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Her Majesty

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by Robert Hardman


  Phillips, Zara 28, 73, 196

  Pimlott, Ben 3, 14, 20, 171, 310

  Pittaway, Gary 8

  Plunket, Lord 137

  Poland 96, 189, 314

  Ponsonby, Sir Frederick 189

  Port of Spain, Trinidad 302–8

  Portillo, Michael 177

  Portsmouth Guildhall 38

  Prada, Miuccia 41

  Precey, Doug 248, 249

  Prescott, John 177

  Press Council 209

  Press Office 14, 196, 198, 201, 209, 248, 249

  Press Secretary 197–8, 205–17

  Prince Philip Designer’s Prize 269n

  Prince’s Trust 74–5, 116, 276, 328

  Prince’s Youth Business Trust 75

  Princess Royal (Princess Anne) 33, 71, 107, 135; birth 280; eventing 133; investitures 253; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; kidnap attempt 59, 277; marriages and divorce 23, 74, 90, 96, 215, 234; patronages 149, 286; personality 273, 277; relations with father 277; royal engagements 210, 216

  Private Eye 44

  Private Secretary 75, 76, 188–92, 215

  Private Secretary’s Office 24–5, 84, 99, 191, 198, 209, 285

  Privy Council 22, 130, 157–9

  Privy Purse 88, 130

  Privy Purse Charitable Trust 328

  Privy Purse Office 78, 139–40

  Prochaska, Frank 17, 328; Royal Bounty 288

  Profumo, John 21

  Qaboos, Sultan of Oman 318–20

  Qatar 317

  Queen, The (film) 103, 173

  Queen and Country (documentary) 227

  Queen at 80, The (documentary) 227

  Queen in Australia, The (film) 194–5

  Queen Mother at 100, The (ITV TV) 223–4

  Queen’s Award to Industry 288

  Queen’s Gallery 284

  Queen’s Silver Jubilee Trust 328

  Radio Times 207

  Raini, Gillian 313

  Ramsay of Mar, Captain Alexander 84

  Reagan, President Ronald 16, 172

  Reaseheath College, Cheshire 245–7, 249–51

  Red Arrows 123

  Rees, Martin, Baron Rees 71, 72

  Rees, Merlyn 57

  Reid, Sir Alan 36, 40, 111, 112, 130–31, 168, 328

  Remembrance Sunday 329

  Republic 30

  republicanism 26, 29–30, 309–12

  Restoration 72

  Rhodes, Cecil 8

  Rhodes, Sgt Footman Philip 259

  Rhodesia 172

  Rhys-Jones, Sophie, see Wessex, Countess of

  Richard III Society 86

  Richards, Lt-Col. Charles 123, 257

  Rifkind, Sir Malcolm 64, 137, 163, 314, 333–4

  Ritz Hotel, London 125–6

  Roberts, Sir Hugh 263

  Roberts, RSM Wayne 330

  Robinson, Major Simon 134

  Robinson, W, & Son 289

  Rodriguez, Willie 305

  Rolfe, Group Captain Hugh 233, 256, 257

  Rollo, Lt General Sir William 257

  Roman Catholicism 99, 323–4

  Rose, Kenneth 130, 314; on honours system 253; on Queen Mary 41; on Queen’s Ministers 180; on Royal Household 37, 189, 209; on royal stare 43, 44; on Sir John Miller 132; on snub to Duke of Edinburgh 281

  Ross, Lt-Colonel Sir Malcolm: as Comptroller 101, 138; and Diana’s funeral 102, 104–05; on New Labour era 180; on opening up of Buckingham Palace 48; on Queen’s workload 256; on royal investitures 63, 254, 257

  Rostropovich, Mstislav 132

  Roussin, Rene 127

  Royal Air Force 53, 123, 331

  Royal Albert Hall 41, 79

  Royal Almonry 325–6

  Royal Archives 247

  Royal Arms 185

  Royal Ascot 79, 123

  royal charters 157, 158

  Royal Collection 39, 48, 79, 140, 143, 259–64, 284

  Royal Collection Trust 94, 260

  Royal Commonwealth Society 305

  Royal Company of Archers 136, 334

  Royal Family:; alleged dysfunctionality 273, 275; celebrity status 75; change of name 234, 272, 281; charity work 85–6; Colonels-in-Chief 333–4; correspondence 248; extent of 84; finances 23, 74, 76–82, 87, 111–13, 186–7, 190; as Forces family 329, 330; inter-generational relations 97, 109, 118, 225; junior members 82–4, 216, 217, 218, 221, 312, 337; media and 83, 86–7, 196, 216, 225–6; official duties 84–5, 86–7; private lives 74, 82; Privy Counsellors 158n; and protocol 139, 246; public view of 197–8; relative freedom of 47; seating at state banquets 146; security 59–60; and social hierarchy 235–6; travel arrangements 62, 132–6; Way Ahead Group 24, 25, 84, 99, 273; see also Monarchy

