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Rwanda
297
,
301

 

St George’s Chapel, Windsor
106

St George’s House, Windsor
294

St James’s Palace
79
,
94
,
97
,
101
,
110
,
197
,
225
,
254

Saltoun, Lady
84

Sandhu, Professor Bhupinder
299

Sandringham, Norfolk
48
,
95
,
118
,
122
,
169
,
192
; Duke of Edinburgh and
265–8
,
288
,
289
; Estate
265–6
,
267–8
,
288
; Museum
266
; open to public
268
; Royal Pigeon Loft
48
,
268
; Sheep Dip
265
,
267
; shooting
266
; Wood Farm
267
; York Cottage
235

Sarkozy, Nicolas, President of France
51
,
306

Saunders, Colette
249
,
250

Schneider, Nora
258

Schroders
76
,
79

Scotland
13
,
28
,
42
,
56
,
122
,
136
,
205
,
293

Scottish National Party
28
,
182

Scottish Office
229

Scottish Parliament
42
,
181
,
182

Scully, Alexander
233

Seago, Edward
269–70
,
290

Secretariat
193
,
247–9

Seraphin, Leon
9

Serjeants at Arms
161

Sewell, Brian
237

Shanks, Nicola
131

Sharma, Kalamesh
301
,
308

Shaw-Stuart, Sir Guy
239

Shawcross, William
46
,
50
,
60
,
89
,
271

Shea, Michael
68
,
216–17

Sherlock Holmes Museum, London
204

Shooter, Adrian
258

Shrewsbury, Earl of
238

Shulman, Alexandra
201
,
213

Shulman, Milton
213

Shuttleworth, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire
243
,
244
,
252

Shuttleworth, Mark
115

Silver Jubilee (1977)
23
,
56
,
87
,
109
,
191
,
216

Singapore Changi Airport
46

Sissons, Peter
224

Slovo, Gillian
146

Smith, John
95

Smith, Katherine
251

Snowdon, Lord (Antony Armstrong-Jones)
169
,
170
,
236

Sofia, Queen of Spain
68

Somerville, Philip
199
,
251

Sophie, Princess George of Hanover
276

South Africa
50
,
53
,
97
,
114–16
,
143–4
,
148
,
170
,
280
,
315
,
321

Sovereign Grant in,
111
,
112
,
113
,
187

Soviet Union
61

Speakman, Private William
12
n

Spencer, Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer
74
,
89

Spencer, Jonathan
3
,
139
,
233
,
246
,
256

Stanley, Brian
161

State Opening of Parliament
40
,
65
n,
117
n,
160–63
,
183
,
267

state visitors to UK
127
,
132
,
134
,
137–42
,
144
; Emir of Qatar
317
; Obama
2
,
11
,
63
,
117
,
139
,
140
m; unwelcome guests
137
,
255
; Zuma
114–15
,
116–17
,
127
,
142–8

Steele, Lindsay
123–4

Stirling Castle
64

Stirrup, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock
146

Stocker, Fusilier Shaun
329

Strathclyde, Lord
233

Straw, Jack
30
,
50
,
52
,
174
; and Freedom of Information Act
248
; as Lord Chancellor
184
; on multiculturalism
320–21
; on religion
323
,
324

Succession to the Crown Bill
180

Suez crisis (1956)
20
,
21
,
167

Sun
90

Sunday Times
86
,
95
,
98
,
216–17

Sunninghill Park
83

Supreme Court
185

Swan Upping
138

Swaziland
305

Sydney, Australia
6
,
32
,
59
,
100
,
222

 

Talbot, Godfrey
209

Tambo, Oliver
144

Tame, Mary
259

Taylor, Elizabeth
292

Taylor, Mike
121

terrorism
57
,
58
,
60
,
62
,
135
,
158
,
172
,
203

Thailand
99

Thames Valley University
31
,
124

That Was The Week That Was
(BBC TV)
209

Thatcher, Margaret, Baroness Thatcher
89
,
233
,
252
; and Blunt scandal 190; and Civil List
80
,
81
,
191
; and Commonwealth
301
,
309
,
313
,
315
; Order of the Garter
88
,
108–09
; relations with Palace
56
,
167
,
171–3
,
184
,
216–17

Time Team
196

Times, The
27
,
85
,
92
,
95

Timmins, Connie
233

Topolski, Feliks
291

Tower of London: Jewel House
160
,
263

Townend, Sarah
230–31

Townsend, Loch
195–6

Townsend, Group Captain Peter
20
,
208
,
293

Treasury
78
,
80–81
,
88
,
93
,
111
,
168
,
177
,
178
,
186

Trevor-Morgan, Rachel
8

Trinidad and Tobago
302–05

Trinity College, Oxford
64

Trooping the Colour
207
,
331

Tucker, William, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire
241–2

Turner, Graham
310

Twitter
39
,
201

 

