102. The only other portrait: The Queen, by Rolf documentary.
103. “kind, natural and never aloof”: Pietro Annigoni, An Artist’s Life: An Autobiography, p. 84.
104. “watching the people and the cars”: Ibid., p. 82.
105. “alone and far off”: Ibid., p. 83.
106. Margaret praised the artist’s success: Ibid., p. 86.
107. The following year Margaret sat thirty-three times: Ibid., p. 96.
108. “Mine was better than hers”: Frolic Weymouth interview.
109. she visited the Oji River Leper Settlement: Gaumont British Newsreels (Reuters), “Royal Tour of Nigeria 1956.”
110. “qualities of grace and compassion”: Barbara Ward, “The Woman Who Must Be a Symbol,” New York Times Magazine, Oct. 13, 1957.
111. On May 11, 1956: Andrew Duncan, The Queen’s Year: The Reality of Monarchy: An Intimate Report on Twelve Months with the Royal Family, p. 152.
112. which some participants liken: Morrow, p. 91.
113. Once one of her corgis had an accident: Oliver Everett interview.
114. “looking very smart”: Eden, p. 230.
115. “She was dressed”: Nikita Khrushchev, Khrushchev Remembers, translated and edited by Strobe Talbott, p. 406.
116. “The Queen said to me”: Eden, p. 231.
117. “Nothing was kept from her”: Pimlott, p. 253.
118. “she understood what we were doing”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 212. 115 He began taking Benzedrine: Gladwyn, p. 198.
119. “edgy”: Pimlott, p. 255.
120. “I think the Queen believed Eden was mad”: Ibid.
121. “Are you sure you are being wise?”: Ibid.
122. “nor would I claim that she was pro-Suez”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 212.
123. “I don’t think she was really for it”: Gay Charteris interview.
124. “in such a bad way”: Gladwyn, p. 198.
125. Churchill, who criticized: Gilbert, p. 1222.
126. “the real enemy”: Ibid.
127. “it is most interesting”: Ibid., p. 1223.
128. “highly valued”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 74.
129. “wise and impartial reaction”: Pimlott, p. 273.
130. “choose the older man”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 215.
SIX: Made for Television
1. “it would have been much simpler”: HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip Speaks: Selected Speeches by His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., 1956–1959, edited by Richard Ollard, p. 38.
2. “remote communities”: McDonald, The Duke documentary.
3. “by profession a sailor”: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1948–1955, p. 105.
4. “allegiance to another”: Ibid., p. 148.
5. He pursued his fascination: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1956–1959, p. 137.
6. “full set”: British Pathé newsreel, “The Duke Visits the Outposts.”
7. In a nostalgic touch: Pamela Hicks interview; McDonald, The Duke documentary.
8. “Philip’s Folly”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 225. 120 although he did send the Queen white roses: Ibid.
9. “willing to serve others”: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1956–1959, p. 38.
10. “He has one of those minds”: Confidential interview.
11. “whole man”: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1956–1959, p. 131.
12. “sub-health”: Ibid., p. 95.
13. The story of the “party girl”: Brandreth, p. 254.
14. “very hurt, terribly hurt, very angry”: Pimlott, p. 271, citing Brook Productions, The Windsors, interview transcript.
15. “It is quite untrue”: Irish Times, Feb. 12, 1957.
16. “nothing at all”: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1956–1959, p. 43. 122 The idea had come: Pimlott, p. 272.
17. “Most of our people have never had”: Alistair Horne, Harold Macmillan, Vol. 2, 1957–1986, p. 64.
18. although she sometimes became irritated: Charles Williams, Harold Macmillan, pp. 293, 319.
19. “instinctive reverence”: Horne, p. 169.
20. “We all knew about it”: Woodrow Wyatt, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt, Vol. 2, p. 546.
21. “a mask of impenetrable calm”: Williams, p. 474.
22. “Victorian languor”: Horne, p. 308.
23. astonished him from the outset: Ibid., p. 14.
24. “a great support”: Ibid., p. 168.
25. “She never reacted excessively”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 217.
26. “be made to smile more”: Ibid., p. 218.
27. “had always assumed people wanted”: Ibid.
28. Dickie Mountbatten blamed the delay: Massingberd, p. 148.
29. “just as calm and composed”: Eleanor Roosevelt, My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936–1962, p. 247.
30. “haven of security”: Dimbleby, p. 40.
31. “She let things go”: Gay Charteris interview.
32. Six-year-old Charles flopped onto: Eden, p. 201.
33. Clarissa Eden was mildly amused: Clarissa Eden interview.
34. “the natural state of things”: McDonald, The Duke documentary, quoting Pamela Hicks.
35. that Charles make his bed: Lacey, Majesty, p. 235.
36. “a very gentle boy”: Bradford, p. 329.
37. “not a vessel to be filled”: Hill House International Junior School Website.
38. being in a classroom with other boys: Dimbleby, pp. 32–33.
