Marr, Andrew, 10
Marriott, John Willard, 243
Marshall Islands, 21
Marshall, Peter, 125, 141
Marten, Henry, 276–7
Marxism, 86, 149–50, 230, 232, 309, 311, 398, 446
Mary of Teck, Queen Consort [CAPC] of the United Kingdom, 121, 276, 417, 459
Masefield, Thorold, 440
Masekela, Hugh, 419
Mason, Frederick, 27
Mau Mau Uprising (1952–64), 128, 264
Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, 429
Maxwell, Robert, 395
May, Theresa, 161, 169, 182, 227, 270, 271, 283, 465, 504
Maya civilisation, 470
Mayall, Lees, 61, 82, 282, 283
Mayflower Primary School, Poplar, 177–8
Mbeki, Thabo, 420
McAleese, Mary, 455, 456, 458, 460
McCartney, Stella, 170
McCorquodale, Sarah, 516
McDonald, Trevor, 210
McGuinness, Martin, 462–3
McKenzie, Precious, 172–3
McKinnon, Donald, 86, 156, 160, 416, 499–500, 501
McLaren, Henry, 2nd Baron Aberconway, 348–9
McLeod, M. G., 118
media, 43–7
Melbourne, Victoria, 161
Mellon, Paul, 239
Mendi, SS, 413
Menem, Carlos, 518–19
Menin Gate, Ypres, 206
Menzies, Pattie, 49
Menzies, Robert, 46, 49, 197, 199, 202, 503
Mercedes, 147, 441
Merino sheep, 49
Merkel, Angela, 18, 526–7
Metropolitan Police, 301
Mexico, 24, 25, 68, 168, 247, 365
Meyer, Christopher, 258
Michael, King of Romania, 79, 104
Middle East tours
1979 35, 50, 53, 363, 424
1997 366
Miklaszeski, James ‘Jim’, 251
Miliband, David, 8
Milton, Derek, 187, 229
miners’ strike (1984–5), 390
Mintoff, Dom, 502–3
Mirzoeff, Edward, 253
Misérables, Les, 78
Mitterrand, François, 256, 305, 368–9, 409, 412
Mo Ibrahim Index, 164
Mobutu Sese Seko, 86–7, 93, 168
Mobutu, Marie-Antoinette, 86–7
Modi, Narendra, 67, 472
Mogotsi, Joe, 417
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 100, 508–9
arap Moi, Daniel, 26, 338
Mole, Stuart, 150, 152, 153, 155–6, 162, 386, 391, 494
Monday Club, 89
Mongolia, 22, 513
Montefiore, Simon Sebag, 446
Montejo, Michelle, 184
Montreal Olympics (1976), 5, 40, 224, 244, 316, 365
Monty Python, 140, 492
Moon, Peter, 64, 318
Moore, Charles, 339, 340, 375–6, 377, 380, 383, 384, 436
Moore, Dudley, 248
Moore, Jon, 41
Moore, Philip, 64, 148, 317, 335
Morgan, Peter, 14
Morgan, Piers, 272
Morocco, 48, 74
Morrow, Anthony, 244, 343, 362, 363, 366, 368, 495
Morton, Andrew, 487
Moshesh, Jeremiah, 113
Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho, 528
Mostert, Cornelius, 114
Mother Teresa, 381, 411
Motherwell, Jim, 49
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 69, 84, 123, 124, 361, 363, 454, 460, 468
Mountbatten, Lady Pamela, 195–6
Mozambique, 166, 311, 326
Mr Scarborough’s Family, 110
Mtirara, Rochelle, 411
Mugabe, Grace, 85
Mugabe, Robert, 85–6, 164, 311, 326, 398, 405–7
Blair, relationship with, 86
Commonwealth withdrawal (2003), 86, 164, 169
general election (1980), 478–9, 482
Grace, marriage to (1986), 85
Harare CHOGM (1991), 405, 406, 407
Independence (1980), 482, 483
Marlborough House CHOGM (1986), 398
Rhodesian Bush War (1964–79), 311, 326
and Strasser, 54
UK visit (1994), 54, 85–6
Mugabe, Sally, 85
Muggeridge, Malcolm, 158
Muhammad V, Sultan of Kelantan, 470
Mulchrone, Vincent, 205
Muldoon, Robert, 309, 316, 323, 325, 326
Mullin, Chris, 62
Mulroney, Brian, 384, 396–7, 398, 399–400
Murdoch, Gaye, 365
Murdoch, Rupert, 382
Mureithi, Nahashon, 128
Murphy, Philip, 44, 136, 222, 227
‘Musical Fairy Tale, The’, 363
‘Muskrat Love’ (Captain & Tennille), 243
Muzorewa, Abel, 325, 328, 338
Naiad, HMS, 364
Naisali, Henry, 234
Naked Diplomat, The (Fletcher), 488
Namibia, 31–2, 43, 403–5, 409
