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Edwards, Linda 114

Elizabeth I, Queen xv, 260

Elizabeth II, Queen xi, xii, 14, 21, 50

   Aberfan, reaction to disaster 181, 182

   age 268–9, 427

   air travel 141–2, 148, 258

   Body Guard 294

   Buckingham Palace, role in decision making process within 32–3

   Burrell trial, involvement in 339, 341, 342, 410

   Camilla and Charles’ engagement, reaction to 416

   Camilla and Charles’ wedding, reaction to 428–9

   Camilla, opinion of 90, 129

   cars 144

   Charles and Diana’s marriage breakdown, involvement in 93, 106

   Charles, relationship with 86

   closeness to children 76, 86

   
Commonwealth duties 242, 288–90, 412–13

   computers, knowledge of 47

   Coronation 7–9

   Crawford book, reaction to 345–6

   crowds, interaction with 267–8

   Diana, relationship with 52–3, 65

   Diana’s death, reaction to 22–3, 54, 186–8

   dog lover 166–7

   Dresden visit 291–3

   Dunblane visit 182

   early popularity 7–8

   eightieth birthday 437

   expresses nation’s grief xv, 181–2, 185, 186, 187–9

   Fagan breaks into bedroom 57, 58

   France visit 2004 270–2

   Golden Jubilee 308–9, 318, 365, 407

   horse activities, love of 145, 166, 167–72

   importance of 406, 409, 424, 426

   informal lunches 59–60

   informality 56

   investitures 294–303

   Koo Stark, fond of 284

   letters received 58

   loyalty 346

   Maundy service 257–65, 266

   Monty Roberts, relationship with 160–5

   9/11, reaction to 185

   Parry, reaction to 3–4, 345

   Party in the Palace 320–1

   personality 9, 10, 189, 313, 405, 409–10

   Prime Ministers, relationships with 16–18

   Private Secretaries 21–2, 51

   public and private persona, differentiates between 9, 10

   Remembrance Sunday, role in 392–3

   retirement 279

   Silver Jubilee 288, 321

   speaking style 21

   speeches 287–8

   staff numbers 383–4

   state visits 273–4, 275–80, 289–90

   
The Prince of Wales
, reaction to 87

   train travel 141

   wealth 41

   William, closeness to 382

   Windsor Castle fire, reaction to 42

English Constitution, The
(Bagehot) xvii, 322

Entente Cordiale 270–2

Express Group, The 329, 330

Extra Equerry 145

Fagan, Alice 261–2

Fagan, Michael 57

Falconer, Lord 197

Farish, Will 168–9

Fawcett, Michael 111, 348, 349–60, 438–9

Fellowes, Sir Robert 18–19, 20, 22, 75, 90, 92–3, 106, 118, 127, 128, 129, 346, 363–4

Ferguson, Major Ronald 284

Ferguson, Sarah 23, 40, 284–5

Fermoy, Lady 67, 344

First World War 392, 405

Ford, Sir Edward 323, 325

Foreign Office 252

Fullemploy 233

garden parties 303–5

Garel-Jones, Lord 198, 407, 417, 420, 425–6

Garner, Sir Saville 303

George III, King 13, 34, 151, 154, 202

George IV, King 13, 152, 177, 195–6

George V, King 21, 40, 153, 166, 261

George VI, King xv, 8, 21, 26, 40, 63, 109, 154, 173, 204, 205, 261, 289

Gilbey, James 92, 94

Gloucester, Duchess of 15, 309, 364

Gloucester, Duke of 179, 364

Gooding, Belinda 255–6

Gordonstoun 207

Goyder, Mark 419, 422

Grant-in-Aid 38, 43, 147, 156, 204

Gretton, Vice Admiral Mike 208, 215, 216, 218, 219–20, 361–2, 368

Guardian
354

Hadlow, Will 229

Hahn, Kurt 206, 207, 208

Hampton Court 156, 162, 169, 222, 245

Harris, Colleen 242, 334, 343

Harry, Prince 50, 81, 103, 142, 148, 188, 192, 320, 332

   Burrell trial, opinion of 339 cannabis smoking 135–6

   Charles and Camilla, support for 416, 418

   Diana makes it difficult for Charles to see 116

   doubt over parentage 138

   future 369, 418–19

   gap year 335–6

   mother’s funeral, prepares for 334

   on Mohamed al Fayed’s yacht 106

   reputation 25, 414

   Sandhurst 442

Harverson, Paddy 334–5, 336, 379, 380, 387

Harvey, Belinda 344

Haven Trust 366

Havill, Paul 48, 50, 59, 145–6

Helsby, Sir Laurence 303

Henney, Sandy 334, 346, 347

Henry VII 298

Henry VIII, King 12, 13, 151, 155–6, 273, 307, 395

Heseltine, Bill 26, 218, 322, 325

Hewitt, James 138, 338

Hewlett, Captain Tim 141, 142, 143, 144, 148

Highgrove 255, 359, 385

Hinton, Les 347

Hipwood, Lady Camilla 113

Holyroodhouse, Palace of xix, 15, 56, 154, 274, 304

Horse and Hound
163, 164

Horse Guards Parade xix

House of Lords 196, 197, 394

Household Cavalry 163, 195, 275

Hurd, Douglas 345, 406–7

Hussey, Lady Susan 96

Hutton, Will 203

Imperial State Crown 196

Inland Revenue 41

International Business Leader’s Forum (IBLF) 252–4, 278, 279, 408

investitures 294–303

Irish State Coach 195

It’s A Royal Knockout
23–4, 218, 326, 368

ITN 346

James II, King 260

Janvrin, Sir Robin 16, 20, 22, 39, 44, 48, 128, 129, 130, 131, 146, 269, 308, 339, 376, 378, 385

