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111.
For her four-hour flight: Author’s observations.
112.
In years past: Duncan, p. 19; Morrow, pp. 111, 118.
113.
“Every word she says”: Kamalesh Sharma interview.
114.
“The Commonwealth is very much her legacy”: Brian Mulroney interview.
115.
“many of us would have left”: Shawcross,
Q and C
, p. 48.
116.
She could discuss grazing rights: Bradford, p. 229.
117.
or a particular leader’s fishing habits: Shawcross,
Q and C
, p. 201.
118.
favorite hymns: Margaret Rhodes interview.
119.
“Commonwealth psychotherapist”:
The Times
, April 16, 1986.
120.
“doesn’t look at photographers”: Robin Nunn interview.
121.
Elizabeth II was interested in seeing: Eric Jenkinson interview.
122.
The Queen seemed unperturbed: Author’s observations.
123.
filming for the monarchy’s website: Peter Wilkinson interview.
124.
The schedule called for 4.5 minutes: Eric Jenkinson interview.
125.
“I don’t have time to use it much!”: Author’s observations.
126.
Pausing briefly: Eric Jenkinson interview.
127.
“That was a seamless”: Confidential interview.
128.
“I sometimes think”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

TWENTY-ONE: Long Live the Queen

    1.
“How kind they are to me!”: Lytton Strachey, p. 156.
    2.
“Three cheers for the Queen!”: Lacey,
Monarch
, p. 40.
    3.
“Her reputation now is as high”: Charles Powell interview.
    4.
“the largest flotilla”: Diamond Jubilee Foundation statement, April 5, 2011.
    5.
“oiled and manacled MPs”:
The Guardian
, April 5, 2011.
    6.
“ideas” year: Confidential interview.
    7.
“Republicanism isn’t even an esoteric”:
The Times
, Nov. 13, 2009. 501 In one movie theater after another:
The Guardian
, Nov. 12, 2011.
    8.
“On the whole she quite liked it”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
    9.
“redressing the economic balance”: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, Dec. 25, 1983, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
  10.
“the sheet anchor in the middle”: David Airlie interview.
  11.
She had first glimpsed:
Daily Mail
, May 10, 2010.
  12.
“constitutional obligation”: Ibid., July 29, 2010.
  13.
“It was important for Geidt”: Simon Lewis interview.
  14.
“I can’t keep the Queen waiting”: Ibid.
  15.
“a big generous offer”:
Daily Mail
, July 29, 2010. 503 “I said I couldn’t be totally sure”: Ibid.
  16.
the Queen’s treasurer took: Civil List Act of 1972, Report of the Royal Trustees, June 22, 2010 (Treasury Report), “Background Information and Review of Performance,” p. 6.
  17.
By 2009, yearly Civil List: Treasury Report, p. 33.
  18.
“careful housekeeping” HM Treasury, Budget Announcement on the Civil List for 2011, June 22, 2010.
  19.
In addition, Elizabeth II planned: Treasury Report, p. 61.
  20.
Charles spent £9 million: The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall Annual Review 2010 (PoW Annual Review), p. 40.
  21.
“so that my successors do not”:
The Independent
, Oct. 21, 2010.
  22.
“adversely high”:
The Mail
, Oct. 24, 2010.
  23.
Buckingham Palace has been losing:
The Mail
, July 5, 2010.
  24.
To recognize two of her ladies-in-waiting: Confidential interview.
  25.
“credit crunch couture”:
The Times
, Oct. 22, 2009.
  26.
her £1.3 million catering: Treasury Report, p. 33.
  27.
“We have no experts in royal history”: Confidential interview.
  28.
“We are not about demystifying”: Ibid.
  29.
“the space of young people”: Ibid.
  30.
which costs the British government:
Daily Telegraph
, May 30, 2010.
  31.
plus his £249,000:
Daily Mail
, July 12, 2010.
  32.
Government officials credited:
Financial Times
, May 23, 2010.
  33.
His lobbying for British industry:
The Guardian
, Nov. 29, 2010.
  34.
“It’s not about the power”:
Daily Telegraph
, Oct. 24, 2009.
  35.
Nevertheless, Andrew’s questionable associates: Buckingham Palace statement, July 21, 2011; BBC News, July 21, 2011.
  36.
She even won the approval:
Daily Telegraph
, Aug. 9, 2010.
  37.
employing eleven:
Daily Mail
, May 29, 2010;
Financial Times
, May 23, 2010.
  38.
“never does accept a penny … lick of the spoon”:
Sunday Times
, May 23, 2010.
  39.
“sincerely sorry”:
The Independent
, May 24, 2010.
  40.
The guest of honor was:
Daily Telegraph
, Aug. 1, 2010.
  41.
On August 2, 2010, Charles assumed: Ashe Windham interview.
  42.
He raised more than £110 million: PoW Annual Review, p. 24.
  43.
“He has made a full life”: Nancy Reagan interview.
  44.
“is high octane”: Confidential interview.
  45.
“He is probably an instinctively”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
  46.
“has no illusions”: Charles Anson interview.
  47.
“Camilla soothes things”: Anne Glenconner interview.
  48.
“You sense he maneuvers”: Confidential interview.
  49.
“that person is for or against”: Confidential interview.
  50.
“It is fair to say when he feels”: Patricia Brabourne interview.
  51.
When he goes to stay at Sandringham: Confidential interview.
  52.
he is known to eat a different meal: Roy Strong interview and confidential interview.
  53.
“as good if not better”: Confidential interview.
  54.
When Anne Glenconner’s sister got cancer: Anne Glenconner interview.
  55.
Charles has eleven: PoW Annual Review, pp. 54–56.
  56.
“There is nobody I admire more”: Malcolm Ross interview.
  57.
“revolution … mechanistic approach”:
Daily Mail
, Dec. 18, 2010.

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