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41. Prince Albert to Stockmar, 18 January 1842, quoted Robert Rhodes-James, Albert, Prince Consort.
42. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar.
43. ibid.
44. ibid.
45. ibid.
46. ibid.
47. ibid.
48. John Pudney, The Smallest Room, Alan Sutton, 1984.
49. ibid.
50. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar.
51. Boswell, James, Boswell’s Journal 1762–1763, ed. F. A. Pottle, Heinemann, 1950.
52. Prince Albert to his father, May 1842, Letters.
53. The Times, December 1840.
54. The Times, 17 March 1841.
55. The Times, 23 March 1841.
56. Charles Dickens, The Letters, ed. Storey, Pilletson and Easson, vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 1993.
57. Quoted Elizabeth Longford, Victoria R.I.
58. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his son, Baron E. von Stockmar.
59. The Times, 24 June 1842.
60. E. S. Turner, The Court of St James, Michael Joseph, 1959.
61. ibid.
62. The Times, April 1841.
63. Queen Victoria to Sir Robert Peel, 10 February 1845, Letters.
64. Annual Register, June 1845.
65. Anonymous, quoted Bruce Graeme, The Story of Buckingham Palace.
66. The Times, 13 August 1846, including a letter from the architect, Blore, confirming the need for Palace improvements.
67. Letter from ‘Sphinx’, The Times, 24 August 1846.
68. Clifford Smith, Buckingham Palace.
69. The Builder, August 1846.
70. Queen Victoria, 10 June 1849, Journal.
71. Quoted Hermione Hobhouse, Thomas Cubitt, Macmillan, 1971.
72. ibid.
73. Robert Rhodes-James, Albert, Prince Consort.
74. Quoted ibid.
75. Queen Victoria, 28 February 1854, Journal.
76. Queen Victoria to King Leopold, 27 February 1855, Letters.
77. Frieda Arnold, My Mistress the Queen, Transl. Sheila de Bellaigue, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.
78. G. Tyack, Sir James Pennethorne and the Making of Victorian London, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
79. Thomas Cubitt, quoted Hermione Hobhouse, Thomas Cubitt.
80. ibid.
81. Quoted Clifford Smith, The Story of Buckingham Palace, from The Builder, May 1856.
82. Queen Victoria, 8 May 1856, Journal.
83. Queen Victoria to Lord Clarendon, 25 October 1857, Letters.
84. Elizabeth Longford, Victoria R.I.
85. Punch, quoted Bruce Graeme, The Story of Buckingham Palace.
86. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar.
87. Prince Albert to Bertie. His last letter to his son. Quoted Robert Rhodes-James, Albert Prince Consort.
88. Queen Victoria, 1874, Journal, quoted Elizabeth Longford, Victoria R.I.
89. Queen Victoria to King Leopold, 20 December 1861, Letters.
90. Queen Victoria to King Leopold, 26 December 1861, Letters.
91. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar.
92. Queen Victoria, 3 February 1865, Journal.
93. Queen Victoria to Princess Alice, 26 July 1874, quoted Elizabeth Longford, Victoria R.I.
94. Queen Victoria to her daughter Vicky, February 1868, Kronberg Letters, quoted Elizabeth Longford, Victoria R.I.
95. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar.
96. Quoted E. S. Turner, The Court of St James, from Manners & Rules of Good Society.
97. ibid.
98. John Bright, quoted E. S. Turner, The Court of St James.
99. Queen Victoria, 20 June 1887, Journal.
100. Lady Monkswell, A Victorian Diarist, John Murray, 1994.
101. ibid.
102. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.
103. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, Allen & Unwin, 1959.
104. ibid.
105. ibid.
106. Prince George, Duke of York to Princess Mary, Duchess of York, quoted James Pope-Hennessey, Queen Mary.
107. Queen Victoria, 22 June 1897, Journal.
108. Elizabeth Longford, Victoria R.I.
CHAPTER SIX
1. Lord Esher, Journals and Letters, Nicholson and Watson, 2 vols., 1934.
2. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, Allen & Unwin, 1959.
3. The Times, obituary of Edward VII, May 1910.
4. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, Cassell, 1951.
5. Sir Philip Magnus, King Edward VII, John Murray, 1903.
6. Lord Esher, Journals and Letters.
7. ibid.
8. Sir Lionel Cust, King Edward VII and His Court, John Murray, 1930.
9. ibid.
10. ibid
11. ibid.
12. ibid.
13. ibid.
