The Queen Mother

NINETEEN: THE HEART OF THE MATTER.

1 Asa Briggs, A Social History of England, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994, p. 319 2 Ibid., pp. 31719 3 Ibid., p. 324 4 William Shawcross, Queen and Country, BBC Worldwide, 2002, p. 77 5 Queen Elizabeth to Rachel Bowes Lyon, 1 October 1961, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW 6 Richard Crossman, "The Role of the Volunteer in the Modern Social Service", in Traditions of Social Policy, ed. A. H. Halsey, 1976, p. 283, quoted in Prochaska, Royal Bounty, pp. 24950 7 Sir Arthur Penn to Dr Percy Dunsheath, 18 February 1954, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/University of London/Box I/MAIN/I 8 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 24 November 1955, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/University of London/Box I/University of London Gazette 9 Longford, Queen Mother, p. 143 10 Note by Queen Elizabeth on first report of University Consultative Committee on Murray Report, February 1974, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/University of London/Box II 11 Longford, Queen Mother, p. 147 12 Noel Annan in The Queen Mother Remembered, p. 125 13 Ibid., pp. 126, 128 14 Times Literary Supplement, 23 January 2004, pp. 1113 15 d.u.c.h.ess of York, diary, 2 September 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4 16 Lady Katharine Seymour to Miss May McKinlay, 16 September 1939, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Girls Brigade 17 d.u.c.h.ess of York"s speech, 24 April 1934, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/British Legion (Women"s Section) 18 Information from Lucy Murphy 19 Queen Elizabeth"s message, 18 October 1947, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Church of England Children"s Society 20 L. R. Shapley to A. S. Greenacre, 29 July 1939, letter forwarded to Queen Elizabeth by Rev. P. B. Clayton, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Toc H 21 Sir Martin Gilliat to Sir Alexander Giles, 20 December 1972, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Toc H 22 Sir Arthur Penn to Colonel Parkes, 18 March 1948, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/St Mary"s Hospital Paddington 23 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/St Mary"s Hospital Paddington 24 Keeper of the Privy Purse to Comptrollers and Ladies-in-Waiting to members of the Royal Family, 29 October 1948, RA QEQMH/PS/CSP/Hospitals 25 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/PS/St Mary"s Hospital Paddington 26 d.u.c.h.ess of York"s speech, 27 June 1935, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1935/23 27 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Queen Elizabeth"s Foundation for the Disabled 28 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 1943, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI 29 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 1945, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI 30 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 1951, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI 31 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 1954, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI 32 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 1976, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI 33 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 1987, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI 34 Dr William Beaver to Nicholas a.s.sheton, 27 June 2002, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/British Red Cross 35 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/SSAFA.

