Elizabeth the Queen (87 page)

  88.
She told Labour politician: Barbara Castle,
The Castle Diaries, 1964–1976
, p. 213.

  89.
“I’ve never worked so hard”: Bradford, p. 108.

  90.
That night, she and Margaret Rose: Margaret Rhodes,
The Final Curtsey
, pp. 66–67; Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 124, recounting Toni de Bellaigue’s memories.

  91.
“provided us with sandwiches”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 124.

  92.
“Out in crowd again”: Rhodes, p. 69.

  93.
“It was a unique burst of personal freedom”: Ibid., p. 68.

  94.
“walked miles … Ran through Ritz”: Ibid., p. 69.

  95.
“the princesses wished to be treated”:
The Times
, Aug. 8, 1945.

TWO: Love Match

    1.
“There was a whole battalion”: Lady Anne Glenconner interview.

    2.
“boulevardier”: Hugo Vickers,
Alice Princess Andrew of Greece
, p. 210.

    3.
“The family broke up”: Brandreth, pp. 33–34.

    4.
“He was one of those boys”: Sir Trevor McDonald,
The Duke: A Portrait of Prince Philip
, Indigo Television for ITV, May 13, 2008.

    5.
“born leader”: Wheeler-Bennett, p. 748.

    6.
“intelligence and spirit”: Brandreth, p. 39.

    7.
“Prince Philip is a more sensitive”: Patricia Brabourne interview.

    8.
“never took her eyes off him”: Crawford, p. 101.

    9.
“been in love for the past eighteen”: Bradford, p. 105.

  10.
“intelligent, has a good sense of humour”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 579.

  11.
“the simple enjoyment”: Ibid., p. 578.

  12.
All he left: Vickers,
Alice
, p. 321.

  13.
“descants and ditties”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 598. 29 “pink and fawn”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 126.

  14.
She invited Mrs. Vicary Gibbs: Mabel, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold: The Memoir of Mabel, Countess of Airlie
, edited by Jennifer Ellis, pp. 223–24.

  15.
“absolutely natural”: Campbell-Preston, p. 217.

  16.
“danced every dance”: Ibid., p. 219.

  17.
He was a frequent visitor: Crawford, pp. 175–77.

  18.
“all the good things which have happened”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 625.

  19.
“Philip had a capacity for love”: Turner, p. 34.

  20.
“would not have been a difficult person”: Patricia Brabourne interview.

  21.
“pin-up”: Michael Dewar, editor,
All the Queen’s Horses: A Golden Jubilee Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen
, p. 11.

  22.
“sugar pink”: Cecil Beaton,
The Strenuous Years: Diaries, 1948–1955
, p. 143.

  23.
“She sort of expands”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  24.
“was always trying to catch up”: Anne Glenconner interview.

  25.
“one of the most becoming frocks”: Crawford, p. 165.

  26.
“I think people thought ‘Aha!’ ”: Patricia Brabourne interview.

  27.
“Royal Firm”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, pp. 15, 140.

  28.
“a practical little man”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 602.

  29.
The first several days: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Royal Family on Board the HMS
Vanguard
.”

  30.
Elizabeth carried a photograph: Crawford, p. 185.

  31.
The princesses were enchanted: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Royal Welcome to Capetown”; “Royal Family Visits Ostrich Farm”; “Royal Visit to Durban and Zululand”; “Royal Family Tour the Kruger National Park.”

  32.
“guilty that we had got away”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 612.

  33.
“quite sucked dry sometimes”: Ibid., p. 619.

  34.
her mother’s ability to still his “gnashes”: Ibid., pp. 618–19.

  35.
“terrible and glorious years”: “21st birthday speech,” April 21, 1947, Official Website of the British Monarchy.

  36.
The address was written: Brandreth, p. 153.

  37.
“the trumpet-ring”: Ibid.

  38.
Reading the text for the first time: Helen Cathcart,
Her Majesty the Queen: The Story of Elizabeth II
, p. 80.

  39.
“200 million other people cry”: Ibid.

  40.
“a lump into millions”: S. Evelyn Thomas,
Princess Elizabeth: Wife and Mother: A Souvenir of the Birth of Prince Charles of Edinburgh
, p. 47.

  41.
“Of course I wept”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 621.

  42.
“solid and endearing”: May 13, 1947, LASL 4/4/17, Sir Alan Lascelles Papers, Churchill College, Cambridge University.

  43.
“an astonishing solicitude”: Sir Alan Lascelles to Lady Lascelles, April 30, 1947, LASL 4/4/2/17, Lascelles Papers.

  44.
They had made a great effort: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Royal Tour Reaches Pretoria and Johannesburg”; “Tribesmen Gather for Royal Visit.”

  45.
the princesses sometimes in their dressing gowns: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 615.

  46.
After boarding the
Vanguard:
Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Capetown Bids Farewell to Royal Family.”

  47.
“real”: Pimlott, p. 110.

  48.
“There was luxury, sunshine and gaiety”: Pimlott, p. 124, citing Jock Colville unpublished diary, end of Aug. 1947, Sept. 21 and 29, 1947.

  49.
In 1947 the Crown Estate provided: Zaki Cooper, assistant press secretary to the Queen, email, June 17, 2010.

  50.
“sensational evening”: Noel Coward,
The Noel Coward Diaries
, p. 96.

  51.
“he dealt them out like playing cards”: Lady Elizabeth Longman interview.

  52.
“busy refilling the cigarette boxes”: Dean, p. 46.

  53.
“suddenly and apparently without difficulty”: Ibid.

  54.
“very brave or very foolish”: Patricia Brabourne interview.

  55.
“Nothing was going to change for her”: Ibid.

  56.
“a flash of colour”: Gilbert, p. 359.

  57.
“patience, a ready sympathy”: British Pathé Newsreel, “The Princess Weds,” Nov. 20, 1947.

  58.
“tumultuous expression of good will”: Ibid.

  59.
“the bride snugly ensconced”: Cathcart, p. 92.

  60.
As they alighted: Ibid.

  61.
“like a female Russian commando”: Rhodes, p. 35.

  62.
“I only hope that I can bring up”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 630.

  63.
“Cherish Lilibet?”: Ibid., p 631.