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20. “to appeal to de Gaulle’s sense of grandeur”: Ibid., p. 223.

  21. “well informed about everything”: Charles de Gaulle, Memoirs of Hope: Renewal and Endeavor, p. 235.

  22. “Only Rose Kennedy came into the room”: Brian Mulroney, Memoirs, p. 326.

  23. “eaten into [JFK’s] soul”: Isaiah Berlin Oral History, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

  24. “the greatest man he ever met”: Ibid.

  25. “young cocky Irishman”: Horne, p. 288.

  26. “strange character … obstinate, sensitive, ruthless”: Ibid., pp. 281–82.

  27. “We seemed to be able (when alone)”: Harold Macmillan to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Feb. 18, 1964, Harold Macmillan Archive, Bodleian Library, Oxford University.

  28. “surrounded himself with a large retinue”: Macmillan, Pointing the Way, p. 352.

  29. “special relationship within”: Henry Brandon Oral History, Kennedy Library.

  30. “professional statesman”: Raymond Seitz, Over Here, p. 41.

  31. “completely overwhelmed”: Horne, p. 303.

  32. “put on a good show”: Diaries of David Bruce, June 2, 1961.

  33. “pretty heavy going”: Gore Vidal, Palimpsest: A Memoir, p. 372.

  34. “they were all tremendously kind”: Cecil Beaton, Self Portrait with Friends, p. 341.

  35. “the Queen was human only once”: Vidal, p. 372.

  36. He had an Egyptian wife: David E. Lilienthal, The Journals of David E. Lilienthal, Vol. 4, The Road to Change, 1955–1959, p. 338.

  37. “corrupt and tyrannical regime”: Gilbert, p. 1331.

  38. “widespread uneasiness”: Ibid., p. 1330.

  39. “her wish is to go”: Ibid., p. 1331.

  40. “fainthearts in Parliament and the press”: Horne, p. 399.

  41. “How silly I should look”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 320.

  42. “the greatest Socialist monarch”: Horne, p. 399.

  43. “fell for her”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 321.

  44. “how muddled his views on the world”: Pimlott, p. 308, summarizing letter from Queen Elizabeth II to Henry Porchester, Nov. 24, 1961.

  45. “I have risked my Queen”: Horne, p. 399.

  46. “brave contribution”: Ibid.

  47. This time Elizabeth II gave the American sisters: Diaries of David Bruce, March 28, 1962.

  48. “It was a great pleasure”: Queen Elizabeth II to John F. Kennedy, May 20, 1962, Kennedy Library.

  49. “the stuff he is made of”: Prince Philip, Selected Speeches, 1956–1959, pp. 134–35.

  50. “prison sentence”: Dimbleby, p. 69.

  51. “hell … especially at night”: Ibid., p. 78.

  52. “an awful cloud came down”: David Ogilvy, the 13th Earl of Airlie, interview.

  53. “She loves her duty”: Macmillan, Pointing the Way, p. 472.

  54. “fashionable London call girl”: John F. Kennedy and Arthur Schlesinger, telephone recording transcript, March 22, 1963, Presidential Papers, Office Files, Presidential Recordings, Kennedy Library.

  55. “political squalor”: Schlesinger to John F. Kennedy, “The British Political Situation,” March 25, 1963, W. Averell Harriman Papers, Library of Congress.

  56. “grossly deceived”: Diaries of David Bruce, June 17, 1963.

  57. “pitiable and extremely damaging”: Horne, p. 483, quoting Bruce cable to Dean Rusk, June 18, 1963.

  58. “greatly undermined”: Diaries of David Bruce, June 15, 1963.

  59. “deep regret at the development”: Harold Macmillan, At the End of the Day, 1961–1963, p. 445; Horne, p. 485.

  60. “charmingly consoling letter”: Horne, p. 486.

  61. The Palace approved: Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater, interview.

  62. “in animated conversation”: Ibid.

  63. “firm step, and those brightly shining eyes”: Macmillan, At the End of the Day, p. 515.

  64. “there were in fact tears”: Horne, p. 565.

  65. “seemed moved”: Macmillan, At the End of the Day, p. 515.

  66. “the Queen asked for my advice”: Ibid.

  67. “take his soundings”: Ibid., p. 516.

  68. “magic circle”: Pimlott, p. 334.

  69. “too remote”: Ibid., p. 332.

  70. “excruciatingly amusing”: Diaries of David Bruce, July 20, 1961.

  71. “taking women into a parliamentary embrace”: “The Life Peerages Act 1958: The passage of the Act,” lifepeeragesact.parliament.uk.

  72. “friendly headmaster”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 260.

  73. “guide and supporter”: Macmillan, At the End of the Day, p. 519. 165 “continue to take part in public life”: Ibid.

  74. “It is almost incredible”: Diaries of David Bruce, Nov. 12, 1963.

  75. “The unprecedented intensity”: Queen Elizabeth II speech at Runnymede, May 14, 1965, itnsource.com (Reuters TV).

  76. She insisted on having: Diaries of David Bruce, Nov. 26, 1963, Nov. 28, 1963.

  77. “generosity, sympathy and understanding”: Ibid., May 14, 1965.

  78. “doom laden period”: Queen Elizabeth II speech at Runnymede, May 14, 1965, Itnsource.com (Reuters TV).

  79. “wit and style”: Diaries of David Bruce, May 14, 1965.

  80. “you share with me thoughts that lie too deep”: Ibid.

  81. “immensely valuable”: Woodrow Wyatt, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt, Vol. 1, edited by Sarah Curtis, p. 249.

  82. “The Queen knew for years”: Ibid.

  83. “I find that I can often put things out”: Turner, p. 57.

  84. “She has a compartmentalized brain”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  85. “She talked of all sorts of things”: Diaries of David Bruce, April 28, 1964.

  86. “She regards Windsor as her home”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 303.

  87. “better than any dry cleaner in London”: Confidential interview.

  88. “unnerving to be descended upon”: Strong, p. 220.

  89. “It is always amusing to see”: Confidential interview.

  90. the “Windsor Uniform”: John Martin Robinson, Windsor Castle: The Official Illustrated History, p. 81.

  91. “I need to explain about the napkins”: Paxman, p. 121.

  92. “The Queen told me it was all right”: Isabel Ernst interview.

  93. “She never batted an eye”: Jean, Countess of Carnarvon, interview.

  94. “The selections are to entertain”: Oliver Everett interview.

  95. “It gives people something to talk about”: Jean Seaton interview.

  96. “I suppose landscape is quite nice”: The Queen, by Rolf documentary.

  97. “he experimented terribly”: Ibid.

  98. “she was steered away from the unmade bed”: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, p. 798.

  99. “Her assessment of a picture”: Bradford, p. 500.

  100. “She is neither an art historian”: Oliver Everett interview.

  101. “beauty in nature”: Pimlott, p. 544.

  102. “refrain from offering presents”: Diaries of David Bruce, April 29, 1964.

  103. “What surprised me”: Strong, p. 219.

  104. “the Lord Chamberlain is commanded”: Author’s invitation for July 7, 2009.

  105. When the Palace doors open: Author’s observations.

  106. “drank her tea”: Confidential interview.

  107. “standing talking quietly”: Beaton, The Unexpurgated Beaton, p. 259.

  108. “I suppose”: Harold Wilson, Wikipedia.

  109. “I got a bleak look”: Sir Michael Oswald interview.

  110. “read all his telegrams”: Lacey, Majesty, p. 260.

  111. “We have to work very hard”: Confidential interview.

  112. “a bit touchy … uncomfortable”: Woodrow Wyatt, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt, Vol. 3, edited by Sarah Curtis, p. 505.

  113. “tamed him”: Vickers, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, p. 409.

  114. �
��Harold was never a republican”: Marcia Williams, Baroness Falkender, interview.

  115. “real ceremonies of the monarchy”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 99.

  116. “She started with Winston Churchill”: Mary Wilson, Lady Wilson of Rievaulx, interview.

  117. “He was surprised that she used to sit”: Marcia Falkender interview.

  EIGHT: Refuge in Routines

  1. “Operation Hope Not”: John Pearson, The Private Lives of Winston Churchill, p. 400.

  2. “It was entirely owing”: Mary Soames interview.

  3. President Lyndon Johnson was supposed: Diaries of David Bruce, Jan. 25, 1965.

  4. “living entity to be fostered”: Independent Television from London, “The State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill,” narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, Paul Scofield, and Joseph C. Harsch.

  5. Johnson desperately pressed: Diaries of David Bruce, Jan. 27, 1965.

  6. The president’s designated replacement: Ibid.

  7. “a great maker of history”: Dwight D. Eisenhower remarks, Jan. 30, 1965, Winstonchurchill.org.

  8. “acknowledge our debt of gratitude”: Gilbert, p. 1361.

  9. who equipped it with rugs: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 282.

  10. “Waiving all custom and precedence”: Gilbert, p. 1362.

  11. “we were not to curtsy”: Mary Soames interview.

  12. “most enthusiastically rendered”: Diaries of David Bruce, Jan. 30, 1965.

  13. “the clouds of cold”: Cecil Beaton, Beaton in the Sixties: More Unexpurgated Diaries, introduction by Hugo Vickers, p. 17.

  14. “It hit between wind and water”: Diaries of David Bruce, Jan. 30, 1965.

  15. “only the Queen decides”: Gilbert, p. 823.

  16. “mark of Royal favour”: Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  17. who had regularly hosted: Ian Balding, Making the Running: A Racing Life, pp. 99, 103–4.

  18. “Well, here it is”: Mary Soames interview.

  19. “Whoever invented these robes”: “The Queen Off Duty,” YouTube video.

  20. “she is highly practical”: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, p. 765.

  21. “no hanging about”: Deborah Devonshire, Wait for Me!: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister, p. 314.

