Darling Monster
Page 53
in London, 35-6, 52, 53, 59, 87, 98-9
DC considers the future of, 102
in Bognor, 111, 113, 115, 117, 120, 239, 240 and n31
good relationship with DC, 461
brief references, 158, 203, 230, 241, 274-5, 311, 325, 340, 479
Wade, Muriel, 215
Wadey see Wade, Kate
Wagner, Richard
Die Meistersinger, 257
Siegfried Idyll, 342
Tristan and Isolde, 262
The Walkyrie, 262
Wagons-Lit company (Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lit), 261-2, 356, 378
Waikiki Beach, 135
Wake, 148
Wakefield (née Marler), Daphne, 46, 244, 470
Wakefield, Mr, 46
Waldeners, the, 336-7
Walker, Mrs, 277 and n34, 296
Wallace, Barbie, 56 n50, 58
Wallace, Billy, 59, 479
Wallace, Euan, 56n50, 60, 471
Wallis see Windsor, Wallis, Duchess of
Walpole, Letty, 314
Walsh, Leonardo, 291, 292, 296, 298, 300, 474
Walston, Katherine (Graham Greene’s mistress), 410 and n13, 435 and n26
Walton, William, 249
War Cabinet, 47, 140
Ward, Mr, 322
Warner, Mr and Mrs Jack, 28
Warner, Rex, 240, 392-3
The Aerodrome, 392
Warner Brothers, 28
Warner’s Theatre, London, 40
War Office, 43
War Savings Certificates, 54
Warwick House, 230
Washington, 17-19, 21, 98, 134
Washington (ship), 32
Waterfall, Mr, 153
Watson, Colonel, 127, 128
Waugh, Evelyn (Mr Wu), 46, 103, 178, 226, 229-30, 232-3, 234, 236, 237, 251, 382, 383, 385-6, 436, 453, 459
Helena, 431
The Loved One, 234 and n16
Wavell, Sir Archibald, 147, 148 and n12, 150
Weiller, Paul-Louis (P.L.; P.L.W.; Multimillionaire; Sugar Daddy)
DC dines with, 333
on trip to North Africa, 337, 344, 345, 349, 352-3, 354, 355, 358, 359, 360
the Windsors rent a house from, 379, 380
attends party at Maxim’s, 390, 391
and events of La Grande Semaine, 392
DC comments on the child in him, 432
and Eisenhower’s visit, 434
gives mink coat to DC, 450-1
brief references, 413, 433n18, 452 and n52, 460
Welfare, Billy, 124 and n13
Welles, Orson, 197, 301, 460
Wellington, New Zealand, 147
Wellington, Duke of, 183
Wells, H.G., 60, 61, 74, 79, 102, 428
The New Machiavelli, 60
Westbury Manor, 31, 83
JJN describes schooldays at, 12
Western Avenue, London, 89
West House see Bognor Regis
West Indies, 260, 290
Westminster, Loelia, Duchess of, 77, 88, 474
Westminster Hospital, 86
Wetherby, 262
Weymouth, Lady Daphne, later Marchioness of Bath see Bath, Daphne, Marchioness of (Lady Weymouth)
Wharton, Captain Eric, 173 and n21
Whistler, Laurence, 314 and n45
Whistler, Rex, 45-6, 71, 99, 176 and n24
White City, 51
White House, 17, 18
White’s Club, London, 3, 229
Whitty, May, 404
Wiborg, Mary Hoyt (Hoytie), 199, 472
Wilde, Oscar, 324, 383
Wilder, Thornton, 240 and n34
William IV, King, 6
Williamsburg, 19
Willingdon, Lord and Lady, 86
Wilkie, Wendell, 91 and n20, 105, 106
Willow (dog), 383, 384-5, 403, 404, 417-18
Wilson, Natasha, 283
Wilton, 306-8, 381, 383-4
Wilton’s restaurant, London, 232
Wimborne, Lord, 214, 362
Windsor, 162
Windsor, Duke of, 49 and n35, 333, 334, 379, 423-4, 430, 440-1, 442, 443-4, 460
Windsor, Wallis, Duchess of, 332, 333, 334, 379, 380, 423, 424, 430, 440-1, 442, 443
Winslow Boy, The, 285, 299, 301
Winston see Churchill, Winston
Wodehouse, P.G., 188 n7, 463
Wodehouse, Mrs P.G., 188 n7
Woodford, 50
World’s Fair, New York, 15 and n4, 16, 17
Wormwood see Gaulle, General Charles de
Wu, Mr see Waugh, Evelyn
WVS (Women’s Voluntary Service), 185
Wyndham, Dick, 230
Wynne see Godley, Wynne
Yey, Mr, 149
YMCA canteen, 43 and n23, 59, 82, 86
Young, Terence, 204
Youngstown, 22
Youssopoff, Felix, 405
Yugoslavia, 175
King and Queen of, 309
Zanuck, 309
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