Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

  72. “lifting too much veil”: Confidential interview.

  73. “She could see that it was a good thing”: Confidential interview.

  74. as she had been in 1977: James Lees-Milne, Diaries, 1971–1983, p. 234.

  75. “let Major persuade her”: Wyatt, Vol. 3, p. 133.

  76. “very miserable and mealy-mouthed”: Shawcross, Queen and Country documentary.

  77. “one of the central features”: Confidential interview.

  78. She was suffering: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 893.

  79. “Nineteen ninety-two is not a year”: Annus Horribilis speech, Nov. 24, 1992, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  80. “intense and complex”: Daily Mail, Nov. 25, 1992.

  81. “a year capable of scaring you”: Shawcross, Queen and Country documentary.

  82. “in a state of desperation”: Dimbleby, p. 593.

  83. “The Glums”: Smith, p. 284.

  84. “he had no choice”: Dimbleby, p. 595.

  85. “no plans to divorce”: Ibid.

  86. “With hindsight it was a mistake”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 204.

  87. The arrangements were so hastily made: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 894.

  88. “prayers, understanding and sympathy”: Christmas Broadcast, Dec. 25, 1992, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  89. “with fresh hope”: Ibid.

SEVENTEEN: Tragedy and Tradition

    1. “You’re a clever old thing”: Sunday Mirror, Jan. 17, 1993.

    2. In a poll published: Smith, p. 284.

    3. “to explain to the media”: BBC interview with David Airlie: transcript, Feb. 21, 1994.

    4. “courtiers should be neither seen”: Ibid.

    5. “She isn’t like you!”: David Airlie interview.

    6. died in her suite: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 25, 1993.

    7. who had hired two nurses: The Scotsman, Nov. 12, 2002.

    8. The Queen came down: Margaret Rhodes interview.

    9. “She simply stopped”: Daily Express, Sept. 3, 1998.

  10. It was a tempestuous relationship: Smith, p. 317.

  11. “time and space”: Today, Dec. 4, 1993.

  12. Both the Queen and Prince Philip had urged: Smith, p. 310.

  13. In an atmosphere thick with tension: Bradford, p. 487.

  14. “I wasn’t paying enough attention!”: Elizabeth II to Ronald Reagan, Feb. 13, 1994, Reagan Library.

  15. “She has no regard for color”: Wesley Kerr interview.

  16. “Did you see your father”: Ibid.

  17. “the clever manner in which she discussed”: Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 599.

  18. “nodded and laughed”: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History, p. 238.

  19. “was clearly happy”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 229.

  20. but all were eclipsed by: Jonathan Dimbleby, Prince Charles: The Private Man, the Public Role, ITV, June 29, 1994.

  21. “the myth that he had never intended”: Sunday Telegraph, July 3, 1994.

  22. John Major was concerned: Wyatt, Vol, 3, p. 403.

  23. “That Jonathan Dimbleby!”: Ibid., p. 453.

  24. Paradoxically, the Soviet Communist Party: The Independent, Oct. 16, 1994.

  25. “The monarchy is unshakeable”: Ibid.

  26. When he tried to draw out: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 177.

  27. “I thought the jewels were too much”: David Thomas interview. 383 “the Queen evoked a sort of nostalgia”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 207.

  28. “attractive … very conceited”: Wyatt, Vol. 3, p. 466. 383 “vulgar, vulgar, vulgar”: Daily Mail, Jan. 6, 1995. 383 “He’s got such a lot of wisdom”: Wyatt, Vol. 3, p. 504.

  29. “one of the outstanding experiences”: Shawcross, Queen and Country documentary.

  30. He and Kenneth Kaunda: Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, interview.

  31. “Let’s have him”: Turner, p. 193.

  32. “huge emotional charge”: Shawcross, Queen and Country documentary.

  33. “re-launched”: Smith, p. 339.

  34. “She was nervous about the fact”: Robert Salisbury interview.

  35. “The Queen’s eyes were brimming”: Pimlott, p. 575.

  36. “superb performance”: Barbara Walters interview.

  37. The princess spoke unflinchingly: Bashir interview, Panorama.

  38. “Diana at her worst”: Sunday Telegraph, Sept. 7, 1997.

  39. “advanced stages of paranoia”: The Guardian, Nov. 21, 1995.

  40. a Gallup survey registered: Daily Telegraph, Nov. 27, 1995.

  41. “very dangerous”: Wyatt, Vol. 3, p. 577.

  42. “took the BBC aback”: Confidential interview.

  43. “early divorce … in the best interests”: Daily Telegraph, Dec. 21, 1995.

  44. “with love from Mama”: Burrell, p. 222.

  45. Elizabeth II remained predictably noncommittal: Jane Atkinson interview (Dec. 3, 1998).

  46. “sensitivity and kindness”: Burrell, p. 229.

  47. But Diana again overreached: Jane Atkinson interview.

  48. “The decision to drop the title”: Daily Mail, March 1, 1996.

  49. “co-parents”: Meredith Vieira interview with Prince Andrew, Today, Jan. 29, 2008.

  50. “happiest unmarried couple”: Sarah Ferguson interview with Sky News, Feb. 24, 2010.

  51. “regarded as a member of the royal family”: “Status and Role of the Princess of Wales,” statement from Buckingham Palace, July 12, 1996.

  52. “has a special place in my heart”: ITN Reuters Television, July 10, 1996.

  53. “let bygones be bygones”: New York Times, July 13, 1996.

  54. “Should I dance?” Robin Renwick interview.

  55. “To everyone’s surprise”: Ibid.

  56. “has seldom been known”: New York Times, July 13, 1996.

  57. Early in the new year they met: Tony Blair, A Journey: My Political Life, p. 135.

  58. “fairly calculating terms”: Alastair Campbell, The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries, p. 152.

  59. “radical combination”: Tony Blair, p. 135.

  60. “an unpredictable meteor”: Ibid., p. 136.

  61. “perfect fit”: Ibid., p. 134.

  62. “We were both in our ways”: Ibid., p. 140.

  63. “all teeth and no bite”: Burgess, p. 76.

  64. “He had the nicest manners”: Johnson, p. 37.

  65. “betrayal … understanding”: The Mirror, Sept. 4, 2010.

  66. he tripped on the edge: Cherie Blair, Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing