Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Campbell Diaries, Vol. 2.

152. “If you don’t walk”: Daily Mail, Oct. 17, 2009, quoting Gyles Brandreth diary, Sept. 6, 1997.

153. The atmosphere on the sunny morning: Author’s observations.

154. “It was completely unexpected”: Marr, The Queen at 80 documentary.

155. “that there was already a readiness”: Shawcross, Queen and Country documentary.

156. “unashamedly populist and raw”: Carey, p. 410.

157. “your blood family”: “Diana, Princess of Wales,” BBC recording of the funeral service, BBC Worldwide Music, Sept. 6, 1997.

158. “those unnecessary words”: Carey, p. 411.

159. “It sounded like a rustle of leaves”: Charles Moore interview.

160. “were very kind”: Cherie Blair, p. 207.

161. “This is really weird”: Ibid.

162. “strangled cry”: Tony Blair, p. 151.

163. “assumed a certain hauteur”: Ibid., p. 152.

164. “mass movement for change”: Ibid., p. 143.

165. “protect the monarchy”: Ibid., p. 145.

EIGHTEEN: Love and Grief

    1. Philip chaired the overall: Adam Nicolson, Restoration: The Rebuilding of Windsor Castle, pp. 74–75.

    2. To replace the gutted private chapel: Ibid., pp. 231–40.

    3. Philip’s sketches inspired: Ibid, pp. 264–65.

    4. When Philip disagreed: Ibid., p. 240.

    5. “modern reinterpretation”: BBC News, Nov. 17, 1997.

    6. “Your Majesty, Your Majesty”: Confidential interview.

    7. “tolerance is the one essential”: BBC News, Nov. 19, 1997.

    8. “throat-catching moment”: Carey, p. 412.

    9. “people’s banquet”: Associated Press, Nov. 20, 1997.

  10. Dining with the Queen: BBC News, Nov. 19, 1997.

  11. “the terrible test”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 216.

  12. In her speech: Golden Wedding Speech, Nov. 20, 1997, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  13. “Philip’s obvious flirtations and his affairs”: Bradford, p. 401.

  14. “I simply don’t know of anyone”: Daily Mail, Nov. 11, 1997.

  15. “Philip’s great friend”: Patricia Brabourne interview.

  16. “absolutely certain”: Ibid.

  17. “He would never behave badly”: Ibid.

  18. “riveting conversations”: Brandreth, p. 281.

  19. “doesn’t mind when he flirts”: Pamela Hicks interview.

  20. “quite honestly, what real evidence”: The Times, April 18, 2009.

  21. “It was awful and she cried”: Confidential interview.

  22. “It had not just been for work”: Confidential interview.

  23. “represented freedom to her”: Confidential interview.

  24. After support for a republic peaked: Robert Worcester interview.

  25. Now Janvrin told Worcester: Ibid.

  26. “too myopic and inward looking”: Confidential interview.

  27. In general, the research: Robert Worcester interview.

  28. “People start thinking about the future”: Ibid.

  29. “My abiding impression”: Simon Lewis interview.

  30. “It is not heart on the sleeve”: Confidential interview.

  31. “imperceptible evolution … the Marmite theory”: Simon Walker interview.

  32. “She has incredibly good instincts”: Simon Lewis interview.

  33. “Time is not my dictator”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 903.

  34. At age ninety-seven, she made another: Ibid., p. 912.

  35. She had suffered: BBC News, Feb. 9, 2002.

  36. she would call the Queen first thing: Josephine Louis interview.

  37. “was almost like a poor relation”: Confidential interview.

  38. “Sometimes Margaret was a very lonely”: Jane Rayne interview.

  39. “After Tony, then Roddy, no one else”: Confidential interview.

  40. Since the early 1980s: Annabel Whitehead to Nancy Reagan, Aug. 24, 1999, Reagan Library.

  41. As late as May 1999: Queen Elizabeth II to Nancy Reagan, May 6, 1999, Reagan Library.

  42. “How I’d love to be able to go out”: News of the World, April 1, 2001.

  43. they organized as much as possible: Ibid.

  44. “They picked up right away”: Gay Charteris interview.

  45. “I know if Martin had lived”: Ibid.

  46. “the greatest show on earth”: New York Times, Dec. 31, 1999.

  47. “looked very pissed off”: Alastair Campbell, p. 513.

  48. “It was pretty clear”: Ibid.

  49. “ghastly”: Tony Blair, p. 261.

  50. “The Queen had a central role”: Simon Lewis interview.

  51. “the kingdom can still enjoy”: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, Dec. 25, 1997, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  52. “Now Blair, no more of this”: The Guardian, Jan. 16, 2011, excerpt from Campbell Diaries, Vol. 2.

  53. “high regard for her street smarts”: Jonathan Powell interview.

  54. “steadily on the national pulse”: The Times, May 22, 2002.

  55. “It’s not just a question of knowing”: Marr, The Queen at 80 documentary.

  56. “He was always working flat-out”: Confidential interview.

  57. “very to the point … very direct”: The Times, May 22, 2002.

  58. Cherie was impressed by: Cherie Blair, p. 304.

  59. “I think he’s in the wrong party”: Confidential interview.

  60. “not for the sake of buggering about”: Brandreth, p. 225.

  61. “the first thing they talked about”: Gay Charteris interview.

  62. “felt part of this rugged”: Queen Elizabeth II Sydney Opera House speech, March 30, 2000, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  63. “The Queen was always wondering”: Pamela Hicks interview.

  64. The list of more than eight hundred guests: Program: Reception and Dance to Mark the Decade of Birthdays of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York, State Apartments, Windsor Castle, Wednesday, 21st June 2000.

  65. There had been grumbling: Shawcross, QEQM, pp. 907–8.

  66. the ?643,000 allocated: Civil List Annual Report 2009, p. 60. 426 a cast of thousands: Shawcross, QEQM, pp. 1–2, 922.

  67. “It was three years after”: Simon Lewis interview.

  68. “Only one person can decide”: Confidential interview.

  69. As they talked, one of the Queen’s corgis: Simon Walker interview. 427 “There was definitely a subtlety”: Ibid.

  70. “Under-promise and over delivery”: Simon Walker, speech to PR Week Conference, March 2002.