Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

  71. emphasizing instead inclusiveness: Simon Walker interview.

  72. The idea for the painting had come: BBC News, Dec. 20, 2001.

  73. “the interior life or ‘inner likeness’ ”: Jane Roberts, Royal Treasures: A Golden Jubilee Celebration, catalogue entry 36, p. 110.

  74. “a polar expedition”: Ibid.

  75. he painted her in fifteen sittings: Oliver Everett interview.

  76. a source of frustration for the artist: Richard Salmon interview; Jan. 25, 2011, email from Sarah Howgate, curator of Lucian Freud exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery.

  77. She told the artist: Lucian Freud and Nicholas Haslam interview.

  78. “I consider we got to know each other”: Ibid.

  79. He had been fascinated: Daily Telegraph, March 13, 2004.

  80. “Lucian had a whale of a time”: Clarissa Eden interview.

  81. She said none of those things: News of the World, April 8, 2001.

  82. “President Blair because”: Ibid.

  83. “I have been reduced to tears”: Ibid., April 1, 2001.

  84. “Sophie first of all respects her as the Queen”: Elizabeth Anson interview.

  85. As the forty-third president and the Duke: The Times, July 20, 2001. 430 “natural connection”: George W. Bush interview. 430 “growing disbelief and total shock”: The Guardian, Aug. 18, 2002. 430 Malcolm Ross called Balmoral: Malcolm Ross interview.

  86. the Queen had authorized the same gesture: Simon Walker interview.

  87. Ross also made the novel suggestion: Malcolm Ross interview.

  88. “Would you call the Queen?”: Jean Carnarvon interview.

  89. “The Queen was devastated”: Ibid.

  90. “When our National Anthem was played”: Jackie Davis interview.

  91. “stunning sentence”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 233.

  92. “Grief is the price we pay for love”: Christopher Meyer, DC Confidential: The Controversial Memoirs of Britain’s Ambassador to the U.S. at the Time of 9/11 and the Iraq War, p. 199.

  93. they were carved in stone: Ibid., p. 201.

  94. “Obviously there was a huge focus”: The Times, May 22, 2002.

  95. “extremely unflattering … a travesty”: BBC News, Dec. 21, 2001.

  96. “You gaze at it for half a minute”: Clarissa Eden interview.

  97. “This is a painting of experience”: BBC News, Dec. 21, 2001.

  98. “It could not have been painted ten years earlier”: Sandy Nairne interview.

  99. Freud said the Queen looked: Lucian Freud interview.

100. “remarkable work”: The Scotsman, Dec. 21, 2001.

101. “feels real and earthy”: Jennifer Scott, The Royal Portrait: Image and Impact, p. 185.

102. “What a good idea!”: Anne Glenconner interview.

103. “Her quality of life was not good”: BBC News, Feb. 9, 2002.

104. “carried out the family tradition”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 929.

105. But to mark the fiftieth anniversary: BBC News, Feb. 6, 2002.

106. “had probably been a merciful release”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 930.

107. “depart without a fuss”: Carey, p. 415.

108. “rooted and firm”: Ibid., p. 413.

109. “It was the saddest I have ever seen”: Reinaldo Herrera interview.

110. she had regained her composure: Confidential interview.

111. “She went as scheduled”: Confidential interview.

112. “Missis Queen … The Queen Lady”: BBC News, Feb. 19, 2002.

113. “Most people much prefer to have a Queen”: Reuters, Feb. 26, 2002.

114. “Oh, my mother is only 101!”: Daily Telegraph, March 4, 2002.

115. “constantly”: Ibid.

116. but she had been lucid enough: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 931.

117. On the morning of March 30, 2002: Ibid., p. 932.

118. The two women exchanged a few private words: Margaret Rhodes interview.

119. At 3:15 in the afternoon: Ibid.

120. “very sad but dignified”: Alastair Campbell, p. 611.

121. “the original life enhancer”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 935.

122. The Queen and her advisers were concerned: Alastair Campbell, p. 610.

123. “UNCERTAIN FAREWELL REVEALS”: BBC News, April 9, 2002.

124. “It was very emotional for her”: Confidential interview.

125. “one of the most touching things”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 935.

126. “beloved mother”: BBC News, April 9, 2002.

127. “the most magical grandmother”: The Guardian, April 2, 2002.

128. Sophie Wessex, Princess Anne: Ibid., April 9, 2002.

129. Just before the Queen’s broadcast: BBC News, April 9, 2002.

130. They described how they had taught: The Observer, April 7, 2002.

131. “Darling, lunch was marvelous”: Ibid.

132. Crown Jeweler David Thomas was up: David Thomas interview.

133. “like the sun”: Carey, p. 417.

134. “the senior royal lady”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

135. “a terrible wallop of grief”: Ibid.

136. “It was a huge thing”: Elizabeth Anson interview.

NINETEEN: Moving Pictures

    1. “The British have lost the habit”: The Independent, Jan. 27, 2002.

    2. In keeping with its “softly, softly”: Simon Walker interview.

    3. Shipping magnate Jeffrey Sterling: The Times, March 14, 2002; Aug. 5, 2002.

    4. A crucial part of the Palace strategy: Simon Walker interview.

    5. Private polling and focus groups: Robert Worcester interview.

    6. The Palace intentionally launched: Simon Walker interview.

    7. “there was something truly pathetic”: Alastair Campbell, p. 618.

    8. Afterward, Simon Walker suggested: Simon Walker interview.

    9. “What a relief!”: Cherie Blair, p. 270.

  10. “when she had been doing her professional”: Alastair Campbell, p. 619.

  11. “Change has become a constant”: Daily Telegraph, May 1, 2002.

  12. Only days earlier: The Guardian, April 24, 2002.

  13. “an historic opportunity to bring”: Queen Elizabeth II speech during visit to Parliament buildings on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, Northern Ireland Assembly Website.

  14. “It was important to have young support”: Simon Walker interview. 446 When Elizabeth II appeared: The Guardian, June 4, 2002. 446 who wore yellow earplugs: Ibid.

  15. “50 extraordinary years”: The Independent, June 4, 2002.

  16. “Deference may be inherited”: Ibid., June 5, 2002.

  17. Fifty men who had been pages: Confidential interviews.

  18. “The Queen coming to White’s”: Confidential interviews.

  19. “People woke up and realized”: Charles Anson interview.

  20. “have proved conclusively”: BBC News, June 5, 2002.

  21. “The public felt the Queen was paying attention”: Robert Worcester interview.

  22. “at length”: Burrell, p. 321.