36 W. M. Morgan to Sir Ralph Anstruther, 19 May 1993, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Royal College of Music 37 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Middle Temple 38 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/King"s Lynn Festival 39 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Friends of St Paul"s Cathedral 40 Sir Ralph Anstruther to Angus Critchley-Waring, 1 August 1972, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Queen Mary"s Clothing Guild 41 Statement of accounts, 11 January, 2002, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Queen Mary"s Clothing Guild 42 Note by Queen Elizabeth on letter from Angus Stirling to Sir Martin Gilliat, 29 October 1987, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/National Trust 43 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 19 October 1967, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/University of Dundee 44 Peter Ustinov in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 21215 45 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Injured Jockeys Fund; RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/2001: 6 December 46 Peter Pears to Queen Elizabeth, 7 April 1974, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Aldeburgh Festival 47 Peter Pears to Lady Fermoy, 27 September 1974, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/13 June 1975 48 Regis Cochefert to Sir Alastair Aird, 6 June 2002, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Aldeburgh Festival 49 Queen Elizabeth, note to Sir Ralph Anstruther, n.d. [January 1977], RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham Fur & Feather 50 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Ralph Anstruther, n.d. [21 May 1980], RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham Fur & Feather 51 Poultry World, January 1999, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Poultry Club 52 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Victoria Cross and George Cross a.s.sociation 53 Queen Elizabeth, message sent with letter from Hon. Nicholas a.s.sheton to Earl of Caithness, 21 March 2000, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Clan Sinclair Trust 54 Hon. Nicholas a.s.sheton to Bernard Evans, 18 September 2001, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust 55 RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sir Peter O Sullevan Charitable Trust 56 Dr Walter James, article in Times Higher Education Supplement, 12 September 1980, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/St Catharine"s 57 Author"s interview with Eric Anderson 58 Message from Queen Elizabeth to Lieutenant Colonel John H. Christie, accompanying a bowl of violets sent to the Officers" Mess, 27 April 1941, ill.u.s.trated in "Proud to be Your Colonel-in-Chief", 19372002, Toronto Scottish Regiment, Toronto, 2003 59 Queen Elizabeth, annotations on Light Infantry annual reports, 1997, 1998; annotation on letter from Major General Peter Bush to Sir Martin Giliat, 30 December 1981, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Light Infantry 60 Arthur Penn to General Sir Archibald Cameron, 5 July 1940, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Black Watch 61 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 20 November 1941, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Black Watch 62 General Sir Arthur Wauchope to Arthur Penn, 22 November 1941, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Black Watch 63 RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1998: 20 September 64 Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn Fanshawe to Captain R.J. Streatfeild, n.d. [26 July 1937], RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1937: 24 July 65 Arthur Penn to Lieutenant Colonel Tom Draffen, 30 April 1942, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Queen"s Bays 66 Arthur Penn to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Barclay, 31 December 1943, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Queen"s Bays 67 Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat to Colonel G. W. Draffen, 23 July 1957, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Queen"s Bays 68 Note by Queen Elizabeth on regimental annual report, January 2001, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Queen"s Dragoon Guards 69 Note by Queen Elizabeth on a letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Carnegie to Sir Martin Gilliat, 11 October 1968, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Queen"s Own Hussars 70 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 13 June 1997, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1997: 13 June 71 Brigadier R. N. M. Jones to Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat, 4 March 1958, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/The King"s (Manchester and Liverpool) Regiment 72 Queen Elizabeth to Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Grant-Howarth, 24 October 1990, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/The King"s (Manchester and Liverpool) Regiment 73 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 2 July 1993, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1993: 2 July 74 Note by Queen Elizabeth on report by Brigadier J. J. Gaskell, 21 August 1998, RA QEQMH/ARMFOR/The King"s (Manchester and Liverpool) Regiment 75 Note by Queen Elizabeth on letter from Brigadier J. A. Longmore to Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat, 26 July 1960, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Hertfordshire Regiment 76 Note by Queen Elizabeth attached to letter from Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Denning to Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat, 2 January [1961], RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Hertfordshire Regiment 77 d.u.c.h.ess of York to King George V, 18 March 1935, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/215 78 Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat to Lieutenant Colonel R. C. P. Wheeler, 28 November 1956, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 79 Note by Queen Elizabeth to Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat, 29 August 1960, re letter from Lieutenant Colonel G. D. Thompson, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Inns of Court Regiment; Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat to Colonel Sir James Waterlow, 21 October 1960, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 80 Hon. Mrs Geoffrey Bowlby to Lady Maud Bailey, 29 October 1941, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/WRAC 81 Note by Queen Elizabeth on memorandum from Defence Services Secretary to Sir Martin Gilliat, 15 August 1991, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/WRNS 82 Sir Martin Gilliat to Air Commandant Dame Felicity Hill, 7 March 1968, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/WRAF 83 Note by Queen Elizabeth on letter from Brigadier G. K. Ramsay to Sir Alastair Aird, 8 March 1990, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/WRAC; note by Queen Elizabeth on memorandum from Sir Alastair Aird, 13 January 1994, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/WRAF 84 Lord Alexander of Tunis to Sir Martin Gilliat, 16 July 1965, and reply, 21 July 1965, RA QEQMH/PS/MISCOFF/Irish Guards 85 Lieutenant Colonel James Baker to Queen Elizabeth, 19 March [1979]; Lieutenant Colonel John Clavering to Queen Elizabeth, 18 March 1981, RA QEQMH/PS/MISCOFF/Irish Guards 86 Queen Elizabeth to Commanding Officer, Toronto Scottish, 20 October 1945, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Toronto Scottish 87 RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Black Watch of Canada 88 Note by Queen Elizabeth on note from Sir Martin Gilliat, 21 January 1991, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/RNZAMC 89 Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat to Commandant Denzil M. Loveland, 14 April 1961, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/South Africa 90 Lieutenant Colonel Martin Gilliat to Commandant C. St L. Hone, 27 October 1961, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/South Africa 91 Telegram from Queen Elizabeth to Acting Commissioner, BSAP, [12 February 1954], QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/South Africa 92 Note by Queen Elizabeth on letter from John Graham, FCO, to Sir Martin Gilliat, 6 March 1970, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/South Africa 93 Pimlott, p. 565 94 Geoffrey Finlayson, Citizen State and Social Welfare in Britain, 18301990, 1994, p. 352, quoted in Prochaska, Royal Bounty, p. 256 95 Ibid., pp. 25960 96 Ibid., p. 272 97 For my Grandchildren: Some Reminiscences of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, 1996, p. 7, quoted in Prochaska, Royal Bounty, pp. 2612 98 Vernon Bogdanor, The Monarchy and the Const.i.tution, Oxford University Press, 1995, p. 308 99 In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, ed. Charlotte Mosley, John Murray, 2008, letter from Deborah Devonshire, 18 January 1980, p. 177 100 Prochaska, Royal Bounty, p. 279 101 Bogdanor, pp. 3059 102 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, January 1993, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI

TWENTY: AT HOME.

