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Darling Monster

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by Diana Cooper


  Arizona, 27

  Arlington Street, London, 255 and n72, 275, 324, 386

  Army & Navy Stores, 34

  ARP (Air Raid Precautions), 50 and n37, 61-2, 125-6

  Arras-Albert railway line, 2

  Arromanches (ship), 311

  Ascot, 96

  Ashcroft, Peggy, 127

  Ashfield, Albert, Lord 48, 97

  Ashley see Clarke, Ashley

  Asni, 357

  Asolo, 433

  Asquith, Anthony (Puffin), 301 and n15

  Asquith, Herbert, 2

  Asquith, Katherine, 52, 77, 216, 217, 219, 249, 251, 283, 473

  Assisi, 318, 319

  Astier de la Vigerie, Emmanuel d’, 174 and n23

  Astor, John, 253

  Athlone, Lord, 85

  Atlas, 164, 173, 337, 344, 345, 348, 357, 359, 360

  Attlee, Clement, 225, 414 and n23

  Auberon see Herbert, Auberon

  Auckland, 146

  Audley Square, London, 76 and n7

  Auric, Norah, 267 and n9

  Australia, 116, 133, 140-1, 143-5, 260 and n1

  Auteuil, 286

  Aveline, Momo, 200, 201

  Ayto, Alice (Nanny), 32, 38, 42, 81, 476

  Azores, 133

  Azrou, 360

  Baddeley, Hermione, 367

  Baden Baden, 243

  Bagnold, Enid, 234, 235, 246, 311, 330, 471

  The Loved and Envied, 435 and n25

  National Velvet, 234

  Bahamas, 430

  Baldwin, Wyndham (Bloggs), 52 and n40, 164, 175, 177, 190, 194, 197-8, 235 and n18, 329, 469

  Balfour, Harold, 194

  Bali, 143, 144

  Balloon Corps, 256

  Balzac, Honoré de, 250, 252, 258

  Eugénie Grandet, 252

  Bangkok, 143

  Bar, 294

  Barbara see Hutchinson, Barbara

  Barbie see Wallace, Barbie

  Bardia, 103 and n35

  Barham, Mrs, 117 and n6, 118-19

  Baring, Maurice (Mumble; Major), 35 and n6, 37, 42, 214, 234, 343, 362, 377, 432

  Puppet Show of Memory, 303

  Baring, Twinks, 207 and n49

  Barley see Alison, Barley

  Baroda, Maharajah of, 235

  Barrault, J.L., 199, 347

  Barrie, J.M., 324

  Bartlett, Fara, 110 and n1, 471

  Basle, 285, 295

  Basra, 148

  Batavia, 137, 138-9, 143, 150

  Bate, Canon, 202

  Bath, Daphne, Marchioness of (Lady Weymouth) 77, 219, 249, 274, 282, 426-7, 470

  Battersby, Martin, 424-5 and n2, 440

  Battersea Hospital, 72, 74

  Battle Hymn of the Republic, 53

  Baumgartner (Governor of Banque de France), 338

  Bay of Bengal, 150

  BBC, 53, 247, 452-3

  Beachy Head, 187

  Beaton, Cecil, 51-2, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 245, 264, 293-4, 308, 313, 314, 402, 469

  Beaton, Mrs, 308 and n31

  Beaulieu, 212-13

  Beaune, 190

  Beauvais, 454

  Beaverbrook, Lord (Max; Max Calvin; Max the Calvinist), 32, 43, 47, 56, 60, 104-5, 166 and n10, 432, 468

  Bébé see Bérard, Christian

  Beck, Clare, 207

  Bedbug see Budberg, Baroness Moura

  Bee see Pembroke, Lady

  Beerbohm, Max, 258

  Beirut, 464

  Belgrade, 461, 464

  Bella Vista Hotel, Montecatini, 448

  Belle et la Bête, La, 286 and n51

  Belleville, Rupert, 458

  Belloc, Hilaire (Hilary), 61 and n58, 63, 68, 116, 239-40, 305 and n27, 432, 472

  Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine, 305 and n27

  Belton, 2 and n1

  Belvoir Castle, 1, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 76, 87, 90, 91, 107, 252, 255, 275, 462 and n1, 468

