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69. Batt. p. 122
70. Dalton to QV., Gore, p. 24.
71. Dalton Papers, Batt. p. 140
72. Ibid. Batt., p. 140
73. Magnus, p. 158
74. Batt., p. 141
75. 108
76. Magnus, p. 194
77. Recorded by Sir Owen Morshead, q Gore, pp. 32-33
77. Creig, The Rebel Cadets, 1908
78. Dalton
79. Magnus, p. 178
80. Cambridge, A Memoir II, p. 139
81 Pcess of W. To Mrs Walkley, as dated. Wolferton Station Museum [letter]
Chapter Four: The House Party
82. Lee, p. 179 & n.
83. Lee
84. Quoted in Barstow, Games of Chance
85 Cathcart, p. 123.
86 Cresswell. Quoted Duff, p. 75.
87. Cambridge II, xiv, p.6
88 A King’s Story, p. 89
89. Wolferton Station Museum
90. Cresswell, p.69-70
91. H. Marchant: Daily Express, 21/1138. Quoted Duff, p. 151
92. Lee, I, 181
93. Games of Chance, Ibid.
94. Diana Cooper. Ziegler, p. 26
95 St A. 131
Chapter Five: Queen Victoria’ First Visit
96. Macclesfield Papers. Batt., p. 114
97. Ibid. Batt., p. 114
98. Ibid. Batt., p. 115
99. Ibid. Batt., p.116
100 RA., QV Journal. As dated
101. Macclesfield Papers. Batt. p. 116
102. QV Journal, as dated
103. Cambridge, I, p. 302-3
104. Ponsonby, p. 99
105. Fulford. Darling Child, p. 19.
106. Fulford; Ibid., p. 20
107. Ponsonby, p. 98
108. Cambridge, I, p. 303
109. Ibid.
110. Martin V, p. 411
111. QV Journal. As dated
112. Ibid.
113. Alfred Austin
114. QV Journal. As dated
115. Ponsonby, p. 99
116 Fulford. Darling Child, p. 20
117 Ibid., p. 21
118. Dalton Papers, 23 Dec 1871, Batt. p. 119
119. Pcess of W to Pcess Louise
120. Cambridge, I, p. 307
121. Fulford. Darling Child, p. 28
122. QV to D of Cambridge, 26 Feb 1871, Cambridge, p. 3080
Chapter Six: Marriages
123. P.of W. to QV. Quoted Batt, p. 200
124 QV. Letters, Quoted in Cathcart
125. QV; Journal, as dated
126. P -H 181
127. Magnus 221
128. D of Clarence to Lady S. St Clair Erskine, 21 June 1891. P-H 200
129. P-H 193
130. Salisbury Papers. Magnus, p. 238
131. Magnus, p. 238
132. Ibid.
133 Dec.1867, P-H 31.
134. Quoted P-H 222
Chapter Seven: Troubled Years -1890-92
135. P of W to Lady Brooke,.June 1897, Hibbert, p. 164-5
136. QV Quoted in Longford, p. 441
137. K. George V; Diary. Gore, p. 97
138. K.Geo V; Diary,.P-H 222
139. Quoted P-H 222
140 Pcess of Wales to her parents, quoted in Batt., p. 189
141. P-H 226
142. Pons, p. 359
143. Arthur QA 180-1
Chapter Eight: Princess May
144. P-H 226
145. P-H 228
146. D. of Teck, 29/2/92. P-H 231.
147. P-H 248
148. Quoted Nicolson, p. 38
149. Q. Mary, diary,3/5/93.P-H259
150. Airlie
151. Gore, KGV, p. 128-9
152. Gore, KGV, p 113-4
153. Quoted P-H, p. 279
154. Dss of Meckleberg-Strelitz to D. of Cambridge, P-H 278
154. P-H 280
155. Ibid.
156. P-H 215
Chapter Nine: Fallow Years
157. P-H 302
158. P-H 315
159. W-B 8
160. A King’s Story, p. 20
161. P-H 308
162. Airlie p. 148
163. Ibid., p. 150
164. Gore, p. 368
165. P-H 18
166. Bradford, p. 22
167. A King’s Story p32
168. Donaldson, p. 19
169. Hansell. Report Book. WB 25
170. A King’s Story, p. 39
171. Hansell Report Book. WB 26n
172. Quoted, Bradford, p. 29
173. H.P. Hansell. Quoted, Bradford, p. 31
174. Ibid.
175. A King’s Story, p. 63
176. K. George VI’s Game Book, Buxton, p. 3
177. Kings Story
178. A Family Album, p. 61
Chapter Ten: King Edward VII
179. Cathcart, p. 148
180. Stamper, p. 32
181. Stamper, p. 33-4
182. Ibid.
183. Ibid., p. 98-9
184. Ponsonby, Recollections, p. 135-6
185. Ibid., p.136-7
186. Cowles, Edward VII, p. 315-6
187. Ponsonby, Recollections, p. 139
188. Ibid.
189. Stamper, p. 312
190. Batt. p. 253
191. Ibid.
192. Lee. Ed.VII, ii, p. 717
193. Hibbert, Ed. VII, p. 290
194. Gladstone, M., Diaries and Letters, p. 40.
195. Magnus, p. 457
Chapter Eleven: King in a Cottage
196. Batt., p. 202
197. Ibid, p. 201
198. Batt 240
199. Cathcart p. 153
200. Batt. 289
201 P-Hennessey, p. 502
202. F. Ponsonby,.Recollections, p. 329
203. Batt. 291
204. F. Ponsonby,.Recollections, p. 329
205. K Geo V, Diary. Nicholson, p. 347
206. Bigge Papers, Nicholson, p. 264.
207. Mrs Wigram. Letters, 9/1/17
208. Batt. p. 294
209. Cathcart, p. 169
210. Mrs Wigram, Letters
211. Ibid., Letters
212. Ibid., Letters
213. Ibid., Letters
214. Ibid., Letters
215. Ibid.. Letters
216. K.George V’s Diary, Gore, p. 307
217. Ibid., Gore, p. 306
218. Ibid., Letters
219. Q. Mary’s Diary, P-H 511
220. Ibid., p. 511.
221. K. George V’s Diary
222. Mrs Wigram. Letters
223. Ibid., Letters
224. Ibid., Letters
225. Ibid., Letters
226. Ibid., Letters
227. Ibid., Letters
228. Gore, 378
229. George V’s Diary, WB 150
230. D. of York’s Papers, WB 150
231. Quoted in WB, p. 151
232. Batt. 300
Chapter Twelve: Moving House
233. Quoted in Batt., p. 298
234. Batt., p. 299
235. Knutsford Papers, Ibid., p. 302
236. Ibid.
237. Batt., p. 302
238. Mrs Wigram, Letters.
239. Q.Mary’s Diary, 30/1/26. P-H 540
240. Q. Mary’s Diary. 9/1/26. Quoted P-H 540
241. Mrs Wigram, Letters
242. Q. Mary to Marquess of Cambridge, 10/2/26. P-H 540
243. P-H 541
244. Ibid.
245. P-H 542
246. Ibid.
247. Lady Wigram, Letters, as dated
248. Airlie, p. 298.
249. Lady Wigram. Letters
250. Woods Papers, Quoted in Rose, p. 389
Chapter Thirteen: Three Kings in One year
251. Gore, p. 438
252. K. George V. Diary, in Nicholson, p. 676.
253. Q. Mary, Diary, P-H 558
254. HRH D of Windsor, p. 261
255. K. George V, Diary, in Ni
cholson, p. 676
256. Queen Mary’s Diary. P-H
257. Gore, 295
258. F. Ponsonby
259. Watson, History Today, p. 29
260. Ibid., No. 28
261. Ibid.
275. Q. Mary’s Diary. P-H 559.
276. Watson, History Today, p 28
277. Ibid.
278. Ibid., p. 28-9
279. Q. Mary’s Diary. P-H 559
280. Sir A. Lascelles, 21/1/36.P-H 560
281. Q. Mary’s Diary, 21/1/36, P-H 560
282. Ibid., p. 22/1/36.
Chapter Fourteen: King George VI
283. Donaldson, p. 187
284. Quoted in Higham, p. 169
285. Summarised by the Registrar, RA
286. A King’s Story, p. 270
287. Ibid., p. 258
288. Rose, p. 392.
289. Donaldson, p. 173 and Baldwin, Middelmas and Barnes, p. 976.
290. Ibid., p. 174 and Thatched with Gold, p. 197
291. A Diary with Letters, T. Jones, quoted in Donaldson, p. 243.
292. Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, as dated
293. Sir Harold Nicholson
294. Quoted in WB 293-4
295. Quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 295
296. D. of Windsor, 30/7/36, P-H 567
297. Q. Mary’s Diary. P-H 583
298. Q. Mary’s Diary. P-H 587
299. Wheeler-Bennett, p. 154
300. Airlie, p. 357ff
301. Quoted in W-B, p. 740
302. Buxton, p. 2
303. Buxton, p. 91
304. Ibid. K. Geo VI. Duck book,
305. Buxton, p. 138
306. W-B, p 803.
307. Buxton, p. 139.
Afterword
308. Lacey, p 410
PLATE SECTION
1 Sandringham Hall, 1863.
2 The House from the west.
3 Sandringham House after the extension in 1884. (To the right of the cupola)
4 Sandringham, north front. These were the rooms of King George VI before he died.
5 Prince George, 1873.
6 The Prince and Princess of Wales with their family, c. 1886. Back row: P. George; Princess Louise; P. Albert Victor; Princess Maud.
7 Princesses Louise, Victoria and Maud, 1880.
8 Letter from Alexandra, Princess of Wales to Mrs Walkley on 25 January 1881.
9 Lord Kitchener, who stayed at Sandringham.
10 Rt Hon. Winston Churchill.
11 Letters (undated) from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to the Duke of Fife. (Wolverton Station Museum)
12 York Cottage, original building on the right.
13 York Cottage, Queen Mary’s boudoir, c. 1893.
14 York Cottage, King George V’s study, c. 1893.
15 The children of King George V and Queen Mary, c. 1914-1915. Left to right: Prince Albert, Prince John, Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Mary, Prince Henry, Prince George.
16 Letter from King George on his trip abroad to study German, sent from Marlborough House in August 1892.
17 Luncheon at Sandringham in 1920; Queen Alexandra is fourth from the left.
18 Shooting Party c. 1908. King Edward VII is fourth from the right; the Prince of Wales is centre.
19 Mrs Wigram, wife of the King’s private secretary, in a portrait by Oswald Birley. She dubbed Park House, Sandringham, a ‘charming little house’.
20 York Cottage and lake.
21 The King and Queen with the Duke and Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace, 1927.
22 King George V broadcasting to the empire, 25 December 1934.
23 Lord Dawson’s famous memorandum on the last hours of King George V.
24 Sandringham House and Lake.
25 The Royal family at Sandringham in Christmas 1951. From left to right: on the back row, Duke of Kent, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra of Kent, Duchess of Kent, Duke of Gloucester, Princess Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, Duchess of Gloucester; seated, Queen Mary, King George VI with Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth with Prince Charles. Foreground: Prince Richard of Gloucester, Prince Michael of Kent, Prince William of Gloucester.
26 The Nest and lake. (The Nest was a gift to Queen Alexandra from Sir Dighton Probyn)
27 Note written by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1992.
28 ‘Forty wonderful years’: the regents Queen Victoria, Edward VII. George V, Edward VIII and George VI.
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