Uganda
305

United Arab Emirates
317

United Nations
30
,
51
,
300

Upper Volta dam
61

USA:
9
/11
57
; and Africa
61
; invasion of Grenada
172
; Presidential visits to UK
139
; royal visit (2007)
51
; Watergate
18–19
,
311

 

Valiant
, HMS
280

Vanuatu
302
,
308

Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household
65
,
155
,
161

Victoria, Queen
3
,
32
,
138
,
264
,
331
; and Albert’s role
281
; assassination attempts
59
; and Church of England
323
; Diamond Jubilee
2
; diary
140
n; Empire of
13
,
307
; funeral
105
; image of
48
; investitures
257
,
259
; in old age
55
; personality
271
; philanthropy
328
; Privy Council meetings
158
; Queen Victoria’s syndrome
2
; and Royal Collection
260
; State Openings of Parliament
161
; unpopularity
337
; withdrawal from public life
56

Victoria of Prussia, Princess
235

Victoria Cross and George Cross Association
59
n,
330

Vietnam War
22

Vine, Jenny
203
,
204

Virginia, USA
51

 

Wales
58

Wales, Prince of (Prince Charles)
3
,
25
,
29
,
31
,
53
; as artist
291
; attacks on
59
,
116
,
135
; birth and childhood
33
,
98
,
280
; and Camilla
98
,
106–07
,
225
; charity work
74–5
,
276
,
333
; and Commonwealth
313
; and constitutional reforms
182
; and Diana’s death
101
,
103
,
105
; Dimbleby book/film
98
; as Duke of Cornwall
246
; education
71
,
200
,
213
,
311
; environmental and agricultural interests
71–2
,
73
,
97
,
245
,
268
,
284
,
332
; family descent
235
; as father
222
; finances
76
; as future monarch
333–7
; and government
332–3
,
335
; as heir apparent
52
,
332
; helicopter emergency landing
62
; hunting
133
,
332
; interventions in public affairs
248
,
332–4
,
335
; investiture as Prince of Wales
22
,
58
,
210
,
332
; investitures
253
; and
It’s a Royal Knockout
82
; marriage breakdown
89–91
,
98
,
196
; marries Diana
23
,
28
,
74
,
108
,
174
; and media
221
,
222
; patronages
321
,
333
; personality
275
; relations with Blair
174
; relations with father
275–6
; religious views
334
; role of
176
,
332
; and Royal Collection
260
; royal engagements
100
,
178
,
216
,
222
,
245
,
246
; Royal Navy career
276
; on royal vocation
275
; separation and divorce
26
,
96
,
97
,
99
,
221
; speeches
58
; staff of
97
,
109
,
117–18
,
147
,
197
,
225
,
248
; state banquets
146

Walesa, Lech
16

walkabouts
214–15

Walker, Air Vice-Marshal Sir David
145
,
148
; as Master of the Household
119–20
,
122–3
,
125
,
198
; on Queen
34
,
36

Walsh, John
235

Warren, Philip
247
,
250
,
251

Warsaw, Poland
96

Way Ahead Group
24
,
25
,
84
,
99
,
273

Wazed, Sheikh Hasina
308

Wearne, Harold
32

Webb, Beatrice
236
,
295

Webb, Sidney
295

Wellington, Duke of
243

Wells, H.G.
236

Wells, Rachel
254
,
255

Welsh Assemby
182

Welsh Guards
142
,
281
n

Wessex, Countess of (Sophie Rhys-Jones)
84
,
106
,
231
,
232
,
276

Wessex, Earl of (Prince Edward)
16
,
186
,
213
; birth
21
; education
311
; Estonian throne offered to
96–7
; future Duke of Edinburgh
276
,
285
; and
It’s a Royal Knockout
82–3
; relations with parents
276
; royal duties
84
,
231
,
232
; wedding
106
,
276

Westminster, Duke of
250

Westminster Abbey
4
,
5
,
84
,
105
,
144
,
298
,
325

Wheaton, Ray
114
,
147–8
,
259

Whitaker, James
221

Whitehead, Sherri
331

Whitlam, Gough
309

Wigram, Sir Clive
189

Wilkinson, Peter
250

Willetts, David
72

William, Prince,
see
Cambridge, Duke of

Williams, Gareth, Baron Williams of Mostyn
180
,
187

Williams, Jane
146

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