Elizabeth the Queen (96 page)

  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.