by Edna Healey
finances 325–6, 374, 375, 376, 380
illness and death of George VI 333, 334, 335
naturalization 318–9
Palace reorganization 344–5, 348
Edward III, King CP18
Edward VII, King 190–207, 267 CP23, P10
annual routine 203–4
Coronation 199–202
death and burial 206–7, 208, 212.
as Prince of Wales 140, 171 –3, 174, 185, 194: after death of Prince Albert 175, 176, 178, 190; marriage 176, 190–91 P8
Edward VIII see Windsor, Duke of
Edward, Duke of Kent (1767–1820) 76, 78–9, 80, 119
Edward, Prince 371, 381
Edwardian style’ 198
Egerton, Francis 157
Egerton, Lady Margaret 327–8, 328n
18th Century Room 42
1844 Room 349, 363, 365
Elizabeth I, Queen 4, 5, 6
Elizabeth II, Queen 338–94 CP31
before accession 286–7, 291–2, 368 CP27: 2nd World War 295, 306–7, 310–14 P13; at the Palace 248, 258, 285, 286–92, 311, 313–14, 315, 326, 329, 330–31 Pn, P14
in Buckingham Palace 338–9, 342, 346, 391–4:: Commonwealth 360–62;; correspondence 353–4;; costs of running the Palace 372–84;; intruder 370–71;; see also Royal Household
in Clarence House 330, 331, 338
Coronation 339, 340–42, 392
engagement and wedding 318, 324–30
finances 372–91:taxation 37, 380–81 see also Civil List
fire at Windsor 380–81
Golden Wedding 366
illness and death of George VI 334
influence of Queen Mary 203, 290, 292, 310–11
Palace reorganization and repairs 344–5, 346, 347–9
Royal Collection 386–8
royal tours 322, 323, 334
Silver Jubilee 352, 354
Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of George III) 70, 72, 78
Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of William IV) 197
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother ix, 45, 282–3, 284, 294, 330, 380 CP28, P14
2nd World War 295, 297, 299–303, 309–10, 314–6, 392 Pn, P13
after accession of Elizabeth II 338
as Duchess of York: at Silver Jubilee 258; birth of Princess Margaret 253–4;; wedding 243–5
illness and death of George VI 330–31, 334
Ellesmere, 1st Earl of (Francis Egerton) 157
Ellis, Agar 105, 106
Ellis, Sir Arthur 193, 195, 199
Ely Cathedral: stained-glass window 390
Empire Room 301
English and National Review 373
Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg 114, 131–2, 133, 175
Esher, Lord 193–5, 197, 199, 201, 242.
Victoria Memorial 216
Eton College 2–3, 311
Eugenie, Empress 156, 249
Euston House, nr Newmarket, Suffolk 13 –14, 16, 17, 19
Evelyn, John, 9, 11, 14–16, 17, 20, 21
Everett, Oliver, ix
Eyecross hamlet 5
Fagan, Michael 370–71
Falklands War 355
Farnborough, Lord 85, 92
Farquhar, Sir Horace 193, 195
Fascism 259, 291
Feetham, W. M. 160
Fellowes, Robert ix, 352
Feodora Leiningen, Princess 121, 121n, 123
Ferdinand, Prince 130
Festival of Britain 333
Finch, Frederick 209, 210, 242
fireplaces 159–60, 228
chimneypieces 39, 98, 108, 109, 160
chimneys 97–8, 160–61
fires 2, 9, 16, 19, 89, 104
risk and prevention 158, 383, 391
for warmth, Queen’s House 47–8
Windsor Castle 380–81
fireworks 183, 365
Firth (work superintendent) 91
Fischer, Johann Christian 51
Fisher, Sir John (later Lord Fisher) 193
Fitzclarence, Lord Augustus 112
Fitzherbert, Mrs Maria 44, 67
Fitzroy’: reminder of royal blood 353
Fitzroy, Henry, 1st Duke of Grafton 14–15, 19
Florschutz, Christoph 131
flowers 41, 47
see also gardens
food
role of Royal Chef 347
see also banquets and receptions
food parcels, from wedding of Elizabeth II 327
footmen 346–7
Ford, Edward 351
forecourt 8, 22–3, 24, 102, 109, 161
Fort Belvedere 259, 270, 272, 273, 275, 277
days of abdication 276–7, 278–9, 281
Fortnum, of Fortnum & Mason 69
fountains 94
Fox, Charles James 67
Francis, John 149
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke 207, 223
Franz Joseph, Emperor 202
Fraser’s Magazine, 93
Frederica, Duchess of York 76, 349
Frederick I, Hereditary Duke of Wurttemberg 77
Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse Homburg 78
Frederick, Prince of Wales 25, 28–9, 37, 43, 49, 83
Frederick Albert, attendant on Queen Charlotte 33, 55, 59, 61, 68 P3
Frederick William of Prussia, Prince (later Emperor of Germany) 170–71
French influence n, 15, 92, 95, 109, 198, 203, 389 P1
French Revolution and George III 64, 66
frescos 133, 152, 169–70 CP20
Raphael cartoons 7, 36, 41, 52, 70, 170
Frogmore: burial of the Duke of Windsor 369
Frost, W. E. 140
furnishings 84, 107, 109, 213–4, 389
Arlington House 13, 15, 16
Carlton House 83–4
damaged by decorators, radiators 197–8
from Royal Pavilion 107, 109, 160
Queen Mary 221–2, 228, 229–30, 348–9
Queen’s House 37, 39, 42–7, 50, 52–3, 70–2, 109
CP9, CP10, CPn: from other royal houses 35, .83
Victoria’s attitude 123–4
see also art(s)
Fuseli, Henry 60
G7 Summit meeting 365
Gainsborough, Thomas 42, 60, 71, 84 CP16
gale (1779) 52
galleries 19, 23, 83–4, 95, 124
Galli (wife of J. C. Bach) 51, 61
Galway, James 365
Gandhi, the Mahatma 255–6, 327, 330
garden parties 178, 206, 265–6, 342, 346, 365–6, 377, 394 CP30
gardens 152, 366, 367
Arlington House 16, 17–19
Buckingham House 24, 35, 93–5 Pi
Kew Gardens 37, 94n, 367
Nash’s ‘mound’ 86–7, 94, 152, 367
Queen’s House 93–4
St James’s Park 18–19, 94
trees 17, 18–19, 35, 366
see also Mulberry Garden
Garrick, Mrs (in Hampton) 54
gates 24, 93, 99, 111, 162
Gentileschi, Orazio 36
George I, King 28, 49
George I, King of Greece 183
George II, King 28, 32, 33–4, 39, 49, 63, 135
George III, King 18, 28–80, 135, 141, 385, 387, 388–9 P4, CP2, CP12, CP16
25th birthday XV,JI-2 CP5
Court life 55–62, 77
death 80–81
mental breakdown and insanity 33, 51, 54, 62, 68–9, 74–5, 77, 119
purchase of Buckingham House 27
Regency period 70–81
wedding 31–2
George IV, King 34, 44, 50, 82–99, 382 CP17
art collection 83–4, 98, 109, 382, 385, 387
Coronation 89–90, 102
lifestyle before accession 61, 66–7, 74–5, 76, 82–4, 106
marriage to Caroline of Brunswick 67, 76, 82–3
marriage to Mrs Fitzherbert 44, 67
Nash’s work 86–7, 89–98, 100–102
records of debts and expenditure found 223
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p; Regency period 69–72, 74–5, 141, 366
Royal Pavilion 44–5, 83, 89
George V, King 208–63, 264–5, 3^8, 383, 385, 392–3 CP25, CP26
1st World War 224–6, 233–42
Buckingham Palace rebuilding 216–8, 219
Coronation 214–15
death 261–3
as Duke of York 185, 187–8, 191, 211
as Prince of Wales 202–3, 249, 250, 256, PIo
Silver Jubilee 258, 260–61
George VI, King 281–337, 356, 366, 368
2nd World War 293–310, 314 P11, P13: Palace
repairs 319–22, 325
accession 281–3:: move to Buckingham Palace 284–90
concern for the Commonwealth 331–2, 361
Coronation 282, 291, 311
as Duke of York 242, 248, 258, 289, 316: Edward and Mrs Simpson 259, 261, 278–9;; wedding 244–5
illness and death 324–37, 338, 368
London home: 145 Piccadilly 267, 281, 283, 285, 286, 304
marriage of Elizabeth and Philip 318–9, 324, 325–6, 329–30
as Prince 208–9, 221
royal tours 294–5, 321–2, 323–4, 330
Silver Wedding 330
stammer 282, 284, 296, 318
George, Duke of Kent 209, 245, 258, 267, 279
George of Denmark, Prince 29
Germany
1st World War 218, 223–6, 243
Hitler and the 2nd World War 245, 259, 291, 293–5, 314
Gerrard, Lady: Mulberry Garden 9
Gibbons, Grinling 17, 44, 231
Giordano, Luca 41
Girl Guides Association 289, 311
Gladstone, William Ewart 178, 179