1 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 17 February 1961, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 2 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 26 November 1961, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 3 Longford, Queen Mother, p. 135 4 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 23 May 1961, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 5 Queen Elizabeth to John Elphinstone, 6 June 1962, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE 6 Queen Elizabeth to Prince Charles, 5 January 1967, Clarence House Archives 7 Prince Charles to Queen Elizabeth, 21 May 1962, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 8 Queen Elizabeth to John Elphinstone, 6 June 1962, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE 9 Queen Elizabeth to Prince Charles, 15 December 1966, Clarence House Archives 10 The Times, 21 May 1960 11 Martin Gilliat to Richard Colville, 22 May 1960, RA QEQMH/PRS/CSP/1/2 12 Sir Arthur Penn to Richard Colville, 21 May 1960, RA QEQMH/PRS/CSP/1/2 13 Sir Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 20 November [1960], RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Penn 14 Queen Elizabeth to Marjorie Penn, 7 April 1961, Penn Papers 15 Elizabeth Leeming interview with Margaret Rhodes 16 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 19 September 1961, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 17 Queen Elizabeth to Rachel Bowes Lyon, 1 August 1962, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW 18 Queen Elizabeth to Rachel Bowes Lyon, 29 July 1965, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW 19 Elizabeth Leeming interview with Lady Stair 20 Queen Elizabeth to D"Arcy Osborne, 13 February 1962, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE 21 D"Arcy Osborne to Queen Elizabeth, 17 October 1962, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne 22 Queen Elizabeth to D"Arcy Osborne, 7 February 1963, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE 23 D"Arcy Osborne to Queen Elizabeth, 19 February 1963, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne 24 Mrs Milton (Judy) Gendel to Queen Elizabeth, n.d. [April 1964], RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 25 Note by Lady Jean Rankin, 28 October 1963, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1971/Poignand; Queen Elizabeth to Beryl Poignand, 12 October 1963, Glamis Archives (CH) 26 Queen Elizabeth to Mrs Leone Poignand Hall, 11 January 1965, private collection 27 Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 26 December 1968, RA QEQM/OUT/SITWELL 28 Queen Elizabeth to Sacheverell Sitwell, 5 May 1969, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1969/Sitwell 29 Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone, 14 September 1964, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE 30 Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 26 January 1967, RA QEQM/OUT/SITWELL 31 Correspondence between Sir Arthur Penn, the Dean of Windsor and others, 11 June 195429 June 1960; memorandum by Sir Arthur Penn, 29 March 1960, RA QEQM/PRIV/MEM 32 Queen Elizabeth to Lord Salisbury, 16 October 1969, Hatfield House, Papers of fifth Marquess of Salisbury 33 John Cornforth, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at Clarence House, Michael Joseph, 1996, pp. 645 34 Ibid., pp. 615 35 Ibid., pp. 713 36 Michael Holroyd, Augustus John, vol. 2, p. 473, quoted in Owens, p. 48 37 Augustus John to Queen Elizabeth, July 1961, RA QEQM/PRIV/PIC 38 Cornforth, pp. 889 39 Sir Arthur Penn to Brigadier Kingstone, 21 May 1952, RA QEQMH/PS/POR/5 40 Roger Berthoud, Graham Sutherland, Faber & Faber, 1982, pp. 152, 2434 41 Cornforth, pp. 10910 42 Pietro Annigoni, An Artist"s Life, W. H. Allen, 1977, pp. 1403 43 John Bratby to Captain Alastair Aird, 10 February 1978, John Bratby to Queen Elizabeth, 22 February 1978, RA QEQMH/POR/18; Owens, p. 184; Cornforth, pp. 5, 2930 44 Cornforth, p. 38 45 Frances Campbell-Preston, The Rich Spoils of Time, Dovecote Press, 2006, pp. 2734 46 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Margaret, 24 July 1958, Linley Papers 47 Harold Macmillan to Queen Elizabeth, 18 June 1970, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 48 Roy Strong, The Roy Strong Diaries 19671987, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997, p. 175 49 Diaries of Cynthia Gladwyn, pp. 2857 50 Campbell-Preston, pp. 268311 51 Author"s interview with Frances Campbell-Preston, 5 February 2004 52 Ibid.

53 Author"s interview with Michael Sealey 54 Ibid.

55 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, QEQM/ADD/MISC; JS Journal, April 1985; author"s interview with Lord Sainsbury 56 Stephen Spender to Queen Elizabeth, 5 March 1986, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 57 Sir Charles Johnston"s diary, quoted in Vickers, p. 431 58 Vickers, pp. 3445 59 Author"s interview with Lord Carrington 60 Author"s interview with Sir Michael Oswald 61 Author"s interview with Zara Cazalet 62 Ibid.

63 d.i.c.k Francis in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 1935 64 Author"s interview with Sir Michael Oswald 65 Smith, p. 235 66 Mrs Fulke Walwyn in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 1968 67 Sunday Times, 29 April 1984, quoted in Laird, p. 372 68 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Katharine Farrell, 15 August 1979, Farrell Papers 69 Sir Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 8 April 1959, RA QEQM/PRIV/RES 70 Friends of the Castle of Mey Newsletter, April 2005 71 The Castle & Gardens of Mey, The Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust, 2008, pp. 6571 72 Author"s interview with Martin Leslie; The Queen Mother Remembered, p. 221 73 Rose, Kings, Queens and Courtiers, p. 105 74 The Queen Mother Remembered, p. 231 75 Ibid., p. 232 76 Author"s interview with Christine Shearer 77 Rev. Alex Muir in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 2345 78 Information from Martin Leslie 79 Castle of Mey Visitors Book 80 Author"s interview with Lady Penn 81 Interview with Lady Bacon on behalf of the author 82 Author"s interview with Ashe Windham 83 Elizabeth Leeming interview with Dr Michael Briggs 84 Author"s interview with Charlie Wright 85 Laird, pp. 3734 86 Campbell-Preston, p. 306 87 Sir Pierson Dixon to Queen Elizabeth, 2 September 1963, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

