Elizabeth the Queen (96 page)

Read Elizabeth the Queen Online

Authors: Sally Bedell Smith

BOOK: Elizabeth the Queen
12.17Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
  14.
“It hit between wind and water”: Diaries of David Bruce, Jan. 30, 1965.
  15.
“only the Queen decides”: Gilbert, p. 823.
  16.
“mark of Royal favour”: Official Website of the British Monarchy.
  17.
who had regularly hosted: Ian Balding,
Making the Running: A Racing Life
, pp. 99, 103–4.
  18.
“Well, here it is”: Mary Soames interview.
  19.
“Whoever invented these robes”: “The Queen Off Duty,” YouTube video.
  20.
“she is highly practical”:
The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
, p. 765.
  21.
“no hanging about”: Deborah Devonshire,
Wait for Me!: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister
, p. 314.
  22.
Following the luncheon: Author’s observations, June 15, 2009.
  23.
“The Queen is always very concerned”: Lt. Col. Sir Malcolm Ross interview.
  24.
“It’s always very lucky”: “The Queen Off Duty,” YouTube video.
  25.
“hats off, hair down”:
The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
, p. 766.
  26.
“had very good views on everything”: Marcia Falkender interview. 183 “justify any proposals to her”: Shawcross,
Q and C
, p. 99.
  27.
“restraining influence”: Horne, p. 171.
  28.
“The fact that she was Queen”: Marcia Falkender interview.
  29.
When he was worried: Kenneth Rose interview.
  30.
“large, shamoblic bisexual”: A. N. Wilson,
Our Times: The Age of Elizabeth II
, p. 150.
  31.
“terribly degrading”: Tony Benn,
Out of the Wilderness: Diaries, 1963–1967
, p. 168.
  32.
“the most miniature bow”: Ibid., p. 169.
  33.
“lovely laugh … really very spontaneous”: Crossman,
The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister
, Vol. 2, p. 44.
  34.
“Oh that woman”:
Daily Telegraph
, Dec. 29, 2007.
  35.
“natural charm”: Shawcross,
Q and C
, p. 100.
  36.
“You and I would never have got”: Castle, p. 25.
  37.
“which kept the conversation going”: Bradford, p. 321.
  38.
She patiently listened: Benn, pp. 230–32.
  39.
“She took him for a mug”: Kenneth Rose interview. 185 “I’m sure you’ll miss your stamps”: Benn, p. 446.
  40.
“except in knowledge of horse flesh”: Diaries of David Bruce, April 23, 1968.
  41.
“walking wounded”: Michael Oswald interview.
  42.
The Royal Stud at Sandringham: Author’s observations.
  43.
“a horse had a good shoulder”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 249.
  44.
“She reads a lot, and she knows a lot”: Michael Oswald interview.
  45.
“rests always with the Queen”: Arthur FitzGerald,
Thoroughbreds of the Crown: The History and Worldwide Influence of the Royal Studs
, p. 136.
  46.
“Maternity Help and Marriage Guidance Center”: Michael Oswald interview.
  47.
“She is very matter-of-fact”: Ibid.
  48.
“dive bombing”: Ian Balding interview.
  49.
“Oh, that was scary”: Ibid.
  50.
“She has the ability to get calmer”: Monty Roberts interview.
  51.
“talking to her is almost like talking”: Turner, p. 75.
  52.
“If she had been a normal person”: Ian Balding interview.
  53.
“Some trainers suit a particular horse”: Turner, p. 75.
  54.
“She would watch”: Balding, p. 115.
  55.
She revisits her horses: Ian Balding interview.
  56.
“I had a feeling that it was incredibly dusty”: Ibid.
  57.
“used to be bananas about it”: Jean Carnarvon interview.
  58.
“I really think it is ridiculous”: Ian Balding interview.
  59.
“I never have”: Ibid.
  60.
“keen to win at all costs”: Dewar, ed., p. 62.
  61.
“He drives it”: Monty Roberts interview.
  62.
“She has an ability to get horses”: Pimlott, p. 107.
  63.
“She gets into it and investigates”: Monty Roberts interview.
  64.
“the Ascot Vigil”: Vickers,
Elizabeth the Queen Mother
, p. 409.
  65.
“formal day wear”: Diaries of David Bruce, June 20, 1962.
  66.
“The great thing about racing”: Michael Oswald interview.
  67.
“Look, it’s on the wrong leg”:
E II R
documentary.
  68.
“I don’t think that horse stayed”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 249.
  69.
“As a human being one always has hope”:
E II R
documentary.
  70.
The 1950s brought her a string: Dewar, ed., pp. 29–30.
  71.
“Racing is incredible”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 691.
  72.
“The Queen Mother accepted gratefully”: Ibid., p. 790.
  73.
“great gastronome”: Diaries of David Bruce, March 4, 1969.
  74.
She had one serious health scare: Shawcross,
QEQM
, pp. 816–17.
  75.
“Oh, the Cake!”:
The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
, p. 308.
  76.
“She really is superb”: Ibid., p. 433.
  77.
the Queen Mother even joined: Diaries of David Bruce, June 4, 1962.
  78.
“the Japs”: Beaton,
The Unexpurgated Beaton
, p. 52.
  79.
“so nice & so nasty”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 348.
  80.
“They were naked”: Confidential interview.
  81.
“Darling, you must have them close”: Jane FitzGerald interview.
  82.
“Look at us. We are just ordinary people”: Wyatt, Vol. 2, p. 311.
  83.
In 1967 even seventeen-year-old Princess Anne: Shawcross,
Q and C
, p. 102.
  84.
“major blunder”: Coward, pp. 601–2.
  85.
“Tomorrow night, Ma’am”: Paul McCartney interview.
  86.
“lovely … She was like a mum”: Ibid.
  87.
“platoon of bagpipers”: Seitz, p. 316.
  88.
“little creep”: Ibid.
  89.
“the Queen talked at some length about violence”: Diaries of David Bruce, Aug. 2, 1968.
  90.
“I think she thought this was a bit too much”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 328.

Other books

The Portal (Novella) by S.E. Gilchrist
Shades of Midnight by Linda Winstead Jones
Card Sharks by Liz Maverick
The Spiritglass Charade by Colleen Gleason
Pivot Point by Kasie West
An Imperfect Princess by Blakeney, Catherine
Boredom by Alberto Moravia
Devoured by D. E. Meredith
World of Ashes II by Robinson, J.K.