Elizabeth the Queen

by Sally Bedell Smith

  145. More than half of the country’s adults: Daily Telegraph, May 4, 2011.

  146. “thrilled to have a daughter”: The Times, April 30, 2011.

  147. “push his wheelchair”: Sunday Times, May 1, 2011.

  148. “allowing us to invade”: Confidential interview.

  149. “for putting up with numerous”: Sunday Times, May 1, 2011.

  150. “William and Catherine were coming down to earth”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  151. numbers that astonished Palace officials: Confidential interview.

  152. In a YouGov poll: Sunday Times, May 1, 2011.

  153. “Wow, wow, wow”: BBC News, May 20, 2011.

  154. “not always been straightforward”: Reuters, May 18, 2011.

  155. “helped to release … sorrow”: Irish Times, May 21, 2011.

  156. “sincere expression of sympathy”: Daily Telegraph, May 20, 2011.

  157. “I don’t think anybody could have achieved”: Financial Times, May 20, 2011.

  158. “left us feeling a bit better”: Ibid.

  159. “essential”: The Economist, May 26, 2011.

  160. “for the grandson of a Kenyan”: The Guardian, May 25, 2011.

  161. The Queen herself gave them a tour: New York Times, May 24, 2011.

  162. a private twenty-minute meeting: Daily Mail, May 26, 2011.

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