TWENTY-ONE: QUEEN VOYAGER 19611967

1 Foreign Office note, "Proposal that HM The Queen Mother should visit Tunisia", 16 January 1961 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1961/TUN 2 Brigadier Bernard Fergusson to Laura Fergusson, 19 April 1961, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/87 3 Brigadier Bernard Fergusson to Laura Fergusson, 22 April 1961, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/87 4 Brigadier Bernard Fergusson to Laura Fergusson, 24 April 1961, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/87 5 Anthony Lambert to Lord Home, 4 May 1961 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1961/TUN 6 Brigadier Bernard Fergusson to Laura Fergusson, 24 April 1961, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/87 7 Anthony Lambert to Lord Home, 4 May 1961 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1961/TUN 8 Queen Elizabeth to D"Arcy Osborne, 20 June 1961, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE 9 Lady in waiting"s diary, 6 April 1962, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 10 John Diefenbaker to Major General Georges Vanier, 16 January 1962, LAC/BAC Acc 198889/081, Vol. 144, File 3185-K 1962 11 Acting British High Commissioner in Canada to Duncan Sandys, 25 June 1962 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1962/CAN 12 Lady in waiting"s diary, 14 June 1962, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 13 Major General Georges Vanier to Queen Elizabeth, 16 June 1962, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1962/CAN 14 Major General Georges Vanier to Queen Elizabeth, 16 June 1962, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 15 Lady in waiting"s diary, 813 May 1963, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 16 Lady in waiting"s diary, 30 October 1963, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 17 Longford, Queen Mother, p. 141 18 Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 16 February [1964], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 19 Prince Charles to Queen Elizabeth, 7 February 1964 [misdated 1963], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 20 Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 25 March 1964, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 21 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Margaret, 24 March 1964, Linley Papers 22 Allen Brown to Sir Martin Gilliat, 5 February 1964, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1964/AUSNZ (cancelled) 23 Sir Martin Gilliat to Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor General of New Zealand, 20 February 1964, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1964/AUSNZ (cancelled) 24 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Bernard Fergusson, 9 April 1964, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/109 25 Andrew Roberts, History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900, pp. 4679 26 Lady in waiting"s diary, 18 February 1965, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 27 Ibid., 21 February 1965 28 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Margaret, 28 March 1965, Linley Papers 29 Noel Coward to Queen Elizabeth, 9 July [1965], RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 30 Lady in waiting"s diary, 26 February 1965, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 31 Sir Alexander Morley, British High Commissioner, Kingston, to Rt Hon. Arthur Bottomley, Commonwealth Secretary (copy), 1 March 1965, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1965/JAM 32 Correspondence between Sir Martin Gilliat, the Private Secretary to the Governor General and the Chief of Protocol, External Affairs, 31 December 19643 May 1965, LAC/BAC Acc 198889/081, Vol. 144, File 3185-K 1965 33 Lady in waiting"s diary, 25 March 1966, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 34 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 25 March 1966, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1966/AUSNZ/I/3 35 Lady in waiting"s diary, 25 March 1966, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 36 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 26 March 1966, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1966/AUSNZ/I/2 37 Campbell-Preston, p. 280 38 Lady in waiting"s diary, 31 March, 1 April 1966, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 39 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth, 8 April 1966, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 40 Lady in waiting"s diary, 4 April 1966, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 41 Ibid., 7 April 1966 42 Campbell-Preston, p. 280 43 Ibid., p. 283 44 Ibid.

45 Lady in waiting"s diary, 4 May 1966, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 46 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Bernard Fergusson, 9 May 1966, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/109 47 Ibid.