Nandi, Fiji, 34
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 119, 120, 430
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 8
Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), 292, 430, 487
Narayanan, Kocheril Raman, 159
Nassau CHOGM (1985), 185, 344, 383–7, 397
Nasser, Gamal Abdul, 131
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 255, 263
National Archives, 294
National Council for Scientific Research, 101
National Gallery, London, 468
National Westminster Bank, 92
Nauru, 171–2
Nazi Germany (1933–45), 93, 173, 205, 273, 277–8, 298, 326, 388, 425, 527
Nazrin Shah, Sultan of Perak, 471
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 122, 124, 125, 127, 129, 143, 179
Neil, Andrew, 390, 391, 393
Neill, Sam, 215
Nelson, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson, 17
Nepal, 23, 129, 134, 492, 515–16
Netflix, 6, 14, 137, 240, 355, 507
Netherlands, 256, 273, 281, 358, 531
New Hebrides, 345
New Law Journal, 102
New Zealand, 2, 10, 13, 25, 184, 188, 211, 426
1840 Treaty of Waitangi, 195, 199, 216
1930 Hamilton British Empire Games, 173
1948 George VI cancels tour, 190–91
1949 London Declaration, 124
1950 Auckland British Empire Games, 173
1953 Coronation tour, 21, 127, 186, 189, 193–6, 350
1956 Royal visit, 356
1963 Royal visit, 43, 49, 199–200, 201
1970 Royal visit, 52, 204–5, 473, 510
1972 UK joins EEC, 206
1974 Christchurch British Commonwealth Games, 173
1976 All Blacks tour South Africa, 316
1977 Royal visit, 208
1979 Zambia CHOGM, 309, 315–16, 323, 325, 326
1982 Falklands War, 378; Prince Edward studies at Wanganui Collegiate School, 224
1983 Royal visit, 483
1986 Royal visit, 209–10
1995 Auckland CHOGM, 215–16, 414–16
2010 Prince William’s visit, 524
2011 Christchurch earthquake, 524; Pike River mine disaster, 524; Prince William’s visit, 524–5
2016 new flag referendum, 218
2018 Commonwealth Day, 152; London CHOGM, 217–18
Newman, Adrian, Bishop of Stepney, 177
Nhongo, Rex, 482
Nicholas I, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, 445
Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, 445–6, 450
Nicholas, John, 4
Nigeria, 155, 178, 499
1956 Royal visit, 40, 56
1966 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 145
1979 Rhodesia trade ultimatum, 326; nationalisation of British Petroleum, 331; Lusaka CHOGM, 337
1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games boycott, 389
; 1989 Babangida’s UK visit, 74
1990 Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting, 402
1995 Saro-Wiwa execution, 415–16
2003 Abuja CHOGM, 35–6, 37, 62, 156
Nigeria, HMS, 118
Nightingale, Florence, 381
Nixon, Richard, 240–41, 242, 434, 475
Nixon, Tricia, 475
Niyazov, Saparmurat, 490–91
Nkomo, Joshua, 311, 315, 322, 323, 328, 332, 333, 478–9, 481–2
‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’, 113
Nkrumah, Kwame, 15, 19, 135–7, 143, 362, 503
Nobel Prize, 17, 60, 381, 419, 522, 527
Nobel, Alfred, 17
Norfolk Island, 171
Norman Conquest (1066), 3, 276, 284
Norman, Jessye, 252
Norman, Richard, 95, 101
Normandy landings (1944), 26, 58, 176, 256–7, 306, 349, 368
Norrell, Ellis ‘Norrie’, 359, 360
Norris, Eric, 477, 512
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 245, 432, 433
North Korea, 465
North Sea ferries, 347
Northern Ireland, 33, 256, 298, 326, 376, 382, 400, 454–6, 460, 461–3
Northern Rhodesia (1924–64), 116, 310, 424
Northwestern University, 519
Norway, 24, 31, 34, 79, 256
Not Forgotten Association, 497
