by Anne Edwards
“popped up like”: Lindbergh, p. 15.
“silence”: Ibid.
“Men jumped”: Ibid.
“much, much more”: Ibid.
“another drive”: PH, p. 562.
“We left him”: Ibid., p. 561.
“I had a long talk”: Ibid., p. 562.
“How glad I am”: Lady Airlie, p. 207.
Chapter 28
“Your sons”: Ibid., p. 198.
“Yes, one can”: Ibid.
“He gives Mrs. Simpson”: Ibid., p. 200.
“Has there been”: Ibid.
“It was a terrible”: Ibid., p. 196.
“I took leave”: PH, p. 567.
“I fear I was”: Ibid.
“keep walking with”: Lacey, p. 121 (PB).
“just as important”: Ibid.
“a lady living”: Crawford, p. 109.
“her hand on his”: Donaldson, p. 227.
“wondered how much”: Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, p. 313.
“Did you enjoy”: Ibid.
“I read in”: p. 313.
“J.H.”: Harold Nicolson, Diaries, 1930–1939, p. 246
“seemed endless”: Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, p. 334.
“two husbands living”: PH, p. 574.
“My mother had”: Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, p. 334.
“something sacred”: Ibid.
“Please won’t you”: Ibid.
“That is quite”: Ibid.
“I hope, sir”: Ibid.
“was not a question”: Ibid.
“Well, Mr. Baldwin!”: PH, p. 557.
“hypnotised by”: Cooke, p. 75 (PB).
“rhetorical abstraction”: Ibid.
“Really!”: PH, p. 557.
“like a wave”: Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, p. 365.
“certainly not alone”: Ibid.
“both remain on the”: Donaldson, p. 244.
“an ideal figure”: Lord Tweedsmuir, Buchan Papers, Queens University Archives.
“the Sovereign”: Donaldson, p. 263.
“ ... the King’s one”: Dugdale, Baffy, p. 34.
“[On December 3]”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 285.
“A dinner”: Ibid., p. 286.
“I could see”: Ibid.
“Bertie arrived”: PH, p. 577.
“Don’t you think”: Ibid., p. 580.
“dreadful good bye”: RA, Queen Mary’s Diary, December 12, 1936.
“The whole thing”: Ibid.
“Furthermore”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 288.
“Glad to hear”: Ibid., pp. 288–289 (footnote).
“The person”: Duke of Windsor’s Papers, Queen Mary to Duke of Windsor, April 3, 1937.
“recognised beneath”: Lady Airlie, p. 200.
“She loved her”: Ibid., p. 201.
Chapter 29
“the venerable Mrs. Keppel”, Flanner, London Was Yesterday, p. 12.
“Things were done”: Ibid.
“except by worldly”: Ibid.
“dry and not”: Times, February 22, 1937.
“obedience, duty”: Ibid.
“an inventive”: Ibid.
“spiritual jurisdiction”: Ibid.
“as the Coronation”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 309.
“would never be able”: Ibid.
“Never have I”: Sunday Chronicle, March 9, 1937.
“In manner and speech”: Times, December 14, 1936.
“the unexpected”: PH, p. 584.
“because he and”: Newsweek, May 15, 1937.
“asked the government”: Ibid.
“an erect and royal”: Lady Airlie, p. 203.
“between Maud and”: PH, p. 585.
“bowed to Mama”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 312.
“After the”: Ibid.
“the most valuable”: Times, March 13, 1937.
“I, Cosmo”: Ibid.
“I, Henry”: Ibid.
“receive the Crown”: Ibid.
“like a mother”: Newsweek, May 22, 1937.
“with a luncheon”: PH, p. 506.
“to hold and enjoy”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 314.
“This is a nice”: Birkenhead, p. 166.
“The family he is”: Donaldson, p. 347.
“The Civil Ceremony”: Ibid.
“Alas”: PH, p. 586.
“help[ed] her”: Ibid., p. 582.
“Thank God”: WB, p. 283.
“ablaze, regal”: Channon, p. 124.
“looking like the”: Ibid., p. 133.
“Thank God we’ve still”: Lady Airlie, p. 204.
“Oh, Mabell”: Ibid.
“dined and slept”: Channon, p. 119.
“That was an operetta”: Ibid.
“It seemed strange”: Lady Airlie, p. 207.
“Knee breeches”: Ibid.
“offend folks in America”: Ibid.
“A match to spark”: Ibid., p. 209.
“moulding the German”: Ibid.
“between the forces”: Ibid.
“SOS messages”: Channon, p. 170.
“a dark black”: Ibid., p. 175.
“the PM’s speech”: PH, p. 591.
“did not discuss”: Donaldson, p. 354.
“the Abdication did”: New York Times, October 23, 1937.
“ ... I do not think”: PH, p. 575.
“I have not”: Ibid., p. 592.
“Poor William”: PH, p. 575.
“been sorely conscience”: Channon, p. 175.
“still haunted”: Ibid.
Chapter 30
“ ... it”: Harold Nicolson, Diaries 1930–1939, p. 411.
“He was exactly”: Ibid.
“I have my handkerchief”: PH, p. 594.
“I hate leaving here”: Ibid. (footnote).
“Queen Mary climbed”: Ibid., p. 595.
“abominably”: Ibid.
“he had no wit”: Channon, p. 463.
“nervous, ill-at-ease”: Ibid.
“no vices”: Ibid.
“almost entirely”: Ibid.
“an affectionate”: Ibid.
“rustled greatly”: Lindbergh, p. 275.
“old fashioned face”: Ibid.
“old fashioned rose”: Ibid.
“The servants revolted”: Sitwell, p. 34.
“Lovely morning”: PH, p. 600.
“Lovely morning”: Ibid.
“Aunt May”: Ibid., p. 601.
“I long to be”: Ibid., p. 599.
“I feel rather”: Ibid.
“sand bags, ARP men”: Ibid.
“From 7-til”: Ibid.
“simply a waste”: Ibid.
“... sounds became”: Collier, p. 154.
“The harsh acrid”: Ibid.
“the fine glitter”: Ibid.
“We were both”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 468.
“... It was a ghastly”: Ibid., p. 469.
“This war has drawn”: Ibid., p. 467.
“If Goering could”: Ibid., p. 469.
“as I told you”: Ibid., p. 473.
“The Battle of France”: Collier, p. 154.
“... we shall not”: Ibid., p. 89.
“Not until”: Channon, p. 191.
“I just sat”: Donaldson, p. 370.
“no messenger”: Ibid.
“no member of the”: Ibid.
“although his”: Ibid., p. 385.
“a great affection”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 547.
“Had luncheon”: PH, p. 607.
“You had better”: Colville, p. 130.
“What is it?”: Ibid.
“I must go”: Ibid.
“A charming young”: PH, p. 608.
“I am so glad”: Ibid.
“stripped and”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 461.
“We’re going through”: Ibid., p. 536.
Chapter 31
“by the flicker”: Sitwell, p. 40.
“Only once”: Ibid.
“her manner”: Ibid.
“a really filthy”: Ibid., p. 44.
“He entered”: Ibid., p. 48.
“How very odd!”: Ibid.
“I talked to”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 591.
“How could I”: Ibid., p. 591–92.
“ ... a marriage may”: Ibid.
“He is to be our”: Channon, p. 286.
“I have never”: Lacey, p. 148 (PB).
“I want to make”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 605.
“Sir ... ”: Ibid., p. 606.
“A change”: Ibid., p. 610.
“Perhaps we should”: Sitwell, p. 58.
“As this magnificent”: Ibid., p. 60.
“where the village”: PH, p. 609.
“Mahogany”: Ibid., p. 610.
“Vans of boxes”: Sitwell, p. 61.
“Oh, I have”: PH, p. 609.
“The great host”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 626.
“I regret”: Ibid., p. 637.
“You must ask”: Lady Airlie, p. 224.
“His face was”: Ibid.
“so outrageously”: Ibid., p. 225.
“The King was”: Ibid.
“the hope was”: Lacey, p. 159 (PB).
“still piping”: Ibid.
“whether it be”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 687.
“It is with”: Times, July 10, 1947.
“They both came”: PH, p. 615.
“an escape”: Lady Airlie, p. 229.
“It was a”: Ibid.
“Queen Mary looked”: Ibid.
“Saw many”: PH, p. 616.
Chapter 32
“Madam”: Duchess of Windsor, p. 356.
“I thought”: Ibid.
“the natural order”: Ibid., p. 288.
“to take one”: New York Daily News, October 8, 1966, interview.
“A cheering throng”: Ibid.
“front man”: Ibid.
“Such a job”: Ibid.
“He is so”: Inglis, p. 55.
“I am getting”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 765.
“I am delighted”: PH, p. 616 (footnote).
“I never heard”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 766 (footnote).
“really extraordinary”: PH, p. 617.
“very thin”: Ibid.
“The King?”: PH, p. 619.
“Her old Grannie”: Ibid.
“the Great Hall”: Channon, p. 464.
“As the cortege”: Lady Airlie, p. 235.
“Nice fine day”: PH, p. 620.
“I am beginning”: Lacey, p. 183 (PB).
“my interesting things”: Ibid.
“ ... the exquisitely”: Lady Airlie, p. 237.
“I must go”: Ibid., p. 238.
“... one must force”: Ibid.
“I feel weary”: PH, p. 622.
“for the glorious”: Channon, p. 472.
“There were cries”: Ibid., p. 473.
“She was”: Ibid.
“... all my life”: PH, p. 575.
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