  22. Following the luncheon: Author’s observations, June 15, 2009.

  23. “The Queen is always very concerned”: Lt. Col. Sir Malcolm Ross interview.

  24. “It’s always very lucky”: “The Queen Off Duty,” YouTube video.

  25. “hats off, hair down”: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, p. 766.

  26. “had very good views on everything”: Marcia Falkender interview. 183 “justify any proposals to her”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 99.

  27. “restraining influence”: Horne, p. 171.

  28. “The fact that she was Queen”: Marcia Falkender interview.

  29. When he was worried: Kenneth Rose interview.

  30. “large, shamoblic bisexual”: A. N. Wilson, Our Times: The Age of Elizabeth II, p. 150.

  31. “terribly degrading”: Tony Benn, Out of the Wilderness: Diaries, 1963–1967, p. 168.

  32. “the most miniature bow”: Ibid., p. 169.

  33. “lovely laugh … really very spontaneous”: Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Vol. 2, p. 44.

  34. “Oh that woman”: Daily Telegraph, Dec. 29, 2007.

  35. “natural charm”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 100.

  36. “You and I would never have got”: Castle, p. 25.

  37. “which kept the conversation going”: Bradford, p. 321.

  38. She patiently listened: Benn, pp. 230–32.

  39. “She took him for a mug”: Kenneth Rose interview. 185 “I’m sure you’ll miss your stamps”: Benn, p. 446.

  40. “except in knowledge of horse flesh”: Diaries of David Bruce, April 23, 1968.

  41. “walking wounded”: Michael Oswald interview.

  42. The Royal Stud at Sandringham: Author’s observations.

  43. “a horse had a good shoulder”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 249.

  44. “She reads a lot, and she knows a lot”: Michael Oswald interview.

  45. “rests always with the Queen”: Arthur FitzGerald, Thoroughbreds of the Crown: The History and Worldwide Influence of the Royal Studs, p. 136.

  46. “Maternity Help and Marriage Guidance Center”: Michael Oswald interview.

  47. “She is very matter-of-fact”: Ibid.

  48. “dive bombing”: Ian Balding interview.

  49. “Oh, that was scary”: Ibid.

  50. “She has the ability to get calmer”: Monty Roberts interview.

  51. “talking to her is almost like talking”: Turner, p. 75.

  52. “If she had been a normal person”: Ian Balding interview.

  53. “Some trainers suit a particular horse”: Turner, p. 75.

  54. “She would watch”: Balding, p. 115.

  55. She revisits her horses: Ian Balding interview.

  56. “I had a feeling that it was incredibly dusty”: Ibid.

  57. “used to be bananas about it”: Jean Carnarvon interview.

  58. “I really think it is ridiculous”: Ian Balding interview.

  59. “I never have”: Ibid.

  60. “keen to win at all costs”: Dewar, ed., p. 62.

  61. “He drives it”: Monty Roberts interview.

  62. “She has an ability to get horses”: Pimlott, p. 107.

  63. “She gets into it and investigates”: Monty Roberts interview.

  64. “the Ascot Vigil”: Vickers, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, p. 409.

  65. “formal day wear”: Diaries of David Bruce, June 20, 1962.

  66. “The great thing about racing”: Michael Oswald interview.

  67. “Look, it’s on the wrong leg”: E II R documentary.

  68. “I don’t think that horse stayed”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 249.

  69. “As a human being one always has hope”: E II R documentary.

  70. The 1950s brought her a string: Dewar, ed., pp. 29–30.

  71. “Racing is incredible”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 691.

  72. “The Queen Mother accepted gratefully”: Ibid., p. 790.

  73. “great gastronome”: Diaries of David Bruce, March 4, 1969.

  74. She had one serious health scare: Shawcross, QEQM, pp. 816–17.

  75. “Oh, the Cake!”: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, p. 308.

  76. “She really is superb”: Ibid., p. 433.

  77. the Queen Mother even joined: Diaries of David Bruce, June 4, 1962.

  78. “the Japs”: Beaton, The Unexpurgated Beaton, p. 52.

  79. “so nice & so nasty”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 348.

  80. “They were naked”: Confidential interview.

  81. “Darling, you must have them close”: Jane FitzGerald interview.

  82. “Look at us. We are just ordinary people”: Wyatt, Vol. 2, p. 311.

  83. In 1967 even seventeen-year-old Princess Anne: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 102.

  84. “major blunder”: Coward, pp. 601–2.

  85. “Tomorrow night, Ma’am”: Paul McCartney interview.

  86. “lovely … She was like a mum”: Ibid.

  87. “platoon of bagpipers”: Seitz, p. 316.

  88. “little creep”: Ibid.

  89. “the Queen talked at some length about violence”: Diaries of David Bruce, Aug. 2, 1968.

  90. “I think she thought this was a bit too much”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 328.

  91. “Queen Anne’s dying”: Ibid.

  92. Driven by an impulse: de Courcy, p. 148.

  93. “People will be looking after me”: Lacey, Monarch, p. 223.

 

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