48 Queen Elizabeth to Lord Snowdon, 21 April 1966, Snowdon Papers 49 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Bernard Fergusson, 24 May 1966, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/109 50 Queen Elizabeth to Lord Salisbury, 24 December 1966, Hatfield House, Papers of fifth Marquess of Salisbury 51 Lady in waiting"s diary, 20 September 1966, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 52 Author"s interview with Sir Richard Thompson 53 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 10 December 1966, Clarence House Archives 54 Sir Richard Bayliss to the Hon. Mrs John Mulholland, 18 September 1979, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1979/Searle Medical 55 RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1967/Women"s Services 56 Correspondence with Government House, Ottawa, May-July 1966, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1967/CAN 57 Lady in waiting"s diary, 11 July 1967, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 58 Queen Elizabeth to Rear Admiral P. J. Morgan, 22 July 1967, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1967/CAN 59 Lady in waiting"s diary, 26 June 1974, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 60 Ibid., 28 June 1974 61 Pauline McGibbon to Governor General of Canada, 8 August 1978, LAC/BAC Acc 9091/016, Vol. 156, File 8967901 62 Thomas Brimelow to Sir Martin Gilliat, 17 May 1974, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1975/IRAN 63 Lady in waiting"s diary, 15 April 1975, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 64 Ibid., 16 April 1975 65 Lady Parsons to Queen Elizabeth, n.d. [December 1975], RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 66 Lady in waiting"s diary, 18 April 1975, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 67 Sir Anthony Parsons to Rt Hon. James Callaghan, 30 April 1975 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1975/IRAN 68 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 17 January 1955, CAC LASL 2/2/20 69 Queen Elizabeth to D Arcy Osborne, 7 February 1963, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE 70 Oliver Wright to Sir Martin Gilliat, 7, 18 March 1963, Sir Martin Gilliat to Oliver Wright, 12 March 1963, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1963/FRA 71 Details of this and subsequent trips are taken from the account of her travels written by Sir Ralph Anstruther, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 72 Queen Elizabeth to Madame Georgina Reinhold, 16 February 1965, RA QEII/OUT/GUeRIN/09 73 Lord Euston to Queen Elizabeth, 26 April 1963, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 74 RCIN 1164183; copy in Royal Archives, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 75 Paris Match, 17 April 1965 76 Lord Euston to Queen Elizabeth, 13 April 1965, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 77 Anstruther account, 5 April 1965, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 78 Ibid., 17 May 1967, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 79 Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 11013 80 Ibid.

81 Ibid.

82 Anstruther account, 2728 April 1976, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 83 Ibid., 28 April 1976, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 84 Longford, Queen Mother, pp. 1545; author"s interview with Duke and d.u.c.h.ess of Grafton 85 Anstruther account, 2528 April 1977, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 86 Ibid., 12 May 1978 87 Interview with Laure, Princesse de Beauvau-Craon on behalf of the author 88 Ibid.

89 Ibid.; Le Figaro, 28 June 1979 90 Interview with Laure, Princesse de Beauvau-Craon on behalf of the author 91 Anstruther account, 69 May 1980, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 92 Ibid., 14 May 1981 93 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Ralph Anstruther, 17 May 1981, RA QEQM/OUT/ANSTRUTHER 94 Anstruther account, 6 May 1983, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 95 Interview with Madame Servagnat on behalf of the author 96 Anstruther account, 1225 June 1984, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 97 Comte et Comtesse Rene de Nicolay in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 11415 98 Anstruther account, 2527 June 1985, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 99 James Lees-Milne, Holy Dread: Diaries 19821984, ed. Michael Bloch, John Murray, 2001, 3 August 1983 100 Interview with Marquise de Ravenel on behalf of the author 101 Sir Hugh Ca.s.son to Sir Alastair Aird, 9 July 1984, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1984/ITA 102 Author"s interview with the Duke and d.u.c.h.ess of Grafton 103 Laird, p. 376 104 Lady in waiting"s diary, 27 October 1984, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 105 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Hugh Ca.s.son, 27 December 1984, RA AEC/GG/21 106 Anstruther account, 2327 June 1986, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 107 Queen Elizabeth to Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, July 1986, private collection 108 Anstruther account, 2529 May 1987, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS 109 Ibid., 23 June 1988 110 Ibid., 2025 June 1988 111 Sir Hugh Ca.s.son in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 11622 112 Sir Derek Thomas to Sir Patrick Wright, 1 July 1988 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1988/ITA 113 Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge in The Queen Mother Remembered, pp. 11013 114 Interview with Bertrand du Vignaud on behalf of the author 115 Ibid.

116 Anstruther account, 30 May-2 June 1990, RAQEQMH/PS/VIS 117 Ibid., 2730 May 1991 118 Ibid., 2629 May 1992

TWENTY-TWO: UNDER SCRUTINY 19681981

1 Briggs, Social History of England, pp. 3246 2 Clarke, p. 286 3 David Burnside, MP for South Antrim, House of Commons Tribute to Queen Elizabeth, Hansard, 3 April 2002, column 821 4 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Bernard Fergusson, 19 September 1970, Ballantrae Papers, NLS Acc 9259/109 5 Shawcross, p. 104 6 Sarah Bradford, Elizabeth, Heinemann, 1996, pp. 35960 7 Pimlott, pp. 37888 8 Ibid., p. 390 9 Noel Coward Diaries, 27 July 1969, quoted in ibid., p. 391 10 Jonathan Dimbleby, The Prince of Wales, Little, Brown, 1994, p. 163 11 Queen Elizabeth to Lord Snowdon, 8 July 1969, Snowdon Papers 12 Prochaska, Royal Bounty, pp. 2556 13 Prince Philip interview with NBC Television, 10 November 1969, quoted in Pimlott, p. 394 14 Pimlott, p. 402 15 Ibid., pp. 4026 16 Hansard, Civil List debate, 14 December 1971, columns 278400 17 Queen Elizabeth to Lord Snowdon, 16 December 1971, Snowdon Papers 18 Pimlott, pp. 40910 19 Campbell-Preston, pp. 3078 20 Terence Rattigan to Queen Elizabeth, 5 December 1971, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 21 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 24 February 1979, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 22 Private letter from the Prince of Wales, 11/12 March 1970, quoted in Dimbleby, p. 215 23 Dimbleby, p. 215 24 Author"s interview with Lord Fellowes 25 The Times, 29 May 1972, quoted in Pimlott, p. 408 26 Longford, Queen Mother, pp. 1624 27 Author"s interview with Dame Frances Campbell-Preston 28 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Salisbury, 27 June 1972, Hatfield House, Papers of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury 29 Information from Lucy Murphy 30 Mrs Barnard to Queen Elizabeth, 16 May 1986, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1986/Barnard; Longford, Queen Mother, pp. 1624 31 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 32 Rose, Kings, Queens and Courtiers, p. 191 33 Author"s interview with Lady Penn 34 Author"s interview with Viscount Linley 35 Ibid.

