Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

  93. When the Queen was younger: Confidential interview. 489 To help prepare the Queen: Susan Cunliffe- Lister interview.

  94. When the train pulled into the Hull station: Author’s observations.

  95. “She has an amazing ability to scan”: Phil Brown interview. 490 She talked across the table: Author’s observations.

  96. “was picking at her bread roll”: Maria Raper interview.

  97. “SHE’S A ROYAL TONIC”: Hull Daily Mail, March 6, 2009.

  98. “as a signal of the strong”: Daily Telegraph, Feb. 16, 2009.

  99. The first lady even confided: Confidential interview.

100. “The Queen knows when she enters”: Brian Mulroney interview.

101. “frightfully funny”: Confidential interview.

102. After ten seconds, the Queen dropped: Daily Mail timed sequence of photos, April 3, 2009.

103. “It happened spontaneously”: Peter Wilkinson interview.

104. “unthinkable”: The Guardian, April 2, 2009.

105. “mutual and spontaneous display”: Confidential interview.

106. a ritual that invariably prompted: Confidential interview.

107. The Queen was a smiling icon: Author’s observations.

108. “no visible signs of flagging”: Sir Richard Gozney interview.

109. She had a four-hour stretch: Confidential interview.

110. “I have to be seen to be believed”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 5.

111. For her four-hour flight: Author’s observations.

112. In years past: Duncan, p. 19; Morrow, pp. 111, 118.

113. “Every word she says”: Kamalesh Sharma interview.

114. “The Commonwealth is very much her legacy”: Brian Mulroney interview.

115. “many of us would have left”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 48.

116. She could discuss grazing rights: Bradford, p. 229.

117. or a particular leader’s fishing habits: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 201.

118. favorite hymns: Margaret Rhodes interview.

119. “Commonwealth psychotherapist”: The Times, April 16, 1986.

120. “doesn’t look at photographers”: Robin Nunn interview.

121. Elizabeth II was interested in seeing: Eric Jenkinson interview.

122. The Queen seemed unperturbed: Author’s observations.

123. filming for the monarchy’s website: Peter Wilkinson interview.

124. The schedule called for 4.5 minutes: Eric Jenkinson interview.

125. “I don’t have time to use it much!”: Author’s observations.

126. Pausing briefly: Eric Jenkinson interview.

127. “That was a seamless”: Confidential interview.

128. “I sometimes think”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

TWENTY-ONE: Long Live the Queen

    1. “How kind they are to me!”: Lytton Strachey, p. 156.

    2. “Three cheers for the Queen!”: Lacey, Monarch, p. 40.

    3. “Her reputation now is as high”: Charles Powell interview.

    4. “the largest flotilla”: Diamond Jubilee Foundation statement, April 5, 2011.

    5. “oiled and manacled MPs”: The Guardian, April 5, 2011.

    6. “ideas” year: Confidential interview.

    7. “Republicanism isn’t even an esoteric”: The Times, Nov. 13, 2009. 501 In one movie theater after another: The Guardian, Nov. 12, 2011.

    8. “On the whole she quite liked it”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

    9. “redressing the economic balance”: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, Dec. 25, 1983, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  10. “the sheet anchor in the middle”: David Airlie interview.

  11. She had first glimpsed: Daily Mail, May 10, 2010.

  12. “constitutional obligation”: Ibid., July 29, 2010.

  13. “It was important for Geidt”: Simon Lewis interview.

  14. “I can’t keep the Queen waiting”: Ibid.

  15. “a big generous offer”: Daily Mail, July 29, 2010. 503 “I said I couldn’t be totally sure”: Ibid.

  16. the Queen’s treasurer took: Civil List Act of 1972, Report of the Royal Trustees, June 22, 2010 (Treasury Report), “Background Information and Review of Performance,” p. 6.

  17. By 2009, yearly Civil List: Treasury Report, p. 33.

  18. “careful housekeeping” HM Treasury, Budget Announcement on the Civil List for 2011, June 22, 2010.

  19. In addition, Elizabeth II planned: Treasury Report, p. 61.

  20. Charles spent ?9 million: The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall Annual Review 2010 (PoW Annual Review), p. 40.

  21. “so that my successors do not”: The Independent, Oct. 21, 2010.

  22. “adversely high”: The Mail, Oct. 24, 2010.

  23. Buckingham Palace has been losing: The Mail, July 5, 2010.

  24. To recognize two of her ladies-in-waiting: Confidential interview.

  25. “credit crunch couture”: The Times, Oct. 22, 2009.

  26. her ?1.3 million catering: Treasury Report, p. 33.

  27. “We have no experts in royal history”: Confidential interview.

  28. “We are not about demystifying”: Ibid.

  29. “the space of young people”: Ibid.

  30. which costs the British government: Daily Telegraph, May 30, 2010.

  31. plus his ?249,000: Daily Mail, July 12, 2010.

  32. Government officials credited: Financial Times, May 23, 2010.

  33. His lobbying for British industry: The Guardian, Nov. 29, 2010.

  34. “It’s not about the power”: Daily Telegraph, Oct. 24, 2009.

  35. Nevertheless, Andrew’s questionable associates: Buckingham Palace statement, July 21, 2011; BBC News, July 21, 2011.

  36. She even won the approval: Daily Telegraph, Aug. 9, 2010.

  37. employing eleven: Daily Mail, May 29, 2010; Financial Times, May 23, 2010.

  38. “never does accept a penny … lick of the spoon”: Sunday Times, May 23, 2010.

  39. “sincerely sorry”: The Independent, May 24, 2010.

  40. The guest of honor was: Daily Telegraph, Aug. 1, 2010.

  41. On August 2, 2010, Charles assumed: Ashe Windham interview.

  42. He raised more than ?110 million: PoW Annual Review, p. 24.

  43. “He has made a full life”: Nancy Reagan interview.

  44. “is high octane”: Confidential interview.

  45. “He is probably an instinctively”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  46. “has no illusions”: Charles Anson interview.

  47. “Camilla soothes things”: Anne Glenconner interview.

  48. “You sense he maneuvers”: Confidential interview.

  49. “that person is for or against”: Confidential interview.