  Royal Family (TV documentary, 1969) 16, 22, 58, 89, 210–14

  Royal Family Order 47

  Royal Festival Hall 70

  Royal Household 39, 65, 116–48, 214; bodyguards 136; Book Club 118, 121, 131; chefs 9, 126–9; confidentiality agreements 225; departments 39, 117; diversity 129; education and training 124, 125, 130, 282; equerries 119; Film Club 131; footmen 123–4, 125, 282; hospitality 116, 117, 119; hostility towards Duke of Edinburgh 282; Internet presence 39, 125, 129, 201, 263; intranet 131; ladies-in-waiting 203, 218, 237; link with Armed Forces 330; live-in members 121; and media 207; modernisation 11–12, 34, 39, 41, 75–82, 113, 119–24, 129, 130, 192, 247, 282–3; pay 125, 129; recruitment 124, 125, 126, 129; staff facilities 33–4, 118, 120–22, 129–30, 146; staff welfare fund 121; union membership 129; see also under individual departments and posts

  Royal Kennels, Sandringham 268

  Royal Library 140

  Royal Lodge 91

  Royal Marines 82

  Royal Marriages Act 157

  Royal Maundy 324–7

  Royal Mews 80, 131–6, 138, 142, 247, 250; car fleet 134–6; and State Opening of Parliament 161, 162

  Royal Mint 72; Advisory Committee 270

  Royal National Lifeboat Institution 8–9

  Royal Navy 62, 276, 279

  Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 85

  Royal Scottish Academy 290

  Royal Society 70–73

  Royal Stud, Sandringham 268

  Royal Train 58, 124, 208, 245, 248, 250

  Royal Variety Performance 59

  Royal Victorian Order 237

  royal visits 25, 65, 111–12, 115, 138, 269, 314–18; Australia (1868) 59; (1954) 194–6, 312, 321; (1963) 22, 214; (2002) 46; Britain: awaydays 241, 244–52, 269; Silver Jubilee tour (1977) 56–7; Canada(1964)61, 167, 314; (2011) 55; China (1986) 292; Commonwealth (1953–4) 5–6, 7, 20, 32, 194, 207, 214; (2003) 52; Eastern Europe (1996) 96, 314; Germany (2004) 62n; Ghana (1961) 61, 167; Gulf States 317–20; India and Pakistan (1992) 89; (1997) 179–80; Ireland (2011) 2, 11, 42, 52–3, 57, 314, 315–16; Italy (2000) 41; Lord Lieutenants and 240; Maldives (1972) 302; Mediterranean tour (1980) 37, 66; Nepal (1961) 316; New Zealand (1963) 214;(1970)214, 293; (2011) 312–13; Russia (1994) 52, 96, 98; (2004) 66; South Africa (1947) 50, 114, 143–4, 148, 280, 321; (1995) 53, 97, 114, 315; South Korea (1992) 90–91; Trinidad and Tobago (2009) 302–05; Thailand (1996) 99; USA (2007) 51; Zambia (1979) 168

  Royal Visits Advisory Committee 111

  Royal Welsh Regiment 329–30

  Royal Windsor Horse Show 46

  Royalty Protection team 59, 136

  Ruffles, Philip 71

  Russell, Clare, Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire 239

  Russia 52, 66, 96, 98, 289

  Rwanda 297, 301

  St George’s Chapel, Windsor 106

  St George’s House, Windsor 294

  St James’s Palace 79, 94, 97, 101, 110, 197, 225, 254

  Saltoun, Lady 84

  Sandhu, Professor Bhupinder 299

  Sandringham, Norfolk 48, 95, 118, 122, 169, 192; Duke of Edinburgh and 265–8, 288, 289; Estate 265–6, 267–8, 288; Museum 266; open to public 268; Royal Pigeon Loft 48, 268; Sheep Dip 265, 267; shooting 266; Wood Farm 267; York Cottage 235

  Sarkozy, Nicolas, President of
France 51, 306

  Saunders, Colette 249, 250

  Schneider, Nora 258

  Schroders 76, 79

  Scotland 13, 28, 42, 56, 122, 136, 205, 293

  Scottish National Party 28, 182

  Scottish Office 229

  Scottish Parliament 42, 181, 182

  Scully, Alexander 233

  Seago, Edward 269–70, 290

  Secretariat 193, 247–9

  Seraphin, Leon 9

  Serjeants at Arms 161

  Sewell, Brian 237

  Shanks, Nicola 131

  Sharma, Kalamesh 301, 308

  Shaw-Stuart, Sir Guy 239

  Shawcross, William 46, 50, 60, 89, 271

  Shea, Michael 68, 216–17

  Sherlock Holmes Museum, London 204

  Shooter, Adrian 258

  Shrewsbury, Earl of 238

  Shulman, Alexandra 201, 213

  Shulman, Milton 213

  Shuttleworth, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire 243, 244, 252

  Shuttleworth, Mark 115

  Silver Jubilee (1977) 23, 56, 87, 109, 191, 216

  Singapore Changi Airport 46

  Sissons, Peter 224

  Slovo, Gillian 146

  Smith, John 95

  Smith, Katherine 251

  Snowdon, Lord (Antony Armstrong-Jones) 169, 170, 236

  Sofia, Queen of Spain 68

  Somerville, Philip 199, 251

  Sophie, Princess George of Hanover 276

  South Africa 50, 53, 97, 114–16, 143–4, 148, 170, 280, 315, 321

  Sovereign Grant in, 111, 112, 113, 187

  Soviet Union 61

  Speakman, Private William 12n

  Spencer, Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer 74, 89

  Spencer, Jonathan 3, 139, 233, 246, 256

  Stanley, Brian 161

  State Opening of Parliament 40, 65n, 117n, 160–63, 183, 267

  state visitors to UK 127, 132, 134, 137–42, 144; Emir of Qatar 317; Obama 2, 11, 63, 117, 139, 140m; unwelcome guests 137, 255; Zuma 114–15, 116–17, 127, 142–8

  Steele, Lindsay 123–4

  Stirling Castle 64

  Stirrup, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock 146

  Stocker, Fusilier Shaun 329

  Strathclyde, Lord 233

  Straw, Jack 30, 50, 52, 174; and Freedom of Information Act 248; as Lord Chancellor 184; on multiculturalism 320–21; on religion 323, 324

  Succession to the Crown Bill 180

  Suez crisis (1956) 20, 21, 167

  Sun 90

  Sunday Times 86, 95, 98, 216–17

  Sunninghill Park 83

  Supreme Court 185

  Swan Upping 138

  Swaziland 305

  Sydney, Australia 6, 32, 59, 100, 222

  Talbot, Godfrey 209

  Tambo, Oliver 144

  Tame, Mary 259

  Taylor, Elizabeth 292

  Taylor, Mike 121

  terrorism 57, 58, 60, 62, 135, 158, 172, 203

  Thailand 99

  Thames Valley University 31, 124

  That Was The Week That Was (BBC TV) 209

  Thatcher, Margaret, Baroness Thatcher 89, 233, 252; and Blunt scandal 190; and Civil List 80, 81, 191; and Commonwealth 301, 309, 313, 315; Order of the Garter 88, 108–09; relations with Palace 56, 167, 171–3, 184, 216–17

  Time Team 196

  Times, The 27, 85, 92, 95

  Timmins, Connie 233

  Topolski, Feliks 291

  Tower of London: Jewel House 160, 263

  Townend, Sarah 230–31

  Townsend, Loch 195–6

  Townsend, Group Captain Peter 20, 208, 293

  Treasury 78, 80–81, 88, 93, 111, 168, 177, 178, 186

  Trevor-Morgan, Rachel 8

  Trinidad and Tobago 302–05

  Trinity College, Oxford 64

  Trooping the Colour 207, 331

  Tucker, William, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire 241–2

  Turner, Graham 310

  Twitter 39, 201

  Uganda 305

  United Arab Emirates 317

  United Nations 30, 51, 300

  Upper Volta dam 61

  USA: 9/11 57; and Africa 61; invasion of Grenada 172; Presidential visits to UK 139; royal visit (2007) 51; Watergate 18–19, 311

  Valiant, HMS 280

  Vanuatu 302, 308

  Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household 65, 155, 161

  Victoria, Queen 3, 32, 138, 264, 331; and Albert’s role 281; assassination attempts 59; and Church of England 323; Diamond Jubilee 2; diary 140n; Empire of 13, 307; funeral 105; image of 48; investitures 257, 259; in old age 55; personality 271; philanthropy 328; Privy Council meetings 158; Queen Victoria’s syndrome 2; and Royal Collection 260; State Openings of Parliament 161; unpopularity 337; withdrawal from public life 56

