133. “deeply unpretentious”: BBC News, April 21, 2011.
134. “You are beautiful”: Daily Mail, April 30, 2011.
135. “Well, are you happy?” The Mail on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
136. “amazing”: Daily Mail, April 30, 2011.
137. They were also being followed by 400 million: The Times, April 30, 2011.
138. 237 tweets per second: The Independent, May 1, 2011.
139. “for the nation to come together”: The Times, April 30, 2011.
140. “the team of the future”: Daily Mail, April 29, 2011.
141. where the springtime floral decorations included: Confidential interview.
142. “The venue was palatial”: Sunday Telegraph, May 1, 2011.
143. During a visit with her: New Zealand Herald, April 27, 2011.
144. a thoughtful gesture that she mentioned: Confidential interview.
145. More than half of the country’s adults: Daily Telegraph, May 4, 2011.
146. “thrilled to have a daughter”: The Times, April 30, 2011.
147. “push his wheelchair”: Sunday Times, May 1, 2011.
148. “allowing us to invade”: Confidential interview.
149. “for putting up with numerous”: Sunday Times, May 1, 2011.
150. “William and Catherine were coming down to earth”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
151. numbers that astonished Palace officials: Confidential interview.
152. In a YouGov poll: Sunday Times, May 1, 2011.
153. “Wow, wow, wow”: BBC News, May 20, 2011.
154. “not always been straightforward”: Reuters, May 18, 2011.
155. “helped to release … sorrow”: Irish Times, May 21, 2011.
156. “sincere expression of sympathy”: Daily Telegraph, May 20, 2011.
157. “I don’t think anybody could have achieved”: Financial Times, May 20, 2011.
158. “left us feeling a bit better”: Ibid.
159. “essential”: The Economist, May 26, 2011.
160. “for the grandson of a Kenyan”: The Guardian, May 25, 2011.
161. The Queen herself gave them a tour: New York Times, May 24, 2011.
162. a private twenty-minute meeting: Daily Mail, May 26, 2011.
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