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128.
Sophie Wessex, Princess Anne: Ibid., April 9, 2002.
129.
Just before the Queen’s broadcast: BBC News, April 9, 2002.
130.
They described how they had taught:
The Observer
, April 7, 2002.
131.
“Darling, lunch was marvelous”: Ibid.
132.
Crown Jeweler David Thomas was up: David Thomas interview.
133.
“like the sun”: Carey, p. 417.
134.
“the senior royal lady”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
135.
“a terrible wallop of grief”: Ibid.
136.
“It was a huge thing”: Elizabeth Anson interview.

NINETEEN: Moving Pictures

    1.
“The British have lost the habit”:
The Independent
, Jan. 27, 2002.
    2.
In keeping with its “softly, softly”: Simon Walker interview.
    3.
Shipping magnate Jeffrey Sterling:
The Times
, March 14, 2002; Aug. 5, 2002.
    4.
A crucial part of the Palace strategy: Simon Walker interview.
    5.
Private polling and focus groups: Robert Worcester interview.
    6.
The Palace intentionally launched: Simon Walker interview.
    7.
“there was something truly pathetic”: Alastair Campbell, p. 618.
    8.
Afterward, Simon Walker suggested: Simon Walker interview.
    9.
“What a relief!”: Cherie Blair, p. 270.
  10.
“when she had been doing her professional”: Alastair Campbell, p. 619.
  11.
“Change has become a constant”:
Daily Telegraph
, May 1, 2002.
  12.
Only days earlier:
The Guardian
, April 24, 2002.
  13.
“an historic opportunity to bring”: Queen Elizabeth II speech during visit to Parliament buildings on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, Northern Ireland Assembly Website.
  14.
“It was important to have young support”: Simon Walker interview. 446 When Elizabeth II appeared:
The Guardian
, June 4, 2002. 446 who wore yellow earplugs: Ibid.
  15.
“50 extraordinary years”:
The Independent
, June 4, 2002.
  16.
“Deference may be inherited”: Ibid., June 5, 2002.
  17.
Fifty men who had been pages: Confidential interviews.
  18.
“The Queen coming to White’s”: Confidential interviews.
  19.
“People woke up and realized”: Charles Anson interview.
  20.
“have proved conclusively”: BBC News, June 5, 2002.
  21.
“The public felt the Queen was paying attention”: Robert Worcester interview.
  22.
“at length”: Burrell, p. 321.
  23.
He said that Diana’s mother: Ibid.
  24.
“he had taken some of the princess’s papers”: Buckingham Palace chronology of the Queen’s involvement in the Paul Burrell Case, Nov. 12, 2002, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
  25.
just one topic among many: Burrell, pp. 318–22; Report to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by Sir Michael Peat and Edmund Lawson QC, March 13, 2002 (Peat Report), p. 75.
  26.
Three years later: Burrell, pp 340, 342–43.
  27.
the Queen was briefed several times: Buckingham Palace chronology; Peat Report, p. 76.
  28.
she didn’t think his passing reference: Peat Report, p. 74.
  29.
“private”: Ibid., p. 76.
  30.
Philip and Charles were discussing: Buckingham Palace chronology, Peat Report, p. 74.
  31.
“on a false premise”:
New York Times
, Nov. 1, 2002.
  32.
“old woman being forgetful”:
The Independent
, Nov. 3, 2002.
  33.
“She was playing patience”: Confidential interview.
  34.
“anything improper or remiss”: Peat Report, p. 77.
  35.
The previous November:
The Times
, Nov. 8, 2002.
  36.
“She drove her own Range Rover”: Nini Ferguson interview.
  37.
which required arthroscopic surgery: Buckingham Palace announcements, Jan. 13, 2003, Jan. 14, 2003, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
  38.
“languishing indoors”: Queen Elizabeth II to Monty Roberts, Jan. 19, 2003.
  39.
had an identical operation: Buckingham Palace announcements, Dec. 9, 2003, Dec. 12, 2003, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
  40.
“They are about 14 hands high”: Michael Oswald interview.
  41.
Now she would go instead: Margaret Rhodes interview.
  42.
Her cottage in Windsor Great Park: Author’s observations.
  43.
“How would you like to live in suburbia?”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
  44.
Each Sunday the Queen takes the wheel: Ibid.
  45.
“This may sound impertinent”: Robert Salisbury interview.
  46.
“more understanding of the wonders”: Monty Roberts interview.
  47.
a handsome high-ceilinged room: Author’s observations.
  48.
“Oh tell Malcolm not to be so silly”: Malcolm Ross interview.
  49.
“Never have I seen anyone”: Annabel Goldsmith interview.
  50.
“Oh yes … Robert and I were in a nightclub”: Robert Salisbury interview.
  51.
Twenty-five years the Queen’s junior:
Daily Mail
, April 11, 2006.
  52.
“there is lots of jolly laughter”: Anne Glenconner interview.
  53.
“She has moved into the vacuum”: Confidential interview.
  54.
“Angela understands the Queen needs”: Confidential interview.
  55.
“I have heard that Damien Hirst”: Piers Allen interview.
  56.
“Angela will come up with something”: Confidential interview.
  57.
“As Bush arrives, we reveal Mirrorman”:
The Mirror
, Nov. 19, 2003.
  58.
Inside the paper were fourteen pages: Ibid.
  59.
“not nearly haughty enough”:
Sunday Times
, Nov. 23, 2003.
  60.
“our man’s exposé of Windsor”:
The Mirror
, Nov. 20, 2003.
  61.
“a highly objectionable invasion”:
Daily Express
, Nov. 25, 2003.
  62.
he timed publication:
The Guardian
, Nov. 21, 2003.
  63.
all of which had an improvised feel: Ibid., Nov. 29, 2003.
  64.
“She was unruffled”: George W. Bush interview.
  65.
“It was like old friends week”: Catherine Fenton interview.
  66.
“Whatever did you do that for, man?”: Tony Blair, p. 305.
  67.
Debate over the ban consumed:
The Spectator
, Sept. 11, 2010.

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