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Gentlemen Ushers
149
,
153
,
229
,
231
,
256
,
257

George I, King
118

George III, King
55
,
56
,
71
,
74
,
78
,
111
,
113
,
140
n,
331

George IV, King
127
n,
128
,
260
,
261

George V, King
32
,
189
,
205
; and Church of England
323
; and class
21
; Court of
33
,
236
; decorations introduced by
234
,
252
; dislike of change
41
; family life
235
,
267
,
337
n; and Greek Royal Family
278
,
279
; and Ireland
315
; overseas visits
314
; political interference
167
; and Royal Maundy
324
; scandals concerning
19
; Silver Jubilee
323

George VI, King
15
n,
19
,
33
,
205
,
236
,
252
,
335
; accession
40
,
85
; boys’ clubs
284
; bridging of social divide
234
; Churchill’s audience with
271
; Coronation
282
; creates Commonwealth
299
,
336
; death and funeral
19
,
207
,
266
; dislike of public speaking
57
; as Duke of York
314
; family life
48
; Household of
127
n,
205–06
,
216
; ill health
206
,
280
; industrial relations role
288
; interference in government
167
; royal tours
144
,
314
,
321
; tax issue
87
; wedding
120

George Cross
235
,
252
,
330

George Medal
330

Germany
62
n,
279

Ghana
61
,
167
,
321

Gilbey, James
90

Gillett, Sir Robin, Lord Mayor of London
23

Girl Guides
232

Gloucester, Duchess of
86
,
116
,
146
,
202
,
289

Gloucester, Duke of (Prince Henry)
85
,
169

Gloucester, Duke of (Prince Richard)
85–6
,
87
,
116

Gloucester, Prince William of
85

Golden Jubilee (2002)
26–8
,
107
,
112
,
115
,
134
,
184
,
192
,
224

Gonsalves, Ralph
308

Goodey, Emma
201

Goodwin, Sir Fred
328

Google
39

Gordonstoun School, Scotland
200
,
273
,
279

Gore, Al
296

Governor-Generals
309
,
311

Grafton, Duchess of
202

Graham, Billy
6

Graveney, Tom
286

Graves, Keith
68

Gray, Fusilier Aaron
330

Green Book
84

Grenada
172

Grenadier Guards
142
,
146
,
149
,
281–2
,
329

Griffiths, Dame Anne
287

Griffiths, Edward
123
,
124–5
,
126
,
127
,
145

Guardian
41
,
168

Guards Polo Club
286

Gulf States
316–20

Gulf War (1991)86,
218

 

Hand, Moulay
67

Hague, William
300
,
320

Hahn, Kurt
279

Haines, Joe
170

Hampton Court Palace
263

Harewood, Earl of
234

Harewood, Larry
304

Harman, Harriet
174

Harry, Prince: birth
74
; and Charles’s second marriage
107
; and Diana’s death
101
,
105
; London home
110
; and media
107
; military career
62
,
73
; relationship with William
110
; royal visits
222
; staff and office
109–11
,
197
; and William’s wedding
107–08
,
110

Harverson, Paddy
147

Harvey, Danny
266

Hassan II, King of Morocco
66–9

Hatcher, Chuck
331

Hawke, Bob
311

Hayley, Sir William
207

Haynes, Jennifer
327

Heald, Tim
70

Heaney, Seamus
291

Heath, Sir Edward
63
,
164
,
170–71
,
218

Henry VIII, King
240

Heseltine, Sir William
64
; on Airlie
76
; on Colville
206
,
208
,
215
; on Commonwealth
301
,
309
; on Duke of Edinburgh
269
; as Press Secretary
210–11
,
216
; as Private Secretary
191–2
,
215
; on royal finances
78
,
170
; on Shea
217
; on Silver Jubilee tour
56–7
; on Thatcher
172
; and TV documentary
210–11
,
212–13
; on walkabouts
214

High Sheriffs
245

Historic Royal Palaces
263–4

Hogue, Oliver
208

Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh
32
,
163
; art collection and gallery
284
,
290
; garden parties
229
,
232
,
335
; High Constables
136

Hong Kong
178

honours system
47
,
234–5
,
237
; investitures
12
,
138
,
252–9
; New Zealand
311–12

Hopkins, Commodore Lawrie
257

Hopper, Michael
259

Horse Guards Parade
142
,
223
,
331

House of Commons
162
,
238
,
294
; Palace go-between
65
,
155
,
161
; and royal finances
80
,
81
,
94–5
,
190

