Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

  50. “It is fair to say when he feels”: Patricia Brabourne interview.

  51. When he goes to stay at Sandringham: Confidential interview.

  52. he is known to eat a different meal: Roy Strong interview and confidential interview.

  53. “as good if not better”: Confidential interview.

  54. When Anne Glenconner’s sister got cancer: Anne Glenconner interview.

  55. Charles has eleven: PoW Annual Review, pp. 54–56.

  56. “There is nobody I admire more”: Malcolm Ross interview.

  57. “revolution … mechanistic approach”: Daily Mail, Dec. 18, 2010.

  58. “no separation between man and nature”: Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2010.

  59. “huge oversimplification”: BBC News, June 6, 2000. 513 “we have been genetically modifying”: Ibid.

  60. “the same argument that says”: The Guardian, July 2, 2011, excerpt from Vol. 3, The Alastair Campbell Diaries.

  61. “were becoming unhelpful”: Daily Mail, July 18, 2010.

  62. “She has allowed Prince Charles to work”: Malcolm Ross interview.

  63. “It is not a cozy relationship”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  64. “That will be a defining moment”: Confidential interview.

  65. allocating forty seconds to each: Malcolm Ross interview.

  66. “hospital nurse or nanny”: Beaton, The Unexpurgated Beaton, p. 231.

  67. Keeping eye contact: Author’s observations; Strong, pp. 313, 317.

  68. “furiously writing letters”: Confidential interview.

  69. In 2009–10 he personally wrote: PoW Annual Review, p. 45.

  70. “privately delighted”: Lacey, Monarch, p. 391.

  71. “Oh, that’s something I can’t do”: George Carey interview.

  72. “unless I get Alzheimer’s”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  73. “But even then she wouldn’t retire”: Ibid.

  74. “The principals don’t tweak”: Malcolm Ross interview.

  75. “as the central church to her”: Confidential interview.

  76. “It is better not to have to think”: Bloomberg News, Nov. 19, 2010.

  77. “The settled rule and strong custom”: Kenneth Rose interview.

  78. “We’ll see, won’t we?”: Daily Mail, Nov. 19, 2010.

  79. “find ways to allow girls and women”: Speech opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, Oct. 28, 2011, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  80. “This is a matter for the government”: Confidential interview.

  81. “defender of faith”: Sunday Times, Nov. 16, 2008. Jonathan Dimbleby wrote, “Prince Charles told me in 1994 that when he inherits the crown he wants to become ‘defender of faith.’ … This does not mean that he foresees any difficulty in swearing to become “defender of the faith.” … He sees no constitutional or spiritual contradiction in being both that and a ‘defender of faith.’ ”

  82. “absolutely determined to be the defender of nature”: Vanity Fair, Nov. 2010.

  83. “obviously it would be nice”: Daily Telegraph, Nov. 13, 2008.

  84. “active … to speak out on matters”: Sunday Times, Nov. 16, 2008.

  85. “fully accepts that as king”: Daily Mail, Nov. 17, 2008.

  86. “in a different way than my predecessors”: Vanity Fair, Nov. 2010.

  87. “Of course they really shouldn’t”: Ibid.

  88. “curious mixture of the traditional and the radical”: Tony Blair, p. 146.

  89. “One of the main purposes of the monarchy”: Kenneth Rose interview.

  90. “appalling old waxworks”: Paxman, p. 181.

  91. “With a bit of luck, he will be old enough”: Robert Salisbury interview.

  92. “Life changes overnight when you inherit the throne”: David Airlie interview.

  93. “not spoiled or stubborn”: Confidential interview.

  94. “he will have to shake the bloody hand”: Andrew Roberts interview.

  95. “Whilst the vast majority”: Daily Telegraph, March 8, 2010.

  96. “command the same respect”: Daily Mail, Nov. 30, 2010.

  97. An ICM research poll: Time, Nov. 22, 2010.

  98. Before his visit, polls consistently showed: The Mail on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010.

  99. “My grandmother once said”: New Zealand Herald, March 19, 2011.

100. “He came, he saw, he charmed”: Herald Sun, March 20, 2011.

101. “He would likely lose the resources”: As part of the Sovereign Grant bill passed by Parliament in October 2011 to change the funding of the royal family, Duchy of Cornwall revenues will be given to an heir to the throne who is not the Duke of Cornwall, enabling a firstborn daughter to receive that significant inheritance for the first time.

102. “There is no question in Prince William’s mind”: Sunday Telegraph, Nov. 27, 2010.

103. “The future could not be more optimistic”: Malcolm Ross interview.

104. “We get along really well”: BBC interview, Nov. 19, 2004.

105. “He learns a lot by osmosis”: Confidential interview.

106. “They don’t want to be Hello magazine princes”: Confidential interview.

107. “With William and Harry we are easing into that”: Confidential interview.

108. Even more significant was the Queen’s assertiveness: Confidential interview.

109. “He is not only wise”: Charles Anson interview.

110. “sleeping rough”: Associated Press, Dec. 22, 2009.

111. “These kinds of events are much more fulfilling”: Sunday Times, Dec. 27, 2009.

112. “I had the piss taken out of me”: Sunday Telegraph, Jan. 24, 2010.

113. “loving and caring”: Tom Bradby interview with Prince William and Catherine Middleton, ITV, Nov. 16, 2010.

114. “absolutely delighted”: Confidential interview.

115. “had a little chat”: Bradby interview, ITV, Nov. 16, 2010.

116. “They have been practicing long enough!”: BBC News, Nov. 16, 2010.

117. “a great cheer … banging of the table”: Daily Telegraph, Nov. 16, 2010.

118. “big, beer-loving lug”: Ibid., Dec. 26, 2010.

119. Kelly was a Canadian management consultant: CTV, Dec. 30, 2010.

120. “From the pit to the Palace”: Malcolm Ross interview.

121. “We’re both down-to-earth”: Prince William and Catherine Middleton photocall interview, St. James’s Palace, Nov. 16, 2010.

122. “great, loving boyfriend”: Bradby interview, ITV, Nov. 15, 2010.

123. The Queen was deeply involved: Confidential interview.

124. Even the Queen and Prince Philip had an allocation: Ibid.

125. she arranged for Angela Kelly’s staff: Margaret Rhodes interview.

126. For more than ninety minutes, Elizabeth II mingled: Author’s observations.

127. “Usually when members of the royal family”: Confidential interview.

128. “Come on, you two”: Author’s observations.

129. “And everyone was so friendly”: Confidential interview.

130. She spent nearly a half hour: Author’s observations.

131. but had resumed her daily outing: Confidential interview.

132. “It is absolutely natural”: Daily Telegraph, May 1, 2011.