39. educating the “whole” child: Cheam School Website.
40. “Children may be indulged at home”: Dimbleby, p. 43.
41. “I always preferred my own company”: Ibid., p. 44.
42. He had no idea what was coming: Ibid., p. 49.
43. “dread”: Queen Elizabeth II to Anthony Eden, Jan. 16, 1958, Lord Avon Papers.
44. “not necessarily fitted to serve”: Time, April 8, 1957.
45. “tight little enclave”: “The Monarch Today,” National and English Review, Aug. 1957, pp. 61–67.
46. “efficient public relations set-up”: New Statesman, Oct. 22, 1955.
47. “to pit his infinitely tiny”: Pimlott, p. 281.
48. “a very silly man”: Time, Aug. 19, 1957.
49. “95 per cent of the population”: Ibid. In 1963 after Parliament passed a law allowing peers to renounce their titles, Altrincham would disclaim his and become known as John Grigg.
50. “real watershed”: Roy Strong, The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967–1987, p. 430.
51. By some accounts, Prince Philip: Sunday Graphic, Nov. 17, 1957.
52. With help from her husband: Sunday Times, Dec. 22, 1957.
53. The following year marked the last: Fiona MacCarthy, Last Curtsey: The End of the Debutantes, pp. 1, 17–18.
54. “those who mix socially”: Malcolm Muggeridge, “Does England Really Need a Queen?,” Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 19, 1957.
55. He was harassed: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 229.
56. She used a TelePrompTer for the first time: Washington Post, Oct. 14, 1957.
57. “shy, a bit bashful”: New York Times, Oct. 14, 1957. 131 “I want to talk to you”: Washington Post, Oct. 14, 1957. 131 “taking part in a piece”: New York Times, Oct. 15, 1957.
58. “there does seem to be a much closer”: Queen Elizabeth II to Anthony Eden, Oct. 11, 1957, Lord Avon Papers, Birmingham University.
59. “devoted friendship”: The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: NATO and the Campaign of 1952, Vol. 13, letter to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Feb. 7, 1952, p. 947.
60. he liked to recount: “Suggested Remarks: Welcome for Prince Charles and Princess Anne,” July 15, 1970, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
61. “We all dived under the table”: Daily Mail, Jan. 15, 2011, citing unused footage from the 1969 documentary Royal Family.
62. “If [Eisenhower] and his party”: Rhodes, p. 57.
63. “was s
o staggered”: Daily Mail, Jan. 15, 2011.
64. A crowd of ten thousand greeted: Illustrated London News, Oct. 26, 1957.
65. “enlightened and skilled statesmen”: Washington Post, Oct. 17, 1957.
66. As they waited to take off: Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., with Arthur Gordon, Red Carpet at the White House: Four Years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration, p. 130.
67. “He was flustered”: Ruth Buchanan interview.
68. “the little British sovereign”: Washington Post, Oct. 18, 1957.
69. “very certain, and very comfortable”: Ruth Buchanan interview.
70. “staggering amount”: New York Times, Oct. 19, 1957.
71. “rather startling ideas”: Richard Nixon to Queen Elizabeth II, Oct. 19, 1957, Nixon Library.
72. “match”: Washington Post, Oct. 19, 1957.
73. “could see how American housewives”: New York Times, Oct. 20, 1957.
74. Dressed in a $15,000 mink coat: Buchanan, p. 132. 134 “perturbed”: Washington Post, Oct. 20, 1957.
75. “parade of industries”: New York Times, Oct. 20, 1957.
76. “How nice that you can bring your children”: Washington Post, Oct. 20, 1957.
77. “Good for mice!”: Ibid.
78. “amazed and scared”: Ibid.
79. On their final day: Ibid., Oct. 21, 1957.
80. “as it should be approached”: New York Times, Oct. 22, 1957.
81. “Wheeeee!”: New York Daily News, Oct. 21, 1957.
82. “a row of great jewels”: Alistair Cooke, Manchester Guardian, Oct. 22, 1957.
83. “Hi Liz”: Washington Post, Oct. 22, 1957.
84. “I never realized”: New York Daily News, Oct. 21, 1957.
85. “a teaser”: New York Times, Oct. 22, 1957.
86. “a thunderous standing ovation”: Washington Post, Oct. 22, 1957.
87. “kept standing up”: Ibid.
88. “tremendous”: New York Times, Oct. 22, 1957.
89. “the evening sky was purple”: Manchester Guardian, Oct. 22, 1957.
90. eating striped bass with champagne sauce: Anne Pimlott Baker, The Pilgrims of the United States: A Centennial History, pp. 128–29.
91. Guests could watch: New York Times, Oct. 22, 1957.
92. “one time during the program”: Ibid.
93. “straight as a ruler”: Buchanan, p. 149
94. “Philip … look at all those people”: Ibid., pp. 149–50.
95. “You both have captivated”: Dwight D. Eisenhower to Queen Elizabeth II, Oct. 20, 1957, Eisenhower Library.