36 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 29 August 1978, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 37 Author"s interview with Viscount Linley 38 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 6 February 1981, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 39 Ibid.

40 Sir Nicholas Henderson to Anthony Crosland (copy), 3 November 1976, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1976/FRA 41 Author"s interview with Lord Charteris, quoted in Shawcross, p. 117 42 Author"s interview with Lady Susan Hussey, quoted in ibid.

43 Lady in waiting"s diary, 7 June 1977, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 44 Author"s interview with Lady Thurso 45 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 24 February 1979, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 46 Lady Jay, speech, Hansard, 13 July 2000 47 Ron Todd to Queen Elizabeth, 3 April 1986, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1986/Todd 48 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Martin Gilliat, n.d. [April 1986], RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1986/Todd 49 Interview with Colonel Bruce Bolton, former Commanding Officer, Black Watch of Canada, on behalf of the author 50 Lady in waiting"s diary, 30 June 1979, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 51 Interview with David Willmot on behalf of the author 52 Lady in waiting"s diary, 2 July 1979, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 53 Kenneth Rose to Queen Elizabeth, 17 July 1995, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 54 Lady in waiting"s diary, 27 August 1979, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 55 Dimbleby, p. 324 56 Margaret Thatcher to Queen Elizabeth, 10 September 1979, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 57 Ibid.

58 Prochaska, Royal Bounty, p. 256 59 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 25 June 1979, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 60 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 3 February 1980, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 61 Queen Elizabeth to Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, 11 July 1980, RA QEQM/OUT/BOYD-ROCHFORT 62 Author"s interview with Margaret Vyner 63 Author"s interview with Lady Strathmore 64 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 18 October 1980, CAC LASL 2/2/24 65 Author"s interview with Ashe Windham 66 Sir Martin Gilliat to the Dean of St Albans, 14 May 1980, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1980/St Albans 67 Frances Campbell-Preston to J. D. Marston, 28 July 1980, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1980/Gladiolus 68 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 23 June 1980, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 69 Sir John Betjeman to Sir Martin Gilliat, 14, 15 and 22 July 1980, and Sir Martin Gilliat to Sir John Betjeman, 21 July 1980, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1980/Betjeman 70 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 16 July 1980, Clarence House Archives 71 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 22 October 1980, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 72 Information from Lucy Murphy 73 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 6 August 1980, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 74 Ibid.

75 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 5 August 1980, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 76 Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 7 August 1980, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 77 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 3 September 1982, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 78 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 29 August 1977, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 79 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 30 March 1980, Clarence House Archives 80 Lady Diana Spencer to Queen Elizabeth, 3 March 1981, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 81 Dimbleby, p. 343 82 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 18 March 1981, Clarence House Archives 83 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 18 May 1981, Clarence House Archives 84 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 18 April 1981, Clarence House Archives 85 Author"s interview with Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Johnston 86 Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, private diary 87 Ibid.

88 Princess of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 30 July 1981, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