Glamis Castle 253–4, 290
Glass, Joseph 97
Gloucester, Alice, Duchess of 245, 309 –10, 380
Gloucester, Henry, Duke of (Harry, brother of George VI) 245, 309–10, 380
Gloucester, William, Duke of (nephew of George III) 72
Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of (brother of George III) 68, 72
Goldsworthy, Colonel, 57
Gordon Riots 63
Gordonstoun 313 Goring, George, 1st Earl of Norwich, and Goring House 5 –11
Goring House owned by Arlington 11 –16
governesses 209, 339
grace and favour residences 381
Graeme, David 30
Grafton, Duchess of (Isabella Arlington) 14–15, 19
Grafton, Duchess of (Mistress of the Robes to Elizabeth II) 353
Grafton, Augustus, 3rd Duke of 63
Grafton, Charles, 2nd Duke of (son of Isabella
Arlington) 19, 21
Grafton, Henry, 1st Duke of (Henry Fitzroy) 14–15, 19
Gramont, Comte de, 12–13
Grand Hall 36, 41, 47, 53, 71
Buckingham Palace 95, 98, 108, 196, 198: uses 363, 364, 366–7
Grand Staircase 36, 44, 47, 53, 95, 97, 108, 198 CP6
Grant-in-Aid 379, 381
Great Exhibition 147, 161, 163, 167n,168n
Great Wardrobe 65, 66
Green Closet 71
Green Drawing Room 95, 244, 365, 372, 389
Green Park 22, 53, 106
Green Room 229
Greenwich Palace 1n
Grenville, George 63
Greville, Charles, 115, 116, 118
Grey, General (Private Secretary) 349
Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl de 100, 105, 125
Grey, Henry, 3rd Earl de 157
Griffiths, Tom 252
Grigg, John (formerly Lord Altrincham) 373, 392
Grosvenor, Lord (C1830) 103
Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, and Grosvenor estate 10
Gruner, Ludwig 133, 152, 165, 169–70, 203 CP20
Gulf War 355
Gurkhas: on duty at Investitures 364
Haakon, King of Norway 296, 297, 298–9, 310
Haghe, Louis 156 CP20
Hahn, Kurt 313
Hailsham, 1st Viscount (Douglas Hogg) 299
Haines, F. H. 196
Haldane, 1st Viscount (Richard Burdon) 205
hall see Grand Hall
Hamilton, William 373, 378
Hampton Court 33, 111
art 9, 35, 44, 47, 139
Handel, George Frideric xvi, 48, 71–2, 79, 372
Hanmer, Sir Thomas 19
Hansell: tutor 211
Hanstein, Lt von 131
Hardinge, Alexander 269, 275, 301
Hardinge, Charles (1st Baron Hardinge) 193
Hardy-Roberts, Sir Geoffrey 346–7, 348
Harry, Prince (Henry, Duke of Gloucester; son of George V) 245, 309–10, 380
Hartnell, Sir Norman 339–40
Hastings, Lady Flora 126–7
Hastings, Mrs Warren 43
Haydn, Franz Joseph 61–2
Hayter, Sir George 140
Hazlitt, William 111
Head of State 342, 360, 374
Healey, Denis 378
Heath, Sir Edward 357–8, 362
heating 47–8, 146–7, 160, 165, 214, 383
central heating 319, 320–21
during 2nd World War 308, 310
Henderson, Arthur 247, 253
Henrietta Maria, Queen 1–2W, 5, 7, 387, 388 CP32
Henry, Prince (Duke of Gloucester) 245, 309–10, 380
Henry VII, King 1
Henry VIII, King 1–4, 6
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (brother of Charles I) 6–7
Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corpsof Gentlemen at Arms 357
Herbert, Charles (later Sheffield) 26
Herschel, Sir William 60–61
Hervey, John 25–6
Heseltine, William 352
Hewlett, Edward, x
Hiort: Buckingham Palace chimneys 97
Hitler, Adolf, and the 2nd World War 245, 259, 291, 293–5, 3i4
see also World War 11
Hobhouse, Sir John 104, 122, 155
Hogg, Douglas (1st Viscount Hailsham) 168
Hogg, Peter 168
Holbein, Hans 6
Holland, Charles 115
Holland, Henry, 3rd Baron 102–3, 115, 120–21
Holland, Henry (architect, son of 3rd Baron) 83
Hopper, John 84
horses 19 CP17, CP27
horse racing 201, 204, 206, 356: death of suffragette 219
horse riding 51–2, 123, 129, 164, 311: Trooping the Colour 368–9
hunting 3, 11–12, 52, 57, 66
horses cont.