House of Lords
86
,
162
,
174
,
180
,
181–2
,
185
,
238

Household Cavalry
132
,
136
,
142
,
257

Household Division
331

Howard, John
310

Howe, Sir Geoffrey
292

Hughes, Rosemary
326

Hunka, Elizabeth
129
,
130

Hunt, Sandra
198
,
200

Hunt-Davis, Sir Miles
269
,
271
,
272
,
273
,
286
,
287
,
289
,
291

Hurd, Douglas, Lord Hurd
93
,
314
; accompanies Queen on royal tours
66
,
68
,
69
,
114
; on Commonwealth
300
; on Queen’s love of the unexpected
63
; on Queen’s relations with Thatcher
172
; on religion
322
; on Royal Yacht
175
,
176
,
177

Hussein, King of Jordan
38

Hussein, Saddam
218

Hussey, Lady Susan
150–51

 

Imperial State Crown
160–61
,
162

Independent
103

India
89
,
175–6
,
179–80
,
293

Industrial Society
284

Ingham, Sir Bernard
196

Inland Revenue
89
,
93

Insignia Clerk
255
,
257

International Equestrian Federation
286

investitures
12
,
138
,
252–9

Iraq war (2003)
167

Ireland
13
,
276
n; and Commonwealth
300–01
; state visit (2011)
2
,
11
,
42
,
52–3
,
57
,
291
,
314
,
315–16

Irish Guards
55
,
228
,
315

Irish Republican Army (IRA)
53
,
60
,
172
n

Irish State Coach
162

Irvine, Derry, Baron Irvine
185

Italy
41
,
66

ITN (Independent Television News)
215
,
221

It’s a Royal Knockout
82–3
,
216
,
277

ITV
178
,
212
,
218
,
221
,
223–4

 

Jamestown, Virginia
51

Janvrin, Lord Robin
25
,
188
,
192

Japan, Emperor of
255

Jay, Sir Antony
15–19
,
21
,
22
,
24
,
31
,
107
,
196
,
212

Jebb, Miles
64
,
243
,
244

Jephson, Michael
36

John, King
324

John, Sir Elton
105

Johnstone, Sir Johnnie
138

Jones, Ann
58

Jones, Tom
83

Juppé, Alain
322

 

Kagame, Paul, President of Rwanda
297–8

Kashmir
179

Kaunda, Kenneth, President of Zambia
313
,
321

Kay, Richard
221

Kealey, Christopher
258

Keating, Paul
309–10

Keeler, Christine
21
n

Keeper of the Privy Purse
36
,
40
,
111
,
130
,
168
,
328

Keeper of the Royal Conscience
184

Keller, Sinead
165

Kellner, Peter
306

Kelly, Angela
42
,
43
,
200–46
,
199
,
304

Kennedy, President John F.
61

Kensington Palace
40
,
105
,
110
,
130
,
206
,
263
,
264

Kent, Duke of
71
,
87
,
116
,
146

Kenward, Betty
236

Kenya
89
,
293

Kenyatta, Jomo
293

Kerr, Sir John
309

Kerr, Wesley
321

Key, John
300
,
301
,
307
,
308
,
311–12
,
313

Khrushchev, Nikita
61
,
239

Kibblewhite, Lil
165

Kikwete, Jakaya, President of Tanzania
307

King, Billie-Jean
58

King, Doug
246

King’s Speech, The
(film)
57

King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery
105
,
134

Kinnock, Neil
81
,
89
,
191–2

Kirby, Simon
292

Kittle, Margaret
327

Knatchbull, Nicholas
53
n

Knights of the Garter
197

KPMG Peat Marwick
78
,
111

Krizia, Mariuccia
41

Kufour, John, President of Ghana
134

Kuwait
176

 

Labour Party
22
,
29
,
89
,
99
,
174
,
177
,
179–85
,
191

ladies-in-waiting
203
,
218
,
237

Lall, Neena
232

Lamont, Norman
177

Lampedusa, Giuseppe di:
The Leopard
99

Lancaster, Duchy of
80
,
88

Land Army
244

Lara, Brian
305

Lascelles, Sir Alan ‘Tommy’
42
,
190
,
281
,
282

Laski, Professor Harold
189

Last, Joe
135

Laurence, Commander Timothy
96

Le Bon, Yasmin
199

Leddington Wright, Andrew
326

Leddington Wright, Paul
325

Leddington Wright, Sheila
326

Lehman Brothers
82

Leibovitz, Annie
226

Leicester, Earl of
236

Leith, Scotland
178

Lennon, John
255

Lennox, Annie
115

Lineker, Gary
83

Linford, Alan Carr
291

Linley, Viscount
86

Lismore, Australia
6

Lockerbie disaster (1988)
45
,
83

Loelia, Duchess of Westminster
44

London Declaration (1949)
336

London Press Club
333

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