  Bemelmans, Ludwig, 309 and n35

  Bendern, John de, 211 and n65, 274, 279, 468

  Bennett, Arnold, 253 and n68, 258

  Benson, Rex, 51 and n38

  Benson (née Manners), Lady Violet (Letty), 338, 474

  Bérard, Christian (Bébé), 184 and n2, 278, 294, 333, 347, 383, 468

  Berchtesgaden, 423

  Bergman, Ingrid, 415 and n28

  Berkeley Hotel, Paris, 188, 276

  Berkeley Square, London, 75

  Berlin, 88

  Berlin, Isaiah, 208, 232, 283, 301, 400, 401, 427, 472

  Bermuda, 133

  Berners, Gerald, 318

  Bernini, Giovanni, 322

  Bernstein, Henri, 40, 468

  Berriau, General, 351

  Berriau, Simone (mistress of Pasha of Marrakesh), 334, 337, 345, 350, 351, 353, 354, 355, 358

  Berry, Lady Pamela (Pam), 70, 80, 99, 122, 230, 232, 288, 293, 373, 394, 432, 476

  Bertram see Cruger, Bertram

  Besançon, 191

  Bestegui, Charlie, 278, 297 and n11, 392, 441, 468

  Béthouart, General, 198 and n26

  Betty see Cranborne, Lady Betty, later Lady Salisbury

  Bevan, Aneurin, 274 and n30

  Bevin, Ernest (Ernie), 209 and n58, 210, 225, 249, 471

  Bibesco, Marthe, 248

  Bidault, Georges, 193 and n20, 209, 279

  Biddle, Tony, 380

  Bill see Paley, William S.

  Billy, Robert de, 402

  Birth of a Nation, 253

  Blackton, J. Stuart, 4

  Blanchard, M., 375

  Blanche, M., 171

  Blitz, DC describes life during the, 67-108

  Blixen, Baroness, 281

  Bloggs see Baldwin, Wyndham

  Blunt, Professor Anthony, 232 and n12

  Bobetty see Cranborne, Robert, Lord (Bobbety), later Marquess of Salisbury

  Bognor Regis (West House), 31 and n1, 34-5 and n5, 39-40, 57-8, 109-30, 161, 179, 183, 219, 220, 225, 226, 239, 240, 285, 315, 428, 461

  Bogomolov, Mr (Bogo), 169, 193 and n18

  Bogomolov, Mrs, 169 and n15, 193 and n18

  Boivin, M., 444-5, 446

  Bonn, Mr, 74

  Bonnot, André (huissier at Embassy), 199 and n30, 207, 467

  Borghese, Pauline (Napoleon’s sister), 183, 242 and n39, 277, 322

  Borghese Museum, Rome, 322

  Borniche, M., 275

  Born Yesterday, 198

  Bosham, 114

  Boston, Massachusetts, 21, 22, 23

  Bouch, Tommy, 254 and n69

  Bouchet, M., 331

  Bourdet, Denise, 333

  Bowen, Elizabeth, 203, 258

  Bowles, Jane (Janie), 361 and n49, 406

  Bowles, Paul, 361 and n49

  Bowra, Professor, 208 and n52

  Box see Colefax, Lady

  Bracken, Brendan, 62-3, 75, 92, 99, 107, 129 and n17, 469

  Bratislava, 459

  Breccles Hall, 284-5 and n45, 427

  Brendan see Bracken, Brendan

  Brighton, 42, 233-4, 263, 348

  Brissac, Duc de, 407

  British Embassy, Cairo, 155, 157

  British Embassy, Paris

  DC anticipates the move to, 177

  period of Duff’s ambassadorship, 9, 181-221

  DC and Duff leave, 225

  DC disappointed by changes at, 277-8

  DC attends ball at, 279-80

  brief references, 226, 243, 261, 266, 283, 329, 343

  British Embassy, Rome, 178

  British Film Producers’ Association, 285 and n47, 291

  Britten, Benjamin, 185, 249

  Brontë, Charlotte: Villette, 454-5, 457

  Brooke-Popham, Sir Robert, 134, 136, 141

  Brooklyn, 23

  Browning, Elizabeth Barrett: Sonnets from the Portuguese, 377

  Brownlow, Perry, 105-6

  Bruce, David, 39, 293 and n4, 316, 402, 444

  Bruce, Evangeline, 293, 402, 441, 444, 471

  Brussels, 378

  Buchel, M., 203


  Buckingham, 31

  Buckingham Palace, 44, 261, 263-5, 271, 273-4, 394-6

  Buckley, Christopher, 305

  Buck’s Club, London, 78

  Budberg, Baroness Moura (Bedbug), 61, 89, 232, 428, 468, 476

  Bulbridge, 307, 469

  Bullitt, Bill, 186

  Burckhardt, Carl, 82, 244, 295, 347, 407, 435, 469

  Burgess, Guy, 444 and n41

  Burma, 139-40, 141, 143

  Burne-Jones, Edward, 234

  Bushey, 3

  Butler, Mr and Mrs, 123

  Butterworth, 62

  Cadett, Tom, 428 and n8

  Cadogan, Alex, 191 and n14

  Caetani, Cora, 384

  Café de la Sorbonne, Paris, 310

  Caffrey, Mr (US ambassador), 193

  Caffrey, Jamie, 445, 459, 472

  Caïd, 357

  Cairo, 148, 151, 155, 157

  Calais, 379

  Calcutta, 142-3, 148, 150

  California, 27-8

  Calvi, 425-6

  Campagna, 322

  Campbell, Mrs Patrick, 390

  Camrose, Lord and Lady, 48

  Canada, 21-2, 91, 106

  JJN’s schooldays in (at Upper Canada College), 49-50, 66, 67, 110, 126, 161

  ‘Canadian Boat Song’, 56 and n48

  Canberra, 145

  Cannes, 217, 437, 439

  Canton, Ohio, 22

  Canupa Vieux Port, Marseilles, 419

  Cape Wrath, 15 and n3

  Capote, Truman, 406

  Carandini, Signor, 317

  Caravaggio, 322-3

  Cardiff, 209, 219

  Caribbean, 282 see also West Indies

  Carl see Burckhardt, Carl

  Carlisle, Lady, 89

  Carlton Club, London, 84

  Carnegie, Mrs, 89

  Carnegy, Christian, 367 and n54

  Caroline see Paget, Lady Caroline

  Carroll, Lewis: Through the Looking Glass, 3

  Carson, Mr, 161

  Cary see Paget, Lady Caroline

  Casa Maury, Freda, 233 and n14

  Cassino, 178

  Cassis, 414

  Castel Gandolfo, 322

  Castile, 362

  Cat, the see Kommer, Dr Rudolf

  Catelot, M., 333

  Catroux, Mme, 192 and n15

  Cecil see Beaton, Cecil

  Cecil, David, 208, 276, 392, 395, 469

  Cecil, Rachel, 392

  Cecilia see Hay, Cecilia

  Celle, Abbaye de, 414, 416

  Censorship Office, 38

  Central America, 260

  Century Theatre, New York, 4

  Cercle Allié, Paris, 440

  Ceres, HMS, 282

  Cézanne, Paul, 417

  Chaliapin, Feodor, 253 and n66

  Chalon, 410

  Chamberlain, Neville, 8, 9, 13, 32, 342, 463

  Chambure, Charles de, 338

  Chambure, Hubert de, 237-8

  Chambure, Marie de, 338

  Champlatreux, 331

  Champneys, 396-8

  Champs-Elysées, 187, 192, 335

  Chanel, 272

  Channel Isles, 103

  Channon, Henry (Chips), 92-3, 235, 245, 264, 284, 285, 286 and n49, 311, 348, 469

  Chantilly (Château de Firmin)

  DC finds Château de Firmin, 186

  as retreat during years at embassy, 194, 208

  as home during retirement years, 225, 226, 243, 267-71, 272, 274-7, 278, 281, 283-4, 286-8, 293 and n3, 302-5, 316, 326, 330-2, 336-7, 374-7, 378-9, 381, 384-6, 387-9, 394, 401, 402-5, 409, 424-5, 427-9, 430-1, 433-4, 435, 451, 454-5, 461, 462-3

  Princess Margaret visits, 387-9

  DC stays for further six years after Duff’s death, 464

  DC leaves, 464

  Chapel Street, London, 31, 32, 33, 37, 54-5, 69, 87 and n15, 99, 225

  Chapin, Seldon, 344

  Chaplin, Charlie, 28

  Charles, Prince of Wales, 334 and n16

  Charles, Sir Noel and Lady, 374

  Charlie Wormwood see Gaulle, General Charles de

  Charlotte, North Carolina, 21

  Charmley, John, 8

  Charteris, Hugo, 384, 385, 436, 472

  Charteris, Martin, 23, 46, 475

  Charteris, Virginia, 384, 385

  Chase, James Hadley

  The Flesh of the Orchid, 276

  No Orchids for Miss Blandish, 276 and n33

  Chateaubriand: Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe, 318-19

  Château de Chantilly, 186

  Château de Madrid, 214, 439

  Château de Saint Firmin see Chantilly

  Chatham, 282, 338

  Chequers, 69, 93

  Chianti, 321

  Chicago, 25

  Chichester, 161

  Chichester, Bishop of, 193, 194

  China, 143

  Chinnery, Mark, 367

  Chips see Channon, Henry

  Chiswick, 314

  Chréa, 345 and n31

  Christchurch, 146

  Christie (gatekeeper at Embassy in Paris), 279

  Churchill, Arabella, 362

  Churchill, Clarissa, 231 and n10, 245

  Churchill, Lady Clementine (Clemmie), 93, 107, 165, 168, 191, 192, 469

  Churchill, Mary, 93, 107, 207 and n48, 469

  Churchill, Pamela (Spam), 69-70, 325-6 and n59

  Churchill, Randolph (Randy), 103, 164, 175, 176 178, 288, 325-6, 469

  Churchill, Sarah, 165, 297 and n12, 299, 300

  Churchill, Winston (the Colonel; Duckling)

  becomes Prime Minister, and appoints Duff as Minister of Information, 32

  DC goes to lunch with, 38, 104

  invited to meet Wild Bill Donovan, 45

  clothes, 88, 165 and n9

  response to suggestion of bombing Berlin, 88

  at Ditchley, 107-8

  and the situation in Far East, 133, 147, 148

  telegram to Duff, 147

  and Duff’s posting to Algiers, 162

  in North Africa, 164 and n5, 165-8

  first official visit to France after Liberation of Paris, 190 and n9, 191, 192

  predicts war with Russia, 283

  DC reads book by, 341-2, 343, 397

  speech about the King’s death, 453

  brief references, 50, 75, 82 and n13, 92, 431, 469

  Writings:

