Chapter 19 – Line of Duty
Stephen Bates has brilliantly combined coverage of those two very similar subjects – religion and royalty – for the Guardian for many years. His book Royalty Inc.: Britain’s Best-Known Brand (London: Aurum Press, 2015) is an insightful study of the modern monarchy. See also Carmen Nobel, ‘Prince Harry in Afghanistan: Miguel Head Shares the Story of a Historic Media Blackout’, Journalist’s Resource, 18 April 2019.
Chapter 20 – Fantasy of Salvation
Visit https://sentebale.org/who-we-are/ for details of Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity which helps vulnerable children in Lesotho, Botswana and Malawi. See also Cecilia Rodriguez, ‘Prince Harry Opens Up’, Forbes, 18 April 2017.
Chapter 21 – White Knight
With the arrival of Meghan Markle, I must express my gratitude to the research of Emily Andrews and her insightful profiles in the Sun. See also Morgan Evans and Eileen Reslen, ‘A Definitive History of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal Relationship’, Town & Country, 8 May 2019.
Chapter 22 – In Vogue
I am grateful to Matt Haig for permission to reproduce lines from his Notes on a Nervous Planet (Edinburgh: Canongate, 2018) and to Valentine Low for his insights into the ousting of Sir Christopher Geidt in 2017. Thanks too to Anne McElvoy for confirming the details of her meeting with Meghan Markle described at the end of the chapter and for her two articles: ‘Meghan: The Polite Revolutionary in the Palace’, Sunday Times, 19 March 2019, and ‘The Meghan I Met’, Evening Standard, 9 January 2020.
Chapter 23 – End of the Double Act
I am grateful to Tom Bradby for confirming the details of his important interviews both with Prince Harry and with Meghan in Africa. See also Camilla Tominey, ‘How Prince Charles and William Became Closer Than Ever’, Telegraph, 23 June 2020, and Sarah Vine, ‘My Memo to Meghan Markle’, Daily Mail, 29 July 2019.
Chapter 24 – Different Paths
Again Caroline Graham proves an invaluable source on the relationship between Meghan Markle and her father Thomas, in which Ms Graham was personally involved. See also Megan Hills, ‘Harry and Meghan Documentary: The Most Powerful Quotes’, Evening Standard, 21 October 2019.
Chapter 25 – Christmas Message
I am grateful for the work and insights of my longstanding friend Carolyn Durand and her research with Omid Scobie in their book Finding Freedom, New York: Dey Street Books, 2020. The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast for 2019 can be found at: https://www.royal.uk/queen%E2%80%99s-christmas-broadcast-2019
Chapter 26 – Sandringham Showdown
I am grateful to the friends who have shed light on their experiences with Sir Edward Young and the inside workings of Buckingham Palace. Dan Wootton’s scoops for the Sun are essential for understanding the events of these months. See also Valentine Low, ‘Princes Fell Out’, The Times, 13 January 2020.
Chapter 27 – Abbey Farewell
The Commonwealth Day Service of 9 March 2020 can be viewed at: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/commonwealth-service-2020. For the details of the Russian prank call see Matt Wilkinson, ‘Hoodwinked: Prince Harry’s Russian Pranksters’, Sun, 10 March 2020.
Chapter 28 – Social Distancing
At the time of writing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Instagram account remains open: @sussexroyal. See also Caroline Hallemann, ‘Meghan Markle Speaks Out About George Floyd’s Death’, Town & Country, 4 June 2020, and ‘FA Cup Final Renamed’, Royal Foundation UK, 11 June 2020.
Acknowledgements
It was my friend Peter Morgan who inspired me to embark on this book earlier this year with far too little time available – so thank you, Peter, for the inspiration. As if The Crown was not inspiring enough! Then Arabella Pike leapt on the idea and made time and everything else possible with the help of her team at HarperCollins. A thousand thanks to my family and dear ones who tolerated the disruptions of routine needed to get the writing completed in time. Coronavirus was actually rather helpful in that respect.
I am grateful to numerous professional colleagues and friends who have helped me complete the project by the deadline: Emily Andrews, Barbara Barnes, Tom Bradby, Peter Davies, Elana DeLozier, Benjamin Dyall and ‘Mrs Norris’, Edward Enninful, Harvey Frankel, Jonathan Frankel, Lady Anne Glenconner, Matt Haig, Robert Hardman, Miguel Head, Stuart Higgins, John Jones, Richard Kay, Gregorio Kohon, Angela Levin, Valentine Low, Anne McElvoy, Katie Nicholl, Simon Perry, and Dr Yvonne Ward.
Thank you to Donal McCabe for his courtesy in explaining why he did not feel that Buckingham Palace could help with this project. At least he took the trouble to reply to my enquiry, unlike his busy colleagues at every other palace.
Thank you too to Iain Hunt and Jo Thompson at HarperCollins in the UK who helped Arabella move mountains in getting the book published to the incredibly tight deadline. The input of Lisa Sharkey at HarperCollins in the US has been consistently supportive, not least about the deadline. Katherine Patrick and Kate D’Esmond, the book’s publicists at HarperCollins UK and US, engaged with the project strategically from the outset. My thanks to Claire Collins and Sibilla Vaccarin at Effra Digital for their advice with the design side of the book, and to Suzanne Hodgart for the marvellous picture research. My thanks to Peter Brookes and to Ben Coppin for their help with the cartoons – and my special gratitude to Katie Boxer for providing her father’s superb drawing of the Queen writing to Roddy Llewellyn in 1976.
From America Susan Camp has provided such a firm and constant research foundation. My daily discussions with my daughter Scarlett have been inspirational – and my thanks to my son Bruno for his thoughts on pizza. Here in Britain ‘JC’, Jane Corrin, has been a source of strength every day. Thank you to the steadiest of agents, Jonathan Pegg. And my warmest thanks of all to my darling Jane, who has inspired me from start to finish – and also contributed the