14. Sir Philip Magnus, King Edward VII.
15. ibid.
16. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
17. Quoted ibid.
18. John Martin Robinson, Buckingham Palace, Michael Joseph, 1995.
19. Quoted Sir Philip Magnus, King Edward VII.
20. Sir Lionel Cust,King Edward VII and his Court.
21. Sir Philip Magnus, King Edward VII.
22. Sir Lionel Cust, King Edward VII and His Court.
23. ibid.
CHAPTER SEVEN
1. J. R. Clynes, Memoirs, 1924–1937, Hutchinson, 1937.
2. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, Allen &Unwin, 1959.
3. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold, ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.
4. ibid.
5. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, Cassell, 1951.
6. ibid.
7. ibid.
8. ibid.
9. ibid.
10. ibid.
11. ibid.
12. Queen Mary to King George V, quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
13. Kenneth Rose, King George V, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983.
14. Queen Mary to the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (her aunt), 26 February 1911, quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
15. Queen Mary, quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
16. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
17. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
18. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
19. ibid.
20. The Times, October 1913.
21. The Times, 1 November 1913.
22. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
23. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, from Queen Mary, 4 June 1914, Diary.
24. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
25. Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94. Report by Charles Allom of the firm White Allom, describing in detail the work done at Buckingham Palace ‘under the personal supervision of Queen Mary’.
26. Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94.
27. Royal Archives, Queen Mary to the Marquess of Cambridge, February 1925. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
28. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
29. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
30. Quoted Kenneth Rose, King George V, King George V, 4 August 1914, Diary.
31. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
32. The Times, 8 September 1914.
33. Charles Allom Report, Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94.
34. John Martin Robinson, Buckingham Palace, Royal Palaces, Michael Joseph, 1995
35. Royal Archives, George V CC 62/94.
36. Mabell, Countess of Airlie Thatched with Gold
37. ibid.
38. King George V to Queen Mary, Royal Archives, George V CC 4 163.
39. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
40. ibid.
41. Mary Agnes Hamilton, Mary MacArthur.
42. ibid.
43. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Ma
ry.
44. ibid.
45. Queen Mary to Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 24 March 1916, quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
46. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, Queen Mary, December 1916, Diary.
47. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
48. ibid.
49. ibid.
50. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
51. ibid.
52. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
53. ibid.
54. Lord Esher, Journals and Letters, Nicholson and Watson, 2 vols., 1934.
55. Harold Nicolson, King George V:His Life and Reign, Constable, 1952.
56. ibid.
57. Sir Henry Channon, Diaries, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967.
58. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.
59. ibid.
60. ibid.
61. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
62. J. R. Clynes, Memoirs.
63. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
64. ibid.
65. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold, quoting Lord Salisbury, House of Lords, Hansard, May 1926.
66. ibid.
67. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
68. ibid.
69. ibid.
70. ibid.
71. Harold Nicolson, King George V:His Life and Reign.
72. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
73. E. S. Turner, The Court of St James, Michael Joseph, 1959.
74. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
75. ibid.
76. ibid
77. ibid.
78. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
79. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
80. ibid.
81. ibid.
82. Sir Henry Channon, Diaries.
83. Harold Nicolson, King George V:His Life and Reign.
84. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
85. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
86. ibid.
87. Duchess of Windsor, The Heart Has Its Reasons, Michael Joseph, 1956.
88. ibid.
89. Michael Bloch (ed.), Wallis & Edward, Letters 1931-1937: the Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.
90. Duchess of Windsor, The Heart Has Its Reasons.
91. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
92. Kenneth Rose, King George V.
93. ibid.
94. J. R. Clynes,… Memoirs 1924-1937.
95. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, from Queen Mary, Diary.
96. ibid.
97. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
98. ibid.
CHAPTER EIGHT
1. Michael Bloch (ed.), Wallis & Edward, Letters 1931–1937: The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.
2. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, Cassell, 1951.
3. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, Allen & Unwin, 1959.
4. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
5. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold, ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.
6. James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary.
7. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
8. ibid.
9. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, from Queen Mary, Diary.
10. ibid.
11. ibid.
12. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
13. ibid.
14. ibid.
15. ibid.
16. Sir Henry Channon, Diaries, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967.
17. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
18. ibid.
19. Michael Bloch (ed.), Wallis & Edward, Letters 1931-1937.
20. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
21. ibid.
22. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
23. ibid.
24. Philip Ziegler, Diana Cooper, Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
25. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
26. ibid.
