Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

  10. “For the delicious meal”: Daily Mail, Nov. 11, 1997.

  11. She admired Graham, although when he asked: Diaries of David Bruce, June 17, 1966.

  12. “takes the place of a family confessor”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  13. The pageantry is intricately orchestrated: Author’s observations, Maundy Service and Office for the Royal Maundy, Westminster Abbey, April 21, 2011.

  14. “It’s a very clever subtle way”: Kenneth Rose interview.

  15. “He found his ecclesiastical duties”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 347.

  16. “They used to fetch us by car”: Mary Wilson interview.

  17. During their September 1975 visit: Ibid.

  18. “when he first got to Number 10”: Marcia Falkender interview.

  19. Wilson so treasured the image: Mary Wilson interview.

  20. “too-tall … ungainly”: Susan Mitchell, Margaret Whitlam: A Biography, p. 213.

  21. “Big Marge”: Turner, p. 13.

  22. installing them in a suite: Margaret Whitlam, My Day, p. 41.

  23. “deep-piled cream sheepskin rug”: Mitchell, p. 213.

  24. “That evening she was quite determined”: Turner, p. 13.

  25. “almost too much and too moving”: Whitlam, p. 130.

  26. Tony was achieving even greater success: de Courcy, pp. 102, 112.

  27. “I received a letter from Peter”: “Margaret: Unlucky in Love,” BBC News, Feb. 9, 2002.

  28. Tony wanted the freedom: de Courcy, p. 130.

  29. “things I hate about you”: Ibid., p. 177.

  30. Among his dalliances: Ibid., p. 194.

  31. Margaret’s lovers included: Ibid., p. 142.

  32. “little lady”: James Ketchum interview.

  33. “First, let her think”: “Princess Goes to Washington: Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon Visit Washington,” Nov. 21, 1965, British Pathe, WPA Film Library.

  34. “I didn’t bring up my daughter”: Confidential interview. 270 “He pulled the wool”: Anne Glenconner interview.

  35. when she flouted protocol: Confidential interview.

  36. “I understand”: Pamela Hicks interview.

  37. “How’s Margaret’s mood?”: Confidential interview. 271 “the atmosphere is appalling”: de Courcy, pp. 234–35. 271 “had been devastating”: Ibid.

  38. “live apart”: Ibid., p. 243.

  39. “The Queen and the Queen Mother never took sides”: Confidential interview.

  40. “She doesn’t sit in the sun”: Confidential interview.

  41. was tended by her longtime hairdresser: Morrow, pp. 60–61.

  42. For her skin she used an assortment: Ibid.

  43. shrewdly orchestrated a public show: Nicholas Henderson, Mandarin: The Diaries of an Ambassador, 1969–1982, pp. 120–21.

  44. “a tribute to the Queen’s understanding”: Ibid.

  45. “careful consideration”: Robert T. Armstrong to Martin Charteris, Feb. 6, 1973, National Archives, Kew.

  46. “One would wish to consider”: Ibid.

  47. “July 4th was really pushing it”: New York Times, June 13, 1976. 274 “a paragon of gaiety & dignity”: Beaton, The Unexpurgated Beaton, p. 334.

  48. “should get someone more steeped”: Confidential interview.

  49. couldn’t resist calling her “the American”: Confidential interview.

  50. they were hit with a force nine gale: Crosland, p. 344.

  51. “philosophical, almost merry”: Ibid., p. 345.

  52. “Wheeeeee!”: Ibid., pp. 345–46.

  53. “her apparent eagerness to work a crowd”: New York Times, July 8, 1976.

  54. “I speak to you as the direct descendant”: Ibid., July 7, 1976. 275 “I’m going to make Attila the Hun”: Time, Oct. 24, 1977. 275 “press the flesh”: Crosland, p. 347. 275 “What a fascinating man”: Bradford, p. 374.

  55. “never faltered in the day’s walk-about”: Crosland, p. 348.

  56. Henry Kissinger’s wife, Nancy: Ibid.

  57. “Prince Philip is renouncing”: Ibid.

  58. “to make her grand entrance”: Edinburgh Evening News, June 19, 2003.

  59. “were overwhelmed”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 173.

  60. “Luckily, I don’t mind the heat”: New York Times, July 10, 1976.

  61. “There’s John Andrew!”: John Andrew interview.

  62. “Gracious, do you really wear skirts”: New York Times, July 10, 1976.

  63. “homey patched-elbow chic”: Ibid., July 9, 1976.

  64. In fact, the evenings were often exuberant: Gay Charteris interview.

  65. “You looked so funny standing all alone”: John Andrew interview.

  66. “moving from one reminder”: New York Times, July 12, 1976.

  67. “I was reminded of the good that can flow”: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, December 25, 1976, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  68. Very much her mother’s daughter: “The Princess Royal at 60,” BBC Inside Sport special, Aug. 12, 2010.

  69. “I noticed, we’ve been going all day”: Confidential interview.

  70. “keeping the rhythm and shaking her head”: Morrow, p. 41.

  71. “I heard her sigh again”: John Julius Norwich interview.

  72. “Next year is a rather special one for me”: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, December 25, 1976, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  73. “express wish”: Daily Telegraph, Dec. 29, 2007.

  74. “apathy hits plans”: The Guardian, Feb. 6, 1977.

  75. “Harbour entrances would be just packed”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 114.

  76. “seized the moment to whip out a lipstick”: Morrow, p. 59.

  77. “one of the most significant decisions”: The Queen’s Reply, Westminster Hall, May 4, 1977.

  78. “That was significant”: Simon Walker interview.

  79. “Your Majesty, I’m afraid”: The Times, Sept. 13, 2008. Major Sir Michael Parker was an Englishman who worked on numerous royal events, not to be confused with Lieutenant Michael Parker, the Australian naval officer who had worked for Prince Philip.

  80. “I had forgotten how uncomfortable”: Burrell, p. 30.

  81. “an example of service untiringly done”: BBC, “On This Day,” June 7, 1977, news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday.

  82. “in my salad days when I was green”: Ibid.

  83. the roar of the vast crowd was so loud: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 115.

  84. “They really love you”: Strong, p. 194.

  85. “basically middle class British”: Ibid, p. 193.

  86. “more or less had to push”: Ibid., p. 194.

  87. “The Queen received me”: Shawcross, Q and C, pp. 108–9.

  88. “our own particular sorrows”: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, Dec. 25, 1972, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  89. “Martin, we said we’re going”: Bradford, p. 377.

  90. “the safest way for the Queen”: BBC, “On This Day,” Aug. 10, 1977, news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday.