Queen's House (63 page)

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 V
I 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 V
I.

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 V
I, 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 V
I.

40
.
ibid
.

41
. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, private conversation.

42
. Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 20 August, 1940.

43
.
King George V
I to Queen Mary, 11 September 1940, Royal Archives, Geo V CC 12

44
. Royal Archives, G.VI. P.S. 4920/1.

45
.
King George V
I to Queen Mary, 14 September 1940, Royal Archives, George V, CC 12/136.

46
. Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 13 September 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 V
I to Queen Mary, 14 September 1947, quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.

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
.

94
. Sir John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
.

95
.
ibid
.

96
.
ibid
.

97
.
ibid
.

98
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.

99
. Sir John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
.

100
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.

101
.
ibid
.

102
.
ibid
.

103
.
King George V
I to Princess Elizabeth on her honeymoon, quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.

104
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.

105
.
ibid
.

106
. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
lixom
King George V
I's address to the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, Buckingham Palace, 27 April 1949, Memorandum by Sir Alan Lascelles.

107
.
ibid
.

108
. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.

109
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.

110
.
King George V
I to a friend, quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King
George VI.

111
. Winston Churchill, source unknown.

112
. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.

113
. Ben Pimlott, The Queen:
A Biography of Queen Elizabeth II
, Harper Collins, 1996.

114
.
ibid
.

115
. Lord Charteris, private conversation.

116
.
ibid
.

117
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.

118
. Winston Churchill in the House of Commons, Hansard, 11 February 1952.

119
. Clement Attlee, Labour Leader of the Opposition, Hansard, 11 February 1952.

120
.
ibid
.

CHAPTER TEN

1
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold,
ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.

2
. Quoted Sarah Bradford,
Elizabeth: A Biography of HM The Queen,
Heinemann, 1966.

3
. Hansard, 25 March 1953.

4
. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt,
On My Own,
Harper & Row, New York, 1958.