Riding School 85, 238
Royal Mews 16, 86, 383 P7
Hospital of St James 2–3
Hotter, Hans 372
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 130, 226
House of Windsor 226
household see Royal Household; servants Household Dining Room 108
Household Division 370
Houses of Parliament, see under Palace of Westminster
Howard, Messrs, of Berners Street 227
Huish, Robert, 103
hunting 3, 11–12, 52, 57, 66
Hussey, Lady Susan 353
income tax 378, 380–81
India 173, 183, 361
George V and Mary 202–3, 243, 255 — 6, 265, 267 CP25
George VI 322, 324, 330, 331–2
Victoria created ‘Empress of India’ 179
Indian influence 43, 45, 203, 265 CP11
Indian Room 257
Internet 393
Investitures 346, 363–4, 377, 394
Ireland 63–4, 322, 355
and George V 216, 218, 245–6
Irene, Princess 297
iron: cast-iron used by Nash 101, 102
Isabella de Broderode 12, 13, 16
Isle of Wight
Nash 90, 102
Osborne House 152–3, 165, 167, 175, 176, 189, 191
Italian influence 133, 140, 170
Italy: Fascism 259, 291
‘Jacobite Walk’ 22
Jacomb-Hood, George Percy CP25
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James I, King 3–5, 7, 29
James II, King 19–20, 21, 29
Japan 200, 307, 314, 316, 318
‘Japan Room’ (Queen’s Breakfast Room), Queen’s House 43, 47, 71–2
Jeakes, William 98
Jersey, Sarah, Lady 106
Jewel Cabinet 222
Jewel House 66
jewellery 31, 43, 75–6, 154, 172, 222, 265
Crown Jewels 375
Jinnah, Mohammad Ali 322, 324
John, Prince (son of George V) 209, 211
John, Augustus 300
Johnson, Alexander 140
Johnson, Samuel 39, 55
Jones, Edward 149–50
Jones, Inigo 6
Jones, Robert 160
Jones, Walter 209 –10
Jordan, Mrs (Dorothea) 76, 79, 111-13, 119 CP15
Jowett, Fred 252
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands 297
Julie, Princess 130
Karim, Abdul 183–4
Katherine, Duchess of Buckingham 22, 23, 24, 25–6, 35, 388
Kauffman, Angelica 52, 60, 388
Keeper of the Privy Purse 375, 378–9, 383, 384
Keeper of the Royal Archives 383
Kelly, Alison, 96–7
Kelly, Sir Gerald 311
Kensington Palace 4, 113–4, 122, 332–3
Kent, Edward, Duke of (1767–1820) 76, 78–9, 80, 119
Kent, George, Duke of 209, 245, 258, 267, 279
Kent, Marina, Duchess of 245, 258, 279
Kent, Victoire, Duchess of 73, 78–9, 80, 113–15, 121, 174
after accession of Victoria 123, 126, 144
Victoria’s marriage 130, 132, 134
Kenya: royal tour 335
Keppel, Mrs 191, 206
Kew Gardens 37, 94n, 367
Kew Palace 51, 54, 58, 78–9
Key (Minister of Works) 321
King’s Bedchamber 39, 41
King’s Breakfast Room 71
King’s Closet 41
King’s Dining Room 71, 75
King’s Dressing Room 41
‘King’s Palace in St James’s Park’ 86–7
King’s Warm Room 41
Kipling, Rudyard 258–9
Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame 372
Kitchener, Lord 241
kitchens 35, 98, 107–8, 125, 158, 169
cooks 347
intruder 149
Kneller, Sir Godfrey 71
Knight, Clara 289, 310, 339
Knollys, Sir Francis 193, 205, 206, 215n
Knollys, Sir William 193
Knyvett, Sir Thomas 4
Korean reception 200
labour and labour relations 217–18, 227, 239, 245, 257, 274
George VI 290–91, 294–5, 317
Queen Mary’s help to women 234–8, 238n
strikes and disputes 105, 217, 247–8, 358, 368
Ladies of the Bedchamber 126, 127–8, 352–4
Ladies-in-Waiting 353, 354, 363
Laguerre, Louis CP6
Laguerre, Marie Josephine 389
lakes 94, 152, 285, 367, 371
Laking, Sir Francis 201
Lamb, Caroline 106
Lamb, William, see Melbourne, 2nd Viscount
