India, 123–5, 127, 131, 222
Jamaica, 150, 186, 228
New Zealand, 211, 216–17
Papua New Guinea, 233
Romania, 79
South Africa, 109, 136, 379, 408
Tuvalu, 234
Reynolds, Albert, 449
Rhédey, Claudine, 100
Rhodes, Cecil, 117, 140, 322
Rhodes, Margaret, 14
Rhodesia, see Northern Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia
Rhys-Jones, Sophie, see Wessex, Countess of
Richards, Chris, 400–401
Richards, Francis, 31–2, 404–5, 444, 448, 453
Rifkind, Malcolm, 37, 60, 166, 389, 395, 401, 484, 490, 518
Ritchie, Lewis, 109–10, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118
Roberts, Frank, 425, 428
Roberts, Philip and Hannah, 201
Robertson, Patsy, 83, 145, 150, 228, 333, 385
Roche, Marc, 168, 278, 305, 306
Roche, Ruth, Baroness Fermoy, 362
Rochon, Steve, 261–2
Rodgers and Hammerstein, 70
Rohingyas, 472
Rolls-Royce, 53, 90, 132, 147, 342, 397, 445, 486
Romania, 24, 79, 87–104, 270
Romanov, House of, 445–6, 450
ROMBAC, 104
Roosevelt, Franklin, 237, 252
Roosevelt, Theodore, 95
Ross, Diana, 485
Rostropovich, Mstislav, 448
Round Table, The, 401
Round Tower (horse), 250
Rouse, Philip, 440
Royal Air Force (RAF), 457, 469
Andover, 320, 326, 334, 342
Blenheim bombers, 472
Czech Republic visit (1996), 37
France visit (1972), 33–4, 286
Lusaka CHOGM (1979), 308, 320, 326
Royal Squadron, 447
Shackleton seaplanes, 193
Spitfires, 310
Vickers VC10, 33, 34, 39, 286, 331, 342, 381, 384, 404–5
Voyager, 32, 469
William’s service, 457, 523
World War II (1939–45), 176, 310, 320, 472
Royal Albert Hall, London, 419, 473
Royal Archives, 266, 424
Royal Ascot, 182
Royal Barge, 359, 368
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 22
Royal Chef, 1, 138
Royal Collection, 20, 40, 266, 268
Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS), 151, 152, 153, 469
Royal Dutch Shell, 415
Royal Family, 46, 223, 241
Royal Gallery, 246, 418
Royal Gurkha Rifles, 134
Royal Horse Guards, 478
Royal Household Hospitality Scholarships, 181–2, 184–5
Royal Institute of Chemistry, 95, 101
Royal Library, 67, 72, 225–6, 268
Royal Mail, 15
Royal Marines, 341, 345, 361, 368–9, 452
Royal Mews, 70, 342
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), 454
Royal Navy, 385, 441
and Prince Andrew, Duke of York, 245, 513
Arctic convoys (1941–5), 451
and Britannia, 244, 346–7, 349–50, 359–60, 367, 369, 371, 385, 441
and Prince of Wales, 8, 245, 302, 466, 477–8, 496
Falklands War (1982), 245, 378
Faslane submarine base, 360
and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 11, 31, 274, 367
piping aboard, 244
rum ration, 351
and South Yemen Civil War (1986), 441
Prince William’s service, 523
Royal Opera House, London, 77
Royal Society, 91
Royal Train, 70, 98, 219–20, 238, 342, 428
Royal Victorian Order, 49
Royal Visits Committee, 23–4, 435, 489
Royal Yacht, see Britannia; Vanguard
Royal Yacht Service, 350, 359
Ruby Jubilee (1992), 46
Rudd, Amber, 183
rugby, 316, 523
rum ration, 351
Russell, John, 65, 92, 364
Russian Federation, 20, 68–9, 441–53, 488, 517
Russian Fringe tiara, 100, 130, 417
Rwanda, 2, 21, 166
Sadat, Anwar, 24, 366, 493
Sakharov, Andrei, 448
salad dressing, 47
Saleha, Raja Isteri of Brunei, 469
Salisbury, Lord, see Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert
Sālote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga, 107
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 490
Samoa, 2
Sandhurst, Berkshire, 528
Sandringham, Norfolk, 30, 126, 344, 356
Sandys, Duncan, 143, 200, 206
Sapphire Jubilee (2017), 21, 227
Sargent, Emma, 485
