Her Majesty (68 page)
Authors: Robert Hardman
Alice of Battenburg, Princess
275
n,
278
,
279
,
280
,
294–4
All Saints, Windsor Great Park
323
,
325
Allison, Ronald
59
; as BBC royal correspondent
215
; on Canadian republicanism
311
; on Colville
209–10
; on Heath
171
; on Mobutu visit
137
; as Press Secretary
215
,
170
,
191
; on Queen
57
,
63
; on royal diary
32
; on Royal Yacht
65–6
Almond, Paul
161
Althorp, Northamptonshire
105
,
234
Althorp, Viscount
86
Altrincham, Lord (John Grigg)
21
,
39
,
208
,
237
ambassadors: British
137
,
175
; foreign
133–4
,
156
,
193
,
211
,
233
Amies, Hardy
41
Anderson, Ailsa
197
Anderson, Douglas and Deirdre
200
Andrew, Prince,
see
York, Duke of
Andrew of Greece, Prince
278
,
279
,
291
Andrew of Greece, Princess,
see
Alice of Battenburg
Andrews, Marion
258
Anglesey
110
Anne, Princess,
see
Princess Royal
Annenberg, Walter
211–12
Anson, Charles: on junior royals
97
,
99
; on modernisation
25
; as Press Secretary
217
,
221
; on Queen
35
,
45
,
322
; on royal finances
87
,
88
; on Thatcher
171
,
172
; and TV documentaries
219
; on Windsor fire
91
Anstee, Nick, Lord Mayor of London
9
,
10
Archer, Jeffrey, Baron Archer
180
Argyll, Duke of
239
Armstrong-Jones, Antony,
see
Snowdon, Lord
Arsenal Football Club
141
Asprey, Helen
110
Association of British Car Manufacturers
134
Association of Lord-Lieutenants
242
,
243
Astronomer Royal
71
Attenborough, David
213
Attlee, Clement
177
Australia
29
,
31
,
248
,
311
,
336
; art
290
; cancelled tour (1949)
206
; floods (2011)
312
,
313
; republicanism
59
,
309–311
,
312
; royal tours
6
,
22
,
32
,
46
,
54
,
194–6
,
207–08
,
293
,
312
,
321
Australian Daily Mirror
196
Automobile Association
284
awaydays
241
,
244–52
,
269
Bagehot, Walter
16
,
17
,
18
,
45
;
The English Constitution
15
,
160
Bagnall, Frank
195
Bagwell-Purefoy, Jeremy
255
,
257
Bailey, David
199
Baker, James
218
Balmoral Castle
95
,
99
,
102
,
220
; family life at
16
,
64
,
154
,
155
,
173
,
211
,
212
; Ghillies’ Ball
37
,
130
; Prime Ministerial visits
154–5
,
173
; Prince Philip and
265
,
266
; Princess Royal’s wedding
96
; staff facilities
122
,
124
Barbour, Margaret
200
Bartley, Derek
259
Bateman, H.M.
37
Bayliss, Mary, Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire
239
BBC
195
,
209
,
324
; Coronation coverage
207
; Diana’s
Panorama
interview
98
,
196
,
221–2
; Events Department
224–5
; News
198
,
224
; Queen’s Christmas broadcast
221
; Radio Five Live
152
; relationship with monarchy
208
,
221
,
222–4
; royal charter
157
; royal correspondents
152
,
215
,
221
; royal documentaries
212
,
218–20
,
226
; Sports Personality of the Year
73
; TV satire
209
Beaton, Inspector Jim
59
n
Beavis, Alan
258
Beckham, David
109
Bedford, Dowager Duchess of
289
Belfast, Northern Ireland
60
Bellisario, Ray
208
Benn, Tony
212
Bercow, Sally
168
Betfair
38
Bhumibol, King of Thailand
99
Bigge, Sir Arthur
189
Birdwood, Lt-Colonel Gordon
228
,
229
,
231
,
232
,
233
Birkenhead, Lord
167
Birthday Parade
59
,
70
,
84
,
133
n,
298
,
331
Biyase, Nduna
115
Black Wednesday (1992)
173
Blahnik, Manolo
200
Blair, Tony
108–09
,
200
; audiences with Queen
153
,
188
; Balmoral visits
154
; Cabinet reshuffle (2003)
184
; on Charles
332–3
,
337
; and class system
238
; constitutional reforms
181–5
; and Diana’s funeral
101
,
103
,
179
; memoirs (
A Journey
)
101
,
104
,
152
,
154
n,
174
,
277
,
300
; on monarchy
15
,
30
; on Princess Royal
277
; on Queen
34
,
37
,
322
; relations with Palace
168
,
173
; and Royal Yacht
177–8
,
179
Blount, Air Commodore John
62
Blumenthal, Heston
287
Bodley-Scott, Sir Ronald
59
Bogdanor, Professor Vernon
164
,
188
Bolland, Mark
225
Bombay, India
175–6
Bond, Jennie
221
Bowater, Sir Noel, Lord Mayor of London
5
,
6
,
7
Brabourne, Lady Doreen
53
n
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
198
Bradshaw, Sue
233
Braemar Highland Gmaes
154
Brandreth, Gyles
47
,
177
,
270
,
275
,
282
Briggs, David, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire
245
,
249
,
250
Brighton bombing (1984)
172
Brindley, May
327
Britain: anti-Establishment movement
21–2
; Armed Forces
62
,
329–31
; class system
236–8
; constitutional monarchy
19
,
164–6
; devolution
28
; foreign policy
313
,
316–17
; immigration
320–21
; multiculturalism
13–14
,
320
; New Labour’s constitutional reforms
181–5
; religion
13–14
; republicanism
29–30
,
31
; sense of nationhood
18
; social attitudes
233–4
; support for monarchy
31
Britannia
, Royal Yacht
16
,
56
,
87
,
219
,
302
; decommissioned
175–8
,
191
; informal atmosphere aboard
65–6
; royal tours
6
,
10
,
20
,
53
,
68–9
,
176–7
,
178
,
317
; Sunday prayers
323
; trade receptions
175–6
British Association for the Advancement of Science
287
British Empire Medal
253
Bromley-Davenport, Sir Bill, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire
245
Brooke, Peter
92
Brown, Gordon
51
,
108–09
; as Chancellor
178
; relations with Palace
185–6
;
resignation
149–51
,
164
,
166
Brown, Sarah
150–51
Browning, Lt General Sir Frederick ‘Boy’
283
,
291
Bryant, Chris
294
Buckingham Palace
32
,
56
,
166
; 1844 Room
157
,
158
; balcony appearances
84
,
97
,
167
,
331
; Ballroom
140
,
141
,
147–8
,
330
; Belgian Suite
139
; Billiard Room
160
,
161
; Bow Room
139
,
143
; Duke’s personal library
291
; finances
79
; flagpole
101
,
102
; garden café
40
,
262
; garden parties
228–33
,
238
; gardens
196
,
232
,
330
; Grand Hall
143
; hospitality
11
,
114
,
115–16
,
119
,
126
,
140
; intranet
131
; IRA plan to attack
60
; Jubilee concerts
27–8
,
40
,
115
; kitchens
128–9
,
145
; luncheons and dinners
284
; Music Room
147
; opened to public
24
,
40
,
48
,
95
,
260
,
262
; Picture Gallery
116
,
143
; Private Audience Room
152
; Quadrangle
142
,
149
,
150
,
151
,
152
,
162
; receptions
198–201
,
230
,
246
; recreational facilities
33–4
,
118
; Regency Room
139
,
161
; South Drawing Room
147
; staff,
see
Royal Household; staff wing
120–21
; state banquets
140–41
,
144–8
,
210
,
218
; state visits
138–9
,
142–8
; swimming pool
33
,
118
,
139
; White Drawing Room
114
Burgess, Fusilier Jonathan
330
Burrell, Paul
225
Burton, Sarah
109
Business in the Community
335
Buthlay, Major George
206
Butler, Jan
232
Butler, R.A. ‘Rab’
20
Caernarvon, Wales
58
Calame, Wing Commander Andrew
150
,
151
,
257–8
Callaghan, James, Baron Callaghan
49
,
153
,
169
,
188
Callas, Maria
85
Cambridge, Duchess of (Catherine Middleton)
264
,
336–7
; family background
235
; media and
225
,
226
; official engagements
84
; wedding
2
,
4
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
53–4
,
108
Cambridge, Duke of (Prince William)
9
,
51
; birth and childhood
74
; and Charles’s second marriage
107
; and death of Diana
101
,
105
; as future monarch
336–7
; honeymoon
11
; honorary poistions
70
,
71
,
72
; on Ireland visit
11
,
53
,
315
,
316
; media and
225–6
; military career
53
,
55
,
62
,
73
,
110
,
330–31
,
337
; on Queen
1
,
11
,
32
,
35
,
45
,
51
,
52
,
53
,
338
; on Prime Ministerial audiences
154
; private life
110
,
337
; relationship with Harry
110
; on role of Duke of Edinburgh
268
,
287
; at Royal Society
70–73
; royal tours and visits
54
,
55
,
307
,
312–13
,
320
; staff and office
109–11
,
197
; wedding
2
,
4
,
11
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
53–5
,
73
,
107–09
,
110
,
132
,
139