Nottingham University, 470
Nujoma, Sam, 32
Nyasaland (1907–64), 319
Nye, Joseph, 24, 26, 165
Nyerere, Julius, 64, 81, 84, 318, 329, 338, 339
‘O Canada’, 220
O’Connell, Pat, 461
O’Neill, Con, 206
Obama, Barack, 7, 13, 17, 68, 264–70, 306, 471, 526, 527
Obama, Michelle, 265, 530
Obasanjo, Olusegun, 386, 499
Oberon, Merle, 243
Obote, Milton, 81, 82, 147
Odd Man Out, 110
Oklahoma!, 239
Old Links and New Ties (Howell), 142
Olisa, Kenneth, 178
Oliver, Brian, 172
Oliver, William, 200, 202
Olympic Games, 171, 172, 513
1936 Berlin, 173
1956 Melbourne, 355
1976 Montreal, 5, 40, 224, 244, 316, 365
2000 Sydney, 210, 213
2012 London, 5–6, 33, 171, 529
Onslow, Robin, Countess of, 349, 369
Operation Raleigh, 522
Order of Good Hope, 411
Order of Merit, 293, 375, 381, 403, 411, 417
Order of Socialist Romania, 100
Order of St Michael and St George, 49, 383
Order of the Bath, 72, 100, 104, 285, 293, 411
Order of the Companions of Honour, 16
Order of the Garter, 72
Order of the Mosquito, 144
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 141, 146
d’Ormesson, Jean, 300
Ormsby-Gore, William David, 5th Baron Harlech, 326
Orr, Jim, 508
Orwell, George, 93
Osborne, George, 16, 456
Owen, David, 11, 12, 16, 38
and African tour (1979), 314–15, 319–20
and Amin’s proposed visit (1977), 83, 84
and Ceausescu’s visit (1978), 88, 91, 93, 97, 103
and Prince of Wales, 180, 478
and Juan Carlos of Spain, 80
and Middle East tour (1979), 50, 53
on rum ration, 351
and Sunday Times affair (1986), 394
Oxfam, 35, 318
Oxford University, 140, 418–19, 426, 469, 509
Page, Peter, 317
Pakistan, 165
Bangladeshi independence (1971), 20
Coronation of Elizabeth II (1953), 127
Independence (1947), 123, 124, 138, 191
London CHOGM (2018), 1–3, 67, 142, 503
Royal visit (1961), 20, 40, 129, 133
Royal visit (1997), 20, 157–60
suspensions from Commonwealth (1999–2004, 2007–8), 164
Palestine, 166
Palliser, Michael, 315
Panorama, 497, 519
Papua New Guinea, 36, 106, 233–4, 355, 475
Paraguay, 59
Parker Bowles, Andrew, 455, 479–83, 504–5
Parker Bowles, Camilla, see Cornwall, Duchess of
Parker, Michael, 357
Parker, Peter, 509
Parker, Robert, 193
Parvin, Stewart, 42, 43
Paterson, James, 322
Patil, Pratibha Rao, 501
Patten, Christopher, 343, 496
Patterson, Percival ‘P. J.’, 187
Paul, King of Greece, 361
Paul VI, Pope, 90
Payne, Keith, 204
Payne, Liam, 152
Pearson, Lester, 125, 145, 221, 222
Pelé, 65
Peres, Shimon, 7
Perkins, Albert, 301
Permanent Royal Yacht Service (PRYS), 359
Perón, Eva, 518–19
Persian Gulf tour (1979), 51, 53, 315, 363
Perth Commonwealth Games (1962), 173
Pétain, Philippe, 278
Philip, Prince, see Edinburgh, Duke of
Philippines, 24
Phillips, Mark, 366, 513
Photographer of the Year awards, 43
Picasso, Pablo, 469
Pick, Hella, 98
Picture Gallery, 72
Pike River mine disaster (2010), 524
Pilgrims of Great Britain, 475–6
Pindling, Lynden, 385, 397
Pitcairn Islands, 361
Plunket, Patrick, 427
Poland, 257, 488, 527
Polytechnic of Central London, 95, 97, 101
Pompidou, Claude, 291, 292, 293, 303
Pompidou, Georges, 35, 274, 280–82, 284–9, 291–3, 297–8, 303–4
Pope
Benedict XVI, 66, 80
Francis, 20–21
John Paul II, 66, 246
Paul VI, 90
Poplar, London, 177–8
Porchester, Lord, see Herbert, Henry
Portillo, José López, 24
Portugal, 166, 311, 357
Powell, Colin, 259
Powell, Enoch, 382
Prada, Miuccia, 42
Prague, Czech Republic, 37, 58
Prasad, Rajendra, 129
President and the Princess, The (Giscard d’Estaing), 305
press, 43–7
Prichard, John, 345
Priestley, Raymond, 355