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 160, 305–6, 489
Saro-Wiwa, Kenule, 415
Saudi Arabia, 21, 53, 167, 270, 315, 487, 489
Savalas, Aristotelis ‘Telly’ 243
Save the Children, 17, 381, 476, 511–12
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of, 177, 426
Scarf, Arthur, 472
Schmidt, Helmut, 313, 433
Schumann, Maurice, 281, 290
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 254
Scotland, 23, 225, 270–71, 277
Balmoral Castle, 30, 47, 60, 136, 210, 240, 258, 271, 336, 344, 376–7, 388, 451
and Banda, 330
and Britannia, 347–50, 345, 353–4, 367, 371, 372
Castle of Mey, 354
CHOGM (1997), 155–6, 162, 163
Commonwealth Games (2014), 171, 174
Dunblane massacre (1996), 50
Edinburgh Commonwealth Games (1986), 389, 394–5, 398
and France visit (1948), 275–6
Gleneagles Hotel, 150
Gordonstoun School, 473
John Brown & Co., 347, 348
Loch Ness monster, 277
Royal cruises, 345, 353–4, 367, 371
St Andrew’s University, 139, 155, 523
and Trump, 270–71
Scotland, Patricia, 126, 169, 504
Scots Guards, 267, 479
Scott, Kenneth, 92, 93, 94–5, 96, 444
Scott, Michael, 57–8, 319
Scott, Peter, 22
Scott, Robert, 355
Scouts, 497
Seago, Edward, 355
Second World War, see World War II
Secondé, Reginald, 92, 93, 94, 96, 102, 103
Seeiso of Lesotho, 528
Sefton (horse), 455
Senegal, 19, 25
Sentamu, John, Archbishop of York, 136, 154
Sentebale, 528, 530–31
September 11
attacks (2001), 237, 258
Serbia, 80
Shackleton, Ernest, 355
Shackleton seaplanes, 193
Shakespeare, William, 4, 267, 318, 329, 417
Shand, Camilla, see Cornwall, Duchess of
Sharma, Kamalesh, 56, 124, 125, 150, 164, 165, 168, 180, 501–2
Sharpeville massacre (1960), 379
Shave, Alan, 64, 231
Shawcross, William, 223, 244, 248, 258, 340, 401, 436
Shea, Michael, 329, 382, 390, 391, 393–4, 436
Shell, 96
Shetland Isles, 31, 356
Shore, Peter, 294
Shultz, George and Charlotte, 263
Sierra Leone, 19, 54, 106, 144, 170
Sikorsky helicopters, 33
Silk Road, 490
Silver Jubilee (1977), 83, 150, 180, 207–9
Simeon II, King of the Bulgarians, 79
Simpson, Wallis, see Windsor, Duchess of
Simpson-Miller, Portia, 229
Sinatra, Frank, 248
Singapore
1956 Chinese middle schools riots, 355
1971 First CHOGM, 81, 146–8, 222, 283, 313, 467, 474, 508
1979 Lusaka CHOGM, 309, 316
2018 Prince of Wales’s visit, 467–9
Singleton, Valerie, 512
> Sinn Fein, 256, 460, 461
Sir Edmund Hillary Fund, 141
Sirikit, Queen consort of Thailand, 48
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand, 48
Slater, John ‘Jock’, 19–20, 30–31, 56, 71, 204, 224, 349, 361–3
Smith, Arnold, 53, 81, 82, 143–5, 148–9, 152, 222, 311, 328, 474
Smith, Edward, 476
Smith, Eve, 144
Smith, Ian, 310, 314, 322, 338, 478
Smith, Margaret ‘Maggie’, 15, 268
Smuts, Jan, 109, 111, 115, 119, 124
Snow, Peter, 96
Snowdon, Earl of, see Armstrong-Jones, Antony
Soames, Christopher
France, ambassador to (1968–72), 35, 281–2, 286, 288–9, 292, 294–7, 299–301, 303
Southern Rhodesia governor of (1979–80), 85, 478, 482
Soames, Emma, 483
Soames, Nicholas, 85, 288, 292, 304
Sobchak, Anatoly, 444, 451
Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland, 114
soft power, 6, 8, 165, 370
Solomon Islands, 234, 337
Somalia, 176
Somerville, Philip, 42
Sophia, Queen consort of Spain, 361, 366
South Africa, 14, 17, 82, 108–115, 374–5, 378–422
All Blacks tour (1976), 316
apartheid period (1948–94), 17, 119, 136, 146, 150, 172–3, 312, 316, 378–407, 408, 413
arms sales to, 81, 146–7
Bahamas CHOGM (1985), 344, 383–7, 397
bombing raids (1986), 387
British Empire Games (1934), 173–4
Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference (1961), 379
diamonds, 111, 113, 117, 118, 119, 137, 411–12, 417
Durban CHOGM (1999), 126, 420
Eminent Persons Group (1985–6), 384, 386–8, 400
George VI’s visit (1947), 108–119, 137, 189–90, 273, 374, 378, 410, 411, 412
general election (1994), 402, 407
London Declaration (1949), 124–5
Macmillan’s ‘Wind of Change’ speech (1960), 136, 378
Major’s visit (1994), 409
Malawi, relations with, 319
Mandela presidency (1994–9), 86, 113, 343, 375, 407–20, 443
Mitterrand’s visit (1994), 409, 412
Ramaphosa’s UK visit (2018), 421
Republic referendum (1960), 136, 379, 408
Royal visit (1995), 343, 374, 409–14, 443
sanctions on, 379–80, 383, 388, 389, 399
Sharpeville massacre (1960), 379
South-West Africa (1915–90), 403, 404
South Africa House, London, 416, 419–20
South America tours
1962 508
1968 26–8, 65, 364
South Korea, 68
South West Africa (1915–90), 403, 404
South Yemen Civil War (1986), 441
Southampton University, 91, 93
Southern Rhodesia (1923–80), 85, 149, 228, 335
Air Rhodesia Flight 825 shot down (1978), 312
Bush War (1964–79), 309, 310–12, 314–15, 320, 322–9, 331–3, 338–40, 377, 478
general election (1979), 325, 331
general election (1980), 478–9, 481
Geneva peace conference (1976), 314
Lancaster House Agreement (1979), 340, 377, 478
Royal visit (1947), 20, 21, 116–17, 118, 403
sanctions on, 50, 311
Thatcher, relations with, 315, 322, 338–40, 377, 478
Unilateral Declaration of Independence (1965), 144–5, 310–11
Sovereign Grant, 465
Soviet Union (1922–91)
and Berlin Wall, 246, 430
Brezhnev period (1964–82), 24, 281, 293, 432–3
Czechoslovakia invasion (1968), 89
dissolution (1991), 443
Ghana relations with, 135, 137
Gorbachev period (1985–91), 67, 72, 246, 253, 379, 387, 442–3
India, relations with, 124
Khrushchev period (1953–64), 131, 137, 240, 246
Reagan, relations with, 101, 380
Zimbabwe African People’s Union, relations with, 311, 322
Space Age, 12
Spain, 48, 69, 70, 72, 75–6, 79–80, 361, 366
‘special relationship’, 7, 237–8, 259
speeches, 56–62
Spencer, Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, 498
Spice Girls, 498
Sri Lanka, 4–5, 337, 342, 492–3, 501–3
St Andrew’s University, Scotland, 139, 155, 523
St George’s Chapel, Windsor, 152, 533
St George’s Hall, Windsor Castle, 78
St Helena, 119, 231, 357
St Kitts & Nevis, 232
St Lawrence Seaway, 221, 357–8
St Lucia, 232
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 151
St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 84, 240, 422
St Vincent & the Grenadines, 232
stamps, 15, 225
Star Wars programme, 101
‘Star-Spangled Banner’, 237, 258
State Coach, 342
Statute of Westminster (1931), 121, 183
Steel, David, 103, 270
Stephen, Marcus, 171–2
Stephens, Caroline, 375
Stevens, Siaka, 144
Stewart, Michael, 432
Steyn, Colin, 113
Sting, 520
Strasser, Valentine, 54
Stratocruiser, BOAC, 219
Straw, Jack, 6, 35–6, 37, 60, 68–9, 166, 259, 488
Stroessner, Alfredo, 59
succession, 3, 169, 180, 186, 213–15, 217, 464–6, 498–506
Sudan, 11
Suez Crisis (1956), 78, 198, 239, 355, 356
Sugar, Alan, 181
Suits, 531
Sunay, Cevdet, 36–7
Sunday Times affair (1986), 390–92, 395
supermarket, first visit to, 239
Sussex, Duchess of (Meghan Markle), 6, 180, 216, 238, 319, 397, 531–3
Sussex, Duke of (Prince Harry), 527–33
Afghanistan War, service in, 528–9
Antarctic trip (2013), 529
Antigua visit (2016), 532
Australia visit (2003), 528
birth (1984), 484
Army service, 528–9
and Botswana, 319
as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, 179