27. Sir Henry Channon, Diaries.
28. ibid.
29. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
30. Sir John Whebler-Bennett, King George VI: His Life and Reign, Macmillan, 1958.
31. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
32. ibid.
33. ibid.
34. Frances Donaldson, Edward VIII, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974.
35. Quoted Frances Donaldson, Edward VIII.
36. ibid.
37. Sir Henry Channon, Diaries.
38. ibid.
39. Baldwin’s statement in the House of Commons, Hansard, 16 December 1936.
40. Sir Henry Channon, Diaries.
CHAPTER NINE
1. King George VI to Lady Airlie, in Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold, ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.
2. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Hodder &c Stoughton, 1966.
3. Sarah Bradford, King George V I, Heinemann, 1989.
4. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, private conversation.
5. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, Cassell, 1951.
6. HRH Duke of Windsor, BBC broadcast from Windsor, 12 December 1936.
7. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George V I: His Life and Reign, Macmillan, 1958.
8. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George V I, from King George V I, Diary.
9. HRH The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story.
10. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
11. ibid.
12. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
13. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
14. Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses, Cassell, 1950.
15. The Times, 12 October 1938.
16. Royal Archives, G. VI., PS3317.
17. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
18. ibid.
19. Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses.
20. ibid.
21. ibid.
22. Kenneth Campbell, Campbell Smith & Co., A Century of Decorative Crafts-manship 1873–1973, published 1973; printed Land Humphries.
23. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
24. Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses.
25. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
26. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, Allen & Unwin, 1959, from Queen Mary, 12 May 1937, Diary.
27. HRH Princess Elizabeth, 12 May 1937, ‘The Coronation’, Royal Library, Windsor.
28. Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses.
29. HRH Princess Elizabeth, 12 May 1937, ‘The Coronation’.
30. Sir Henry Channon, Diaries, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967.
31. ibid.
32. Frances Donaldson, Edward VIII, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974.
33. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, This I Remember, Harper & Row, New York, 1938.
34. HM King George V I, BBC broadcast, 3 September 1939.
35. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George V I.
36. HM King George VI, BBC broadcast, 25 December 1939.
37. Sir John Colville, The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries 1939–1955, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985.
38. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
39. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
40. ibid.
41. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, private conversation.
42. Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 20 August, 1940.
43. King George VI to Queen Mary, 11 September 1940, Royal Archives, Geo V CC 12
44. Royal Archives, G.VI. P.S. 4920/1.
45. King George VI to Queen Mary, 14 September 1940, Royal Archives, George V, CC 12/136.
46. Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 13 Septem
ber 1940, Royal Archives, George V, CC 12/135.
47. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
48. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
49. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
50. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
51. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
52. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
53. Royal Archives, Geo V. CC 62/123.
54. Chief Superintendent Metropolitan Police, Douglas Lightwood; article in London Police Pensioner, December 1994, p. 24. Details of this raid are also contained in an unpublished article by PC Alan Graham, later to be a member of the Royal Protection Unit, based at Clarence House.
55. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
56. HRH Princess Elizabeth, BBC broadcast, 13 October 1940.
57. Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 19 October 1942, Royal Archives, George V CC 13/26.
58. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, This I Remember.
59. ibid.
60. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, On My Own, Harper & Row, New York, 1958.
61. Royal Archives, GV CC 13/64.
62. Royal Archives, 25 September 1943, GV CC 13/64.
63. Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses.
64. ibid.
65. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
66. Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 25 September 1943, Royal Archives, G V CC 13/64.
67. Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses.
68. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
69. ibid.
70. Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses.
71. ibid.
72. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
73. Mr Clement Attlee, conversation with author.
74. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
75. ibid.
76. ibid.
77. Royal Archives pp G.VI 7009.
78. ibid.
79. ibid.
80. Royal Archives, pp G.VI 7009 1947.
81. ibid.
82. Hansard, Report of Proceedings of the House of Commons, 31 March 1947, p. 261.
83. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
84. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
85. HRH Princess Elizabeth, broadcast from South Africa, 21 April 1947.
86. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI, from Queen Mary’s Collection, Royal Archives.
87. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
88. ibid.
89. King George VI to Queen Mary, 14 September 1947, quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, King George VI.
90. Aneurin Bevan, quoted Kenneth Rose, King George V, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983.
91. Sir John Colville, The Fringes of Power.
92. Mabell, Countess of Airlie, Thatched with Gold.
93. ibid.