  The Gathering Storm, 342

  Marlborough, 342

  Claridge’s, London, 33, 85

  Clarke, Ashley, 301, 335, 467

  Clarke, Rufus, 206, 207, 243, 266, 282, 335, 478

  Clarke, Virginia, 301, 316, 404

  Clarkson, Willie, 253

  Clemmie see Churchill, Lady Clementine

  Cleopatra, HMS, 282, 283 and n42, 336, 338

  JJN describes life on board, 328

  Clermont-Tonnerre, Duchesse de, 217

  Cleveland, Ohio, 22

  Clifford, Alexander (Alex), 201, 467

  Clifford, Anne see Cooper (née Clifford), Anne, Lady Norwich

  Clifford, Pandora (Pan), 246 and n55, 476

  Clifford family, 246

  Clinch, Mr (schoolmaster), 12

  Clipper, 19 and n7, 24, 133 and n1, 136

  Coalbox see Colefax, Lady

  Coats, Peter, 286 and n49

  Cobham, 59

  Cocteau, Jean, 184, 199 and n27, 286-n51, 347, 390-1

  Cohen, Dr, 228

  Colefax, Lady (Coalbox; Box), 39 and n15, 60, 68, 74, 240, 244, 283, 314-15, 470

  Colette, 198-9, 339, 351

  Collins, Mr (butler at Ditchley), 237

  Collins (chauffeur), 306

  Colman, Ronald, 300

  Colonel, the see Churchill, Winston

  Columbia Broadcasting System, 20, 32

  Columbia University, 18

  Colville, Jack, 165 n9

  Comédie Française, 205

  Communists, 128-9

  Como, 301

  Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lit s
ee Wagons-Lit company

  Compton Beauchamp, 169

  Connolly, Cyril, 429

  Conrad see Russell, Conrad

  Conrad, Joseph: The Outcast of the Islands, 428, 433

  Contade, Jacqueline de, 316

  Coombs, Mr, 85

  Cooper (née Duff), Agnes, 6-7

  Cooper, Dr Alfred, 7-8

  Cooper (née Clifford), Anne, 464, 467

  Cooper, Artemis, 464

  Cooper (née Manners), Diana

  birth, 1

  family background, 1-2

  works at Guy’s Hospital during First World War, 4

  marries Duff, 2, 4

  memories of her wedding, 386-7

  acting career, 4-6

  travels to America, 14-16

  goes to New York World’s Fair, 16

  visits Washington, 17-19

  on the Neutrality Act, 17, 18

  visits Hoover Institute of Criminal Investigation, 18-19

  makes economies, 19-20

  travels around America, 19, 20-1, 22, 24-5, 26-7

  on her son’s letters, 20, 23, 25, 26

  visits Canada, 21-2

  on spending Christmas away from her son, 22

  on demonstration in Brooklyn, 23

  New Year 1940, 24

  visits Natural History Museum in New York, 24

  and flying, 25-6 and n12, 134, 137-8, 141-2, 146, 151, 170-1, 254 and n71

  in Hollywood, 27-8

  returns to London, 31

  decides to send her son to America, 31-2, 33

  moves into Dorchester Hotel, 33, 35

  busy doing war work, 34

  on the attack on the French fleet, 34 and n3

  visits Maurice Baring (Mumble; Major), 35, 37, 42, 55

  on the expected invasion, 35, 36, 40 and n19, 49, 50, 51, 69-70 and n3, 73, 106

  on dealing with reporters, 36

  on internees, 37

  talks with a German, 37

  indignant about removal of air from her tyres, 37-8

  letter censored, 38, 39

  at lunch with Churchill, 38

  on receiving news of her son, 36, 38, 39, 42, 48

  on calm atmosphere in London, 40

  on giving blood, 40, 41-2, 86

  on attacks on Duff, 40-1, 43, 46, 47

  as victim of a hoax, 42-3, 44

  decides on her son’s schooling in Canada, 43-4, 49-50, 67

  on inviting Wild Bill Donovan to dinner, 45

  on Rex Whistler, 45-6

  on improvement in relations with the press, 48

  attends meeting in Woodford, 50

  on the Free French, 51

  hears news about Cecil Beaton’s trip to the north, 51-2

  and the beginning of air raids on London, 52, 54-5, 55-6, 56-7, 60-1

  makes radio broadcast, 53

  visit to Lavington, 57-9

  pays a visit to house at Bognor, 57-8

  at Tangmere airfield, 58-9

  returns to London, 59-60

  birthday in 1940, 60

  on Hilaire Belloc, 61

  spends a few days out of London, 61-3

  on shooting, 62

  in London during the Blitz, 67-108

  describes air raids and bomb damage, 68, 69, 70, 71-3, 74-5, 75-6, 78-9, 80, 81, 82, 84-5, 87-8, 90-1, 92-3, 94-5, 96-7, 100

 

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