at Eton, 420, 528
and Felipe VI, banquet for (2017), 75
gap year (2003), 528
helicopter piloting, 33
holidays, 23
Invictus Games, 529–30, 533
Jamaica visit (2012), 187, 229
and London CHOGM (2018), 532
Obama’s visit (2011), 269
and Olympic Games (2012), 5, 529
and Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, 8
and Queen’s Young Leaders, 106, 532
and Royal Household Hospitality Scholarships, 184–5
and Sentebale, 528, 530–31
South Africa visit (1997), 498
Warrior Games (2013), 529
wedding (2018), 6, 180, 216, 238, 397, 531–3
Sussex University, 91
Sutherland, Graham, 292–3
Suzman, Helen, 383
Swan, John, 231
Swaziland, 114–15
Sweden, 24, 63, 69, 72, 73, 75, 77, 100, 358–9
Swire, Hugo, 525
Sword of Stalingrad, 67
Sydney-Davies, Euphemia, 170
Syria, 69
Taliban, 12
Tall Ships Race, 345
Tamar, HMS, 495
Tambo, Oliver, 408, 421
Tambo, Thembi, 421
Tanzania, 20, 64, 81, 84–5, 145, 318, 320, 329, 338, 339
Tartar, HMS, 365
tax havens, 231
Teresa, Mother (Saint Teresa of Calcutta), 381, 411
terrorism, 33, 128, 179, 237, 269, 432
and African N
ational Congress, 400
Brighton hotel bombing (1984), 250, 376
Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings (1982), 455, 479
Irish Republican Army, 250, 298, 326, 376, 400, 454–5, 462, 479
Mau Mau Uprising (1952–64), 128
Mountbatten assassination (1979), 454, 460
Rhodesian Bush War (1964–79), 312, 326, 339
September 11 attacks (2001), 237, 258
Thailand, 26, 38–9, 41, 48, 63, 70, 78, 284, 286, 471, 519–20
Thatcher, Denis, 77, 339, 380–81, 383
Thatcher, Margaret, 8, 24, 50, 51, 167, 283, 320
Balmoral meetings, 376–7
Brighton hotel bombing (1984), 250, 376
China visit (1982), 436
death (2013), 421–2
Edinburgh Commonwealth Games (1986), 389, 394–5
Falklands War (1982), 155, 377
Fiji abdication (1987), 235
general election (1979), 51, 308, 315, 320, 322
Gorbachev, relationship with, 67, 387
Hungary visit (1990), 14
Jiang Zemin’s visit (1999), 77
Joint Declaration on Hong Kong (1984), 434
Lusaka CHOGM (1979), 308–9, 312–15, 322–9, 330, 332–4, 337–40, 377, 380
Malaysia visit (1989), 150
Mandela, meetings with (1990, 1996), 402–3, 420
Marlborough House CHOGM (1986), 395–400
miners’ strike (1984–5), 390
Nassau CHOGM (1985), 383–5
Order of Merit (1990), 375, 403
Reagan, relationship with, 167, 237, 246, 380, 386, 390
resignation (1990), 403, 405
Rhodesia, relations with, 315, 322, 338–40, 377, 478
and royal protocol, 375–6
South Africa, relations with, 380, 383–5, 388, 389, 390–403, 412
Sunday Times affair (1986), 390–94, 395
Zimbabwean independence (1980), 483
Thin, Jean, 288, 302
Thoreau, Henry David, 252
Thuillier, Raymond, 301
Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), 435, 441
tiaras, 40, 52, 67, 72
Cullinan Diamond, 111
Fleur de Lys, 76
Girls of Great Britain and Ireland, 459
Lover’s Knot, 76
Queen Mary, 263
Russian Fringe, 100, 130, 417
Vladimir, 40, 428
Tibet, 71, 525
tiger hunting, 23, 130–34, 134, 135
Tikolevu, Jitoko, 236
Timbertop School, Victoria, 224, 473
Timbuktu, Mali, 25
Tito, Josip Broz, 131, 326, 434
Togo, 166
Tonga, 106, 107, 108, 337, 355, 503
Torres Straits Islanders, 196
tot, 351
totem pole, 22
Townsend, Peter, 190
Transparency International, 164
Transylvania, 104
Travers, Barbara, 482
Travolta, John, 485
Tre Kronor, 69
Treadell, Victoria, 471
Treaty of Waitangi (1840), 195, 199, 216
Treetops, Aberdare National Park, 12
Trevor-Morgan, Rachel, 42
Trinidad and Tobago, 160, 227, 232, 504
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