TWENTY-THREE: POETRY AND PAIN 19811999

1 "A Masque for Three Voices" was first published in the Weekend Telegraph, 4 August 1990. The holograph presentation copy is in the Royal Library (RCIN 1165090) 2 Ted Hughes, Collected Poems, Faber & Faber, 2003, Appendix One, pp. 121922 3 Queen Elizabeth to Ted Hughes, 18 August 1990, RA QEII/OUT/HUGHES 4 Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, The Times, 27 February 2008 5 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Diana Cooper, 28 March 1981, Diana Cooper Papers, Eton College Library 6 James Lees-Milne, Deep Romantic Chasm: Diaries 19791981, ed. Michael Bloch, John Murray, 2000, p. 132 7 Lees-Milne, Holy Dread 19821984, 3 August 1983 8 Ibid., 15 July 1984 9 Penelope Mortimer, Queen Elizabeth: A Life of the Queen Mother, Viking, 1986, pp. 259, 267 10 Rev. Professor Owen Chadwick to Queen Elizabeth, 23 October 1986, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 11 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 6 March 1988, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes 12 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 13 Ted Hughes to Gerald Hughes, 18 May 1991, Ted Hughes Papers, Ma.n.u.script, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University 14 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 4 May 1982, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 15 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 18 October 1982, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 16 Margaret Thatcher to Queen Elizabeth, 23 November 1982, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL; Queen Elizabeth to Lord Snowdon, 10 December 1982, Snowdon Papers 17 Lady in waiting"s diary, 17 March 1983, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 18 Courtney A. Laws to Sir Martin Gilliat, 6 May 1983, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1983: 20 April 19 Lieutenant General Sir Robert Richardson to Sir Martin Gilliat, 24 June 1983, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1983: 20 June 20 Lady in waiting"s diary, 2 August 1984, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 21 Author"s interview with Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, 5 February 2004; Lady in waiting"s diary, 16 July 1985, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 22 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 8 August 1985, Clarence House Archives 23 Lady in waiting"s diary, 16 August 1986, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 24 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 19 August 1986, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 25 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Katharine Farrell, 15 November 1986, Farrell Papers 26 Lady in waiting"s diary, 5 June 1987, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 27 Interview with Colonel Victor Chartier on behalf of the author 28 Interviews with Colonel Victor Chartier and Harris Boyd on behalf of the author 29 Interview with Mrs Tom Price on behalf of the author 30 Interview with Jean Paul Roy on behalf of the author 31 Lady in waiting"s diary, 5 July 1989, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 32 Ibid., 6 July 1989 33 Interview with David Willmot on behalf of the author 34 Lady in waiting"s diary, 10 July 1989, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 35 Interview with Harris Boyd on behalf of the author 36 Interview with Michael Parker on behalf of the author 37 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth II, 28 June 1990, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 38 Ibid.

39 Queen Elizabeth, speech to Sandringham Women"s Inst.i.tute, 15 January 1991, RA QEQMH/PS/PAT/Sandringham WI 40 Lady in waiting"s diary, 3 August 1990, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 41 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 5 February 1992, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 42 Lady in waiting"s diary, 25 March 1992, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 43 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 20 May 1992, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1992/Hughes 44 Ted Hughes, "The Picnic", RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1992/Hughes 45 Queen Elizabeth to Ted Hughes, 5 June 1992, RA QEII/OUT/HUGHES 46 Lady in waiting"s diary, 12 April 1983, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 47 Sir John Grandy to Queen Elizabeth, 1 June 1992, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 48 Pimlott, p. 521 49 Donald Trelford, "Why Princess Anne horsewhipped the Press", Observer, 21 September 1986 50 Quoted in Shawcross, p. 169 51 Princess of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 19 May 1983, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 52 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 10 April 1986, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 53 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth II, 21 January 1992, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 54 Queen Elizabeth to Ted Hughes, 25 January 1992, RA QEQM/OUT/HUGHES 55 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 56 Duke of Edinburgh to Princess of Wales, 7 July 1992, Princess of Wales to Duke of Edinburgh, 12 July 1992, published in Daily Telegraph, 17 December 2007 57 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth II, 18 September 1992, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 58 Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 1 December 1992, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 59 Author"s interview with Lord Fellowes 60 Pimlott, pp. 55861 61 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 7 December 1992, Clarence House Archives 62 Lady in waiting"s diary, 9 December 1992, RA QEQMH/QEQM/DIARY/LIW 63 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 3 February 1993, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 64 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 18 March 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 65 Memorial Address, St Martin in the Fields, 8 July 1993 66 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 11 July 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes 67 Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 27 May 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 68 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 69 Author"s interview with Andrew Festing 70 Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 27 May 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 71 Author"s interview with Sir Alastair Aird 72 Mary Roche to Queen Elizabeth, 16 July 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 73 Queen Elizabeth to Ted Hughes, 18 July 1993, RA QEII/OUT/HUGHES 74 Ibid.

75 Queen Elizabeth to Ted Hughes, 10 June 1995, RA CPW/OUT/HUGHES 76 Author"s interview with Lord Janvrin 77 Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 24 June 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 78 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Katharine Farrell, n.d. [May] 1993, Farrell Papers 79 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth, 12 October 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 80 Ibid.

81 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth, 13 October 1993, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 82 Author"s interview with Lady Penn 83 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 7 February 1994, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 84 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 28 February 1994, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 85 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 86 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 6 February 1996, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 87 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 19 May 1994, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1994/Hughes 88 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 89 Author"s interview with Peter Ord 90 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 4 February 1995, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 91 Hansard, 11 July 2000 92 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Katharine Farrell, 29 May 1995, Farrell Papers 93 Queen Elizabeth"s speech, 6 May 1995, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1995 94 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 95 Ibid.

96 Queen Elizabeth to Ted Hughes, 18 August 1995, RA CPW/OUT/HUGHES 97 Author"s interview with Roger Vickers 98 Queen Elizabeth to Simon Bowes Lyon, 29 January 1996, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW 99 Queen Elizabeth to Rev. Anthony Harbottle, 6 February 1982, Harbottle Papers 100 Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord St John of Fawsley, Hansard, 13 July 2000 101 Lady Elizabeth Ba.s.set, "Living Her Faith", June 1990, RA QEQMH/PS/PRIV 102 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 19945, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 103 Robert Ford to Sir Alastair Aird, 5 August 1996, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1996/Dalai Lama 104 Pico Iyer to author, 2 October 2008 105 Ted Hughes, "Christmas Card Rhymes, The Day of the Sandringham Flower Show", 22 December 1996, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes; typescripts in Royal Library, RCIN 11650923 106 Queen Elizabeth to Ted Hughes, 15 February 1997, RA CPW/OUT/HUGHES 107 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 1 June 1997, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes 108 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 5 August 1997, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 109 Ibid.