96. “extraordinarily successful”: New York Times, Oct. 22, 1957.
97. “has buried George III for good and all”: Horne, p. 55.
98. “Why did she have to cross”: Washington Post, Oct. 27, 1957.
99. “gone beyond the stage”: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1948–1955, p. 55.
100. “Television is the worst of all”: Queen Elizabeth II to Anthony Eden, Oct. 11, 1957, Lord Avon Papers.
101. Philip, who had urged her: Sunday Dispatch, Oct. 6, 1957.
102. “more vivacious”: Daily Mirror, Oct. 11, 1957.
103. Philip took a particularly active role: Sunday Times, Dec. 22, 1957.
104. In addition to getting the knack: Sunday Graphic, Dec. 22, 1957.
105. “My husband seems to have found”: Daily Express, Dec. 27, 1957.
106. A few days before the broadcast: News Chronicle, Dec. 27, 1957.
107. The Queen spoke: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, Dec. 25, 1957, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
108. her husband standing behind: News Chronicle, Dec. 27, 1957.
109. “post-Altrincham royal speech”: Daily Express, Dec. 27, 1957.
110. “unstrained and natural”: News Chronicle, Dec. 27, 1957.
111. “All her charm”: Daily Express, Dec. 27, 1957.
112. “lovely statement”: News Chronicle, Dec. 27, 1957.
113. “The final draft was, in fact”: Pimlott, p. 291.
114. one year her butler noted: Paul Burrell, A Royal Duty, p. 19.
115. “the working pieces of kit”: David Thomas interview.
116. “There is one thing to remember”: Ibid.
117. “looking like culprits”: Diaries of David Bruce, Nov. 3, 1964, Richmond Historical Society.
118. “I think I have made the dullest”: Annigoni, p. 181.
119. “my neck is still feeling”: Ibid.
120. “many millions of my subjects”: “The Queen’s Speech,” Oct. 28, 1958.
121. “were scarcely separated”: Lacey, Monarch, p. 214.
122. “I am going to have a baby”: Pimlott, p. 305.
123. Mayor Richard Daley rolled the red carpet: Chicago Tribune, July 17, 2005.
124. “Chicago is yours!”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 311.
125. “he had never witnessed”: Dwight D. Eisenhower to Queen Elizabeth II, July 7, 1959, Eisenhower Library.
126. “this will be an insult”: Horne, p. 147.
127. friends including the Earl of Westmorland: Eisenhower Archives, guest list, Aug. 21, 1959, Eisenhower Library.
128. “The Queen and Eisenhower got on”: Dominic Elliot interview.
129. “When there are fewer I generally put”: Queen Elizabeth II to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jan. 24, 1960, Eisenhower Library.
130. “perfect in every respect”: Dwight Eisenhower to Queen Elizabeth II, Aug. 30, 1959, Eisenhower Library.
131. Philip gave eight speeches: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1956–1959, pp. 32–34.
132. “great national awakening”: Ibid., p. 33.
133. “The Queen only wishes”: Williams, p. 357.
134. “absolutely set her heart”: Anthony Howard, Rab: The Life of R. A. Butler, p. 276.
135. “in tears”: Bradford, p. 286.
136. “de-royalised”: Harold Macmillan, Pointing the Way, 1959–1961, p. 161.
137. at the urging of Dickie and Prince Charles: Dimbleby, p. 234; Massingberd, p. 148.
138. “a great load off her mind”: Bradford, p. 286.
139. “The Queen has had this in mind”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 251.
SEVEN: New Beginnings
1. “Nothing, but nothing”: Turner, pp. 46–47.
2. “Pigmy-Peep-a-toes”: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, edited by Charlotte Mosley, p. 287.
3. “slightly explosive drawl”: Strong, p. 158.
4. “If you missed the ‘royal’ ”: Confidential interview.
5. “I don’t measure the depth”: Peter Morgan, The Queen, p. 5.
6. “You mustn’t worry”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 847.
7. “I felt the Queen was not served well: Patricia Brabourne interview.
8. “whole atmosphere”: Coward, p. 437.
9. “endless, vivid herbaceous borders”: Ibid., p. 438.
10. “pale … a bit tremulous”: Ibid.
11. “scowl a good deal”: Ibid.
12. “When she is deeply moved”: Richard Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Vol. 2, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, 1966–1968, Sept. 20, 1966, p. 44.
13. The £26,000 cost: Bradford, p. 292.
14. the Macmillan government picked up: Lacey, Monarch, p. 216. 152 refurbished at a cost: Bradford, p. 402.
15. £50,000 of which was allocated: Anne de Courcy, Snowdon: The Biography, p. 105.
16. “an opportunity to consider”: Horne, p. 169.
17. “assiduity with which she absorbed”: Ibid.
18. “the wind of change is blowing”: Macmillan, Pointing the Way, p. 156.
19. “The official text is weak”: Horne, p. 205.
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