me it was all right”: Isabel Ernst interview.

  93. “She never batted an eye”: Jean, Countess of Carnarvon, interview.

  94. “The selections are to entertain”: Oliver Everett interview.

  95. “It gives people something to talk about”: Jean Seaton interview.

  96. “I suppose landscape is quite nice”: The Queen, by Rolf documentary.

  97. “he experimented terribly”: Ibid.

  98. “she was steered away from the unmade bed”: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, p. 798.

  99. “Her assessment of a picture”: Bradford, p. 500.

100. “She is neither an art historian”: Oliver Everett interview.

101. “beauty in nature”: Pimlott, p. 544.

102. “refrain from offering presents”: Diaries of David Bruce, April 29, 1964.

103. “What surprised me”: Strong, p. 219.

104. “the Lord Chamberlain is commanded”: Author’s invitation for July 7, 2009.

105. When the Palace doors open: Author’s observations.

106. “drank her tea”: Confidential interview.

107. “standing talking quietly”: Beaton, The Unexpurgated Beaton, p. 259.

108. “I suppose”: Harold Wilson, Wikipedia.

109. “I got a bleak look”: Sir Michael Oswald interview.

110. “read all his telegrams”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 260.

111. “We have to work very hard”: Confidential interview.

112. “a bit touchy … uncomfortable”: Woodrow Wyatt, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt, Vol. 3, edited by Sarah Curtis, p. 505.

113. “tamed him”: Vickers, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, p. 409.

114. “Harold was never a republican”: Marcia Williams, Baroness Falkender, interview.

115. “real ceremonies of the monarchy”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 99.

116. “She started with Winston Churchill”: Mary Wilson, Lady Wilson of Rievaulx, interview.

117. “He was surprised that she used to sit”: Marcia Falkender interview.

EIGHT: Refuge in Routines