110 Castle of Mey Visitors Book 111 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth II, 14 September 1997, RA QEII/PRIV/RF 112 Bogdanor, pa.s.sim; Shawcross, p. 214 113 Rowan Williams, Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement, T. & T. Clark, 2000, pp. 656 114 Author"s interview with Dr Ian Campbell 115 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 1 June 1997, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes 116 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 26 May 1998, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes 117 Queen Elizabeth"s copy of Birthday Letters, dedicated by Ted Hughes, 15 May 1998, RCIN 1167528 118 Lady Penn, diary, Penn Papers 119 Ted Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 26 May 1998, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes 120 Ted Hughes to Hilda Farrer, 19 October 1998, Letters of Ted Hughes, ed. Christopher Reid, Faber & Faber, 2007, pp. 7367 121 Carol Hughes to Queen Elizabeth, 18 November 1998, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Hughes

TWENTY-FOUR: CENTENARIAN 19992002

1 Note by Sir Hugh Roberts, "Tea at Royal Lodge", 20 February 1999 2 Ibid.

3 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Katharine Farrell, 26 January 1999, Farrell Papers 4 Queen Elizabeth to Lady Katharine Farrell, 12 May 1999, Farrell Papers 5 Author"s interview with Sir Michael Oswald 6 Tom Stoppard to Queen Elizabeth, 18 June 1999, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL 7 Rev. Anthony Harbottle to Queen Elizabeth, 3 February 2000; Queen Elizabeth to Rev. Anthony Harbottle, 7 February 2000, Harbottle Papers 8 Lady Angela Oswald, diary compiled for the author 9 Ibid.

10 Hansard, 3 April 2002 11 Hansard, 11 July 2000 12 Interview with Sir Michael Parker on behalf of the author 13 Ibid.

14 Queen Elizabeth to Major Michael Parker, 2 August 2000, Michael Parker Papers 15 Queen Fabiola to Queen Elizabeth, 29 July 2000, RA QEQM/PRIV/FORRF 16 Andrew Motion to Sir Alastair Aird, 13 August 2000, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/2000/Motion 17 Campbell-Preston, p. 309 18 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 6 August 2000, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 19 Elizabeth Ba.s.set, Moments of Vision, Ledburn Press, 2004, p. 140 20 Author"s interview with Lady Angela Oswald 21 Sermon preached by the Rev. John Robson LVO, Chaplain of the Savoy Chapel, Sunday 7 April 2002 22 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 29 July 2001, Clarence House Archives 23 Lady Angela Oswald, diary compiled for the author 24 Author"s interview with Lucy Murphy 25 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 8 August 2001, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 26 Author"s interview with Mrs Timmy Munro 27 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 8 September 2001, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 28 RA QEQMH/PS/ENGTPRIV/2001: 11 October 29 Author"s interview with Charlie Wright 30 Author"s interview with the Duke of Kent 31 Navy News, 27 November 2001 32 Rev. Robert Beaken to Queen Elizabeth, 4 December 2001, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/2001/Beaken; Sir Alastair Aird to Mrs Coryne Hall, 4 December 2001, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/2001/Hall 33 Author"s interview with Sir Michael Oswald 34 Campbell-Preston, pp. 30910 35 Author"s interview with Leslie Chappell and Jacqui Meakin 36 Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 12 February 2002, Clarence House Archives 37 Lady Angela Oswald to author, 14 May 2009 38 Author"s interview with Gillian Frampton 39 Sir Alastair Aird, account of the last days of Queen Elizabeth, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC 40 Author"s interview with Canon Ovenden; The Oxford Book of Prayer, ed. George Appleton, Oxford University Press, 1985, p. 101 41 In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, ed. Charlotte Mosley, John Murray, 2008, p. 332 42 Author"s interview with lady in waiting 43 Guardian, 2 April 2002 44 Daily Telegraph, 9 April 2002

EPILOGUE.

1 J. M. Roberts, Twentieth Century, Allen Lane, 1999, pp. 84856 2 The Queen to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 12 December 1936, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318, ff. 17780 3 Nicolson, Diaries and Letters 19301939, p. 405 4 The Queen to Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, 2 October 1939, copy enclosed with letter from Prince of Wales to Queen Elizabeth, 1 September 2000, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF 5 John Wheeler-Bennett, draft obituary of Queen Elizabeth for The Times, October 1967, RA AEC/GG/20 6 d.u.c.h.ess of York to D"Arcy Osborne, 13 July 1928, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE 7 Most Rev. Cosmo Lang to Queen Elizabeth, 5 September 1939, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Lang SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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