Prince’s Trust, 8, 179, 470, 471, 504
Princess Royal (Princess Anne), 46, 220, 224, 510–13
Australian tour (1970), 203, 345, 473, 510–11
Bangladesh visit (1983), 381
birth (1950), 239
birthday party (1971), 343
and Britannia, 341, 350, 351, 366, 369, 372
Canada tour (1951), 220
Ceausescu’s visit (1978), 98
and Commonwealth cemeteries, 175–6
Commonwealth Games (1966), 172
and Coronation tour (1953–4), 194–5, 350–51, 473, 510, 511
D-Day anniversary (1994), 257
Greece visit (1964), 511
Iran visit (1971), 508
Kenya visit (1971), 477, 511–12
Montreal Olympics (1976), 224
New Zealand tour (1970), 205, 510
and Nobel Peace Prize, 17
and Save the Children, 17, 381, 476, 511–12
Scottish cruise (1955), 354
Turkey visit (1972), 513
United States visit (1970), 241, 475
wedding (1973), 366, 513
Privy Purse, 25
Putin, Vladimir, 68–9, 444, 451
Pym, Francis, 248
Qatar, 68
Quebec, 219, 222, 225, 280
Queen, die, 18, 428
Queen Elizabeth, 348, 349
&
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Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships, 179
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, 105, 514
Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica, 22, 183
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, 17–18
Queen Mary tiara, 263
Queen Mary, 348
Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, 9, 179
Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Prize, 468–9
Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, 8–9, 107
Queen’s Lecture, 18
Queen’s Young Leaders, 9, 14, 105–8, 468, 532
Rabuka, Sitiveni, 235
Rajapaksa, Mahinda, 501
Rajpipla State (1340–1948), 122
Raleigh International, 522
Rama IV, King of Thailand, 38
Rama VIII, King of Thailand, 39
Rama IX, King Bhumibol of Thailand, 26, 41, 48, 63, 70
Rama X, King of Thailand, 48, 63
Ramaphosa, Cyril, 421
Ramphal, Shridath ‘Sonny’, 10, 12, 53
and Amin’s proposed visit (1977), 83, 84, 85
and Blair, 156
and Christmas broadcast (1983), 382
and Edinburgh Commonwealth Games (1986), 395
and George VI, 125
and Gonsalves, 232
and Kenya visit (1952), 12
and London CHOGM (1977), 150
and Lusaka CHOGM (1979), 313, 325, 326, 328, 333, 337–9, 380
and Mandela, 402
and Manley, 150, 228
and Marlborough House CHOGM (1986), 389–90, 396, 398, 399
and Melbourne CHOGM (1981), 161
and Nassau CHOGM (1985), 384, 385, 386
and Nyerere, 318
retirement (1990), 155
and Rhodesian UDI (1965), 145
and Singapore CHOGM (1971), 147
and Thatcher, 155, 380, 384, 386, 394, 400, 401
and Trudeau, 222–3, 224
Warwick University chancellorship (1989–2002), 418
Ramsey, Michael, Archbishop of Canterbury, 151
Ratiu, Ion, 102
Rawlinson, Ivor, 93
Rayne shoes, 42
Reagan, Nancy, 245, 248, 249, 250, 263
Reagan, Ronald
Botha, relationship with, 386
on Commonwealth, 167
and Falklands War (1982), 245
Grenada invasion (1983), 230, 250, 380
Libya bombing (1986), 390
Royal visit (1983), 247–50
Royal visit (1985), 485
Royal visit (1991), 253–4
Soviet Union, relations with, 101
Star Wars programme, 101
Thatcher, relationship with, 167, 237, 246, 380, 386, 390
UK visit (1982), 66, 244–7, 267, 418
Red Cross, 521
Reed-Purvis, Henry, 326–7
Rees, Merlyn, 84
Regan, Gaynor, 159
Rehse, Karl-Ludwig, 42
Remembrance Sunday, 176
Renwick, Robin, 402, 419
republicanism, 14, 15, 44, 63, 136, 146, 162, 186–7, 505
Australia, 149, 187, 202, 206–17, 498–9
Bulgaria, 79
Canada, 186, 223–4
Caribbean, 187, 150, 228–32
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