  Victoria of Prussia, Princess 235

  Victoria Cross and George Cross Association 59n, 330

  Vietnam War 22

  Vine, Jenny 203, 204

  Virginia, USA 51

  Wales 58

  Wales, Prince of (Prince Charles) 3, 25, 29, 31, 53; as artist 291; attacks on 59, 116, 135; birth and childhood 33, 98, 280; and Camilla 98, 106–07, 225; charity work 74–5, 276, 333; and Commonwealth 313; and constitutional reforms 182; and Diana’s death 101, 103, 105; Dimbleby book/film 98; as Duke of Cornwall 246; education 71, 200, 213, 311; environmental and agricultural interests 71–2, 73, 97, 245, 268, 284, 332; family descent 235; as father 222; finances 76; as future monarch 333–7; and government 332–3, 335; as heir apparent 52, 332; helicopter emergency landing 62; hunting 133, 332; interventions in public affairs 248, 332–4, 335; investiture as Prince of Wales 22, 58, 210, 332; investitures 253; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; marriage breakdown 89–91, 98, 196; marries Diana 23, 28, 74, 108, 174; and media 221, 222; patronages 321, 333; personality 275; relations with Blair 174; relations with father 275–6; religious views 334; role of 176, 332; and Royal Collection 260; royal engagements 100, 178, 216, 222, 245, 246; Royal Navy career 276; on royal vocation 275; separation and divorce 26, 96, 97, 99, 221; speeches 58; staff of 97, 109, 117–18, 147, 197, 225, 248; state banquets 146

  Walesa, Lech 16

  walkabouts 214–15

  Walker, Air Vice-Marshal Sir David 145, 148; as Master of the Household 119–20, 122–3, 125, 198; on Queen 34, 36

  Walsh, John 235

  Warren, Philip 247, 250, 251

  Warsaw, Poland 96

  Way Ahead Group 24, 25, 84, 99, 273

  Wazed, Sheikh Hasina 308

  Wearne, Harold 32

  Webb, Beatrice 236, 295

  Webb, Sidney 295

  Wellington, Duke of 243

  Wells, H.G. 236

  Wells, Rachel 254, 255

  Welsh Assemby 182

  Welsh Guards 142, 281n

  Wessex, Countess of (Sophie Rhys-Jones) 84, 106, 231, 232, 276

  Wessex, Earl of (Prince Edward) 16, 186, 213; birth 21; education 311; Estonian throne offered to 96–7; future Duke of Edinburgh 276, 285; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82–3; relations with parents 276; royal duties 84, 231, 232; wedding 106, 276

  Westminster, Duke of 250

  Westminster Abbey 4, 5, 84, 105, 144, 298, 325

  Wheaton, Ray 114, 147–8, 259

  Whitaker, James 221

  Whitehead, Sherri 331

  Whitlam, Gough 309

  Wigram, Sir Clive 189

  Wilkinson, Peter 250

  Willetts, David 72

  William, Prince, see Cambridge, Duke of

  Williams, Gareth, Baron Williams of Mostyn 180, 187

  Williams, Jane 146

  Williams, Dr Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury 13, 147; on Charles as defender of faiths 334; on Queen’s multiculturalism 320; on Queen’s religious faith 35–6, 322, 323

  Williams, Royston and Anne 330

  Wilson, Sir Harold 22, 59, 169–70, 192, 212

  Wimbledon Tennis Championships 51, 58, 248

  Windsor 106n, 107

  Windso
r Castle 56, 59, 87, 106, 219, 236, 240; banquets 36, 317; Duke of Edinburgh and 265, 266; farm and stud 36, 43; finances 79; fire and restoration 24, 48, 91–3, 100, 175, 260, 284; investitures 255–6; kitchens 127; Queen Mary’s Dolls House 328; staff facilities 129–30; visitors 259, 263, 302, 317

  Windsor Great Park 141, 266–7

  Winskill, Air Commodore Archie 66

  Winston, Robert, Lord Winston 298

  Witchell, Nicholas 152

  Woman’s Own 207

  Wood, Tanya 305

  Woodard, Sir Robert 176

  World War I 234

  World War II 40, 51, 59, 60, 234, 255, 265, 279, 295, 329

  World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 284, 286, 289, 294, 316

  Worsley, Dr Lucy 264

  Year with the Queen, A (BBC TV) 226

  Yeomen of the Guard 136, 138, 231, 326, 327, 334

  York, Duchess of (Sarah Ferguson) 47, 74, 75, 99, 107; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; scandals 89, 90, 192

  York, Duke of (Prince Andrew) 61; birth 21; on changing monarchy 2, 12; divorce 26, 74, 90, 99, 221; on Duke of Edinburgh 268; education 311; on family relations 274; home 83; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; on legacy 338; on monarchy as long game 17–18; patronages 286; personality 277–8; on Queen 35, 46, 47, 51, 193; on royal finances 112, 113; as royal lightning conductor 107; Royal Navy career 62, 268–9, 276; as trade ambassador 17, 276; wedding 23, 74; and Windsor Fire 91

  Yorke, Dwight 304

  YouTube 39, 201

  Zambia 168, 178

  Zimbabwe 172, 301

  Zuma, Jacob, President of South Africa 114–16, 127, 137, 139, 142–8, 308

  Zuma, Nkosazana 116, 146

  Zuma, Thobeka Madiba 142, 148

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