Chapter 3 – Dynastic Marriage
I am grateful to the late Lord Patrick Beresford for his perceptions into both Prince Charles and Camilla, and to Jonathan Dimbleby’s excellent and insightful authorised biography The Prince of Wales: A Biography, London: Little Brown, 1994. See also, Sally Bedell Smith, Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, New York: Random House, 2017.
Chapter 4 – Agape
Caroline Graham has been assiduous in her California coast research into Meghan’s origins and the beginnings of her complicated relationship with her father. The ‘Welcome’ prospectus of Immaculate Heart High School is helpful: https://www.immaculateheart.org/about-ih/welcome. See also Joy Resmovits, ‘At L.A.’s Immaculate Heart School, the Mission Is to Tell the World About “the Real Meghan Markle”’, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2018, retrieved from: https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-markle-school-experience-20180518-story.html
Chapter 5 – ‘Whatever “in love” Means’
Andrew Morton’s Diana: Her True Story (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997) was a classic when it appeared in 1997 and has remained a classic ever since. I am grateful for the numerous insights from my friendship and conversations with the late James Whitaker. As editor of the Sunday Times Harold Evans was one of the first to focus seriously on the significance of Diana. See Harold Evans, Good Times, Bad Times, New York: Atheneum, 1984.
Chapter 6 – Party Pieces
Carole Middleton has spoken only rarely to the press so her interview of 30 November 2018 with Lisa Armstrong of the Telegraph is especially helpful. Thanks too to Katie Nicholl for her comprehensive study Kate: The Future Queen, New York: Weinstein Books, 2013. It was Matthew Bell who first suggested that it was no accident that Kate Middleton found herself at the same university as Prince William. See Matthew Bell, ‘Just the Ticket’, Spectator, 6 August 2005.
Chapter 7 – An Heir and a ‘Spare’
The early sections of this chapter rely heavily on Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir for Panorama shortly before her death in 1997: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/panorama.html. Tina Brown’s The Diana Chronicles (New York: Doubleday, 2007) have also greatly enriched our understanding of the princess. See also Ralph G. Martin, Charles and Diana, New York: Putnam, 1995, and Rosalind Coward, Diana: The Portrait, London: HarperCollins, 2004.
Chapter 8 – Bringing Up Babies
I am very grateful for the help of Anne, Lady Glenconner and her first-hand contacts with Nanny Barbara Barnes. Ingrid Seward’s William and Harry (London: Carlton, 2008) is packed with inside information. Robert Jobson gives unparalleled insights into Harry’s military service. See Robert Jobson, Harry’s War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince, London: John Blake, 2008.
Chapter 9 – Entitlement
The well-connected Penny Junor has written a masterful biography of the young Prince William: Born to Be King (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2012). Wendy Berry’s The Housekeeper’s Diary (New York: Barricade Books, 1995) conveys an intruding impression of life below stairs. Fred Bernstein’s striking profile of Prince William made waves when it was published. See Fred Bernstein, ‘William the Terrible’, People, 7 July 1986, retrieved from: https://people.com/archive/cover-story-william-the-terrible-vol-26-no-1/
Chapter 10 – Exposure
This is the moment when James Whitaker’s first-hand contacts with Diana add so much to the picture – supplemented by the revelations of Andrew Morton. This chapter owes much to Rebecca English’s Daily Mail article of 22 August 2017, ‘Moment Our Father Told Us Our Mother Was Dead’, retrieved from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4814266/Prince-William-Harry-reveal-reaction-Diana-s-death.html
Chapter 11 – Camillagate
Having anatomised American leading ladies Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor and Nancy Reagan, Kitty Kelley brought her focus to bear on the Windsors in 1997 in The Royals, New York: Warner Books, 1998. Tim Clayton and Phil Craig added to her work in their study, Diana: Story of a Princess, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001.
Chapter 12 – Uncle James
In 2007 Ingrid Seward collaborated with Diana’s faith healer Simone Simmons for their joint study, Diana: The Last Word, New York: St Martin’s Press, 2007. Diana’s bodyguard Ken Wharfe is an ever-reliable source of insights into Diana. See Diana: Closely Guarded Secret, London: John Blake, 2016.
Chapter 13 – People’s Princess
The Daily Mail is an unfailing source of insights into the young royals, thanks to its outstanding clutch of royal and investigative journalists: Rebecca English, Robert Hardman, Richard Kay and Jonathan Mayo. See, for example, Jonathan Mayo, ‘Minute by Minute, How Preparations Were Made for Diana’s Funeral’, Daily Mail, 23 August 2017, retrieved from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4817944/How-preparations-Diana-s-funeral.html
Chapter 14 – Scallywag
This is one of several chapters that relies heavily on the memories and insights of royal private secretaries who have retired or who, in some cases, are now working in various government departments. See also Stephen Bates, ‘Prince Andrew’s Fall from Grace Brings Uncertain Times for the Monarchy’, Guardian, 22 November 2019.
Chapter 15 – Forget-me-not
‘Lord Blackadder’ – Mark Bolland provided Ian Katz of the Guardian with a rare insight into the background of these difficult years in his profile, ‘It Was Me What Spun It’ in the Media Guardian for 27 October 2003: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/oct/27/mondaymediasection.themonarchy. See also ‘Prince Harry Sent to Drugs Clinic’, BBC News, 13 January 2002, retrieved from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1757448.stm
Chapter 16 – Wobble
Simon Perry of People magazine was a regular visitor to St Andrews during Prince William’s time in Scotland: ‘The Student Prince – William Goes to College’, People Weekly, 5 November 2001. Prince William’s own interview on his time at St Andrews can be viewed on https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4026131.stm. See also Christopher Andersen, Diana’s Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved, New York: William Morrow, 2001.
Chapter 17 – Kate’s Hot!
The full text of Tom Bradby’s royal wedding interview with Prince William and Kate Middleton can be retrieved from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8138904/Royal-Wedding-Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-interview-in-full.html. See also Richard Kay, ‘How the Court Jester Had the Last Laugh: Tearaway Guy Pelly – Who Took the Blame for Harry’s Teenage Drug-taking and Has Two Drink Drive Convictions – Is Made a Royal Godfather’, Daily Mail, 9 July 2018, retrieved from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5935483/Guy-Pelly-took-blame-Harrys-teenage-drug-taking-royal-godfather.html
Chapter 18 – Kate’s Not!
Katie Nicholl is a tireless and reliable source on the relationship