John, King 260

Johns, Sir Richard 163

Johnston, General Sir Maurice 308, 310, 312, 313, 316

Jones, Ian 346–8

Juliana of the Netherlands, Queen 269

Jung, Carl 248

Junor, John 301

Kavanagh, Trevor 388

Kay, Richard 131

Keeper of the Privy Purse 38–9, 49, 146

Kefford, Paul 375

Kennel Club 166

Kensington Palace 15, 56, 62, 104, 121, 246, 339

Kent, Duke of 179, 309

Kidner, James 375

Kilkenny, Alan 105, 114, 117

Knott, Kevin 438

Koh-i-noor diamond 152–3

Krier, Leon 224

Lacey, Robert 288

Lamport, Stephen 107, 123, 130, 137, 238, 345, 347, 348, 358

Lawrence, Tim 199, 371–2, 374–5

Lawson, Edmund 351, 352

Lee-Potter, Lynda 106–7

Leishman, Mark 375

Leith, Prue 314

Lightbody, Helen 76, 86

Lindsay, Major Hugh 120

Linley, Viscount 418

Little Princesses, The
(Crawford) 324, 345–6

Longest Day, The
(Ryan) 176

Lord Chamberlain 16, 25, 32, 33, 131, 149, 191, 194, 196, 274, 275, 296–7, 298, 304, 362, 378

Lord Chancellor 197, 308

Lord High Almoner 261, 264

Lord Lieutenant 142–3, 306–10, 312, 316, 418

Loubert, President 272

Louise, Lady 365

Lowther-Pinkerton, Jamie 441–2

Luce, Lord 16, 298, 362, 378, 385

Lumley, Joanna 256

Maclean, Lord ‘Chips’ 25

MacManus, Amanda 130

Mahmood, Mazher 362

Mail on Sunday
131, 336, 350, 351, 354

Major, John 16–17, 18, 42, 94, 290–1, 301, 387, 398, 400, 406, 407, 411–12

Man Who Listens to Horses, The
(Roberts) 165

Marble Arch 13

Margaret, Princess 7, 15, 24, 173, 181, 187, 324, 345, 370, 418

Martin, Christopher 97

Martin, Dr Claude 214

Mary, Queen 151, 153, 174, 318

Master of the Horse 145

Master of the Household 298

Mayall, Sir Lees 303

Mayne, Michael 394, 403

McCorquodale, Lady Sarah 350

McMaster, Brian 201

McNally, Paddy 284

media 71, 327–31, 332–7, 379–81, 388–90, 403–4, 413–14

Middleton, Kate 336

Millennium Footpath 315–16

Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Sir John 145, 160–2, 165

Milne, A. A. 1–2, 30, 299, 386

Ministry of Defence 147

monarchy cost of 23, 33–8, 41, 42, 156, 204, 384, 400–1

   family and xvi–xvii

   history of European 404–6

   importance of non-political representation 406–7

   magic of xv, 322–3

   media and 71, 327–31, 332–7, 379–81, 388–90, 403–4, 413–14

   middle class, need to reach out to 421–2

   popularity 397, 406–7, 408–9

   primogeniture 45

   Prince of Wales’ style of 404

   provides focus for people’s emotions 58, 173–85, 186–8, 424

   Queen’s style of 404

   republicans argument against 397–400, 405

   stability of 425, 426

   tax arrangements 40–3

   tourism and xviii–xix, 56–7

   travel 139–48

Moore, Charles 131, 347

Morgan, Piers 331, 342, 347

Morton, Andrew 64, 81, 91–8, 111, 117, 120, 269, 270

Mountbatten, Lord 63, 66, 68, 69, 72, 74, 109, 177, 189

Murdoch, Rupert 329–30, 388

Nash, John 13, 152, 318

National Gallery 222–3

National Osteoporosis Society 105, 114, 117

National Playing Fields Association 204–5

National Youth Music Theatre 369

Needham, Sir Richard 281–2, 414

Nelson, Jane 252–3

Network Rail 143

News of the World
131–2, 135, 136, 362–3, 380

9/11 xiv, 3, 14, 142, 185, 286, 287

O’Brien, Stephen 232–3, 252

Observer, The
329

Ogilvy, Sir Angus 26

Omagh 189–90

Outward Bound 207, 285

Palace of Westminster 12, 197

Palmer-Tomkinson, Patty 75

Parker, Major Sir Michael 321

Parker Bowles, Andrew 73, 84, 90, 114, 115, 371

Parker Bowles, Camilla xii, 108, 110, 371, 377, 395, 396, 428–30 431–45

   Camillagate tape 99–100

   Charles first meets 73, 74

   Charles, relationship with 82–4, 115–16

   Charles’ decision to hang on to at all costs 426–7

   Charles’ loyalty to 357

   Charles, reunion with 84

   Diana’s view of 80, 94–5

   Diana, effect upon 90–1, 94–8

   eased into public life 114, 123, 124, 129–30, 131–3, 135, 137, 138

   effect upon monarchy 111

   engagement announced xviii, 415–17

   fashion 431–2, 434

   family 432–3

   Fawcett, relationship with 356–7, 438–9

   Fellowes opinion of 18–19

   marriage 427–30, 432

   National Osteoporosis Society 105–6, 114

   Party in the Palace 318, 320

   personality 114–16

   popularity 101–2, 104–5, 125, 413

   popularity within Royal family 90

   Prince Philip’s view of 343

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