The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor (47 page)

   Princess Consort 427–8

   Sophie’s view of 363

   turnaround in fortunes since Diana’s death 81

   USA, travel to 434–6

Parker Bowles, Laura 438

Parker Bowles, Tom 429, 438

Parry, Ryan 2, 3, 49, 322, 325, 344, 345

Paternoster Square 223

Peat Marwick McLintock 27–8, 30, 31, 38

Peat, Michael 28–9, 33, 36–43, 44, 48–9, 137–8, 144, 145, 147, 149, 156, 237, 238, 334–5, 341, 351–2, 353, 355, 356, 358, 360, 375, 377, 384, 415–16, 419

Peat, Sir Gerrard 28

Pembury, Terry 161

Petrie, Sir Charles 8

Philip, Prince xviii, 60, 134, 145, 148, 161, 162, 163, 177, 200, 309, 317, 320, 323, 324, 364

   age 268

   Andrew’s parentage and 409

   Ascot redevelopment, interest in 171–2, 177

   attitude towards public 53

   Award Scheme 23, 206, 207–11, 215–17, 239, 361, 365, 383

   brand 220

   Burrell trial and 341

   Camilla, view of 343

   carriage driving 410

   Charles and Diana separation, view on 93

   Charles, relationship with 4, 69, 76, 82, 86–7, 88

   Diana, relationship with 92–3

   Diana’s death, reaction to 22

   Dunblane visit 182

   Dunblane, causes outrage by speaking out against banning of handguns 183, 184

   extracurricular activities 410

   garden parties 304

   informal lunches, suggests 59

   letters to Princess of Wales 46

   Maundy service 257, 259, 262, 263, 264

   National Playing Fields Association 204–5

   OBE, suggests name change 303

   on reason for Monarchy 397

   personality 24, 206–7, 218, 313–14, 410

   role in Charles proposal to Diana 70

   RSA 313–15

   stamina 212–13

   state visits 270, 275, 277

   wedding 7

   William, relationship with 382

   Windsor Castle fire, consoles Queen over 42

Phillips, Peter 372, 418

Phillips, Sir Hayden 302

Phillips, Zara 418

Pimlott, Ben 8, 325

Piper, John 173

Polhampton Lodge Stud 169

police protection officers 383

Porchester, Henry 168, 169

Poundbury 224–31

Powys Public Procurement Initiative 236–7

Pratt, George 239

Prescott, John 231

Press Complaints Commission (PCC) 93, 119, 120, 122, 123, 326, 332, 336, 347

Price, Nigel 360

Prince of Wales
see
Charles, Prince

Prince of Wales, The
(Dimbleby) 87

Prince’s Trust 87, 232, 233, 238, 239, 240, 241, 356, 359, 437–8

Property Services 37

Putin, Vladimir 274, 276, 277–9, 280, 281

Queen Mother 15, 26, 59, 67, 90, 109, 142, 153, 162–3, 167, 169, 187, 188, 190, 191–3, 321, 345, 363, 394, 407, 423, 441–2

Queen Victoria Memorial 321

Queen’s Speech 196–7

RAF 147

Remembrance Sunday 391–4

republicanism xii, 398–9, 405–6

RIBA 245

Riddell, Sir John 82, 246, 247, 248–9, 309, 344

Roberts, Major General Sebastian 57

Roberts, Monty 145, 159–65, 169

Roberts, Sir Hugh 149–50, 153, 154, 155, 156

Rogers, Richard 223, 224

Romsey, Norton 68–9

Romsey, Penny 68

Ross, Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm 33, 185, 274, 294–5, 296, 297, 299, 304

Rothermere, Viscount 329, 330

Royal Ascot xix, 93, 167, 170–1

Royal Collection Enterprises 149

Royal Collection Trust 149

Royal Collection, The 38, 149–58

Royal Duty, A
(Burrell) 342

Royal Enterprises 38

Royal Family, The
322, 324–7

Royal Institute of British Architects 222

Royal Library 152

Royal Maundy service 257, 259–65

Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (RSA) 313–14

Royal Travel 38, 141, 145, 146–7

Royal Warrant Holders 276

Rural Business in the Community 234

Russell-Smith, Penny 376, 378

Salisbury, Lord 387, 424–5

Salmond, Alex 183

Sandringham House xix, 15, 16, 18, 56, 94, 128, 129, 166, 169, 256, 326, 356, 415

Sandhurst 442

Sarler, Carol 335, 336

Second World War xv, 173–80, 286, 292, 387

Senior Air Equerry 141

Shackleton, Fiona 339, 341, 351

Shakerley, Sir Geoffrey 105

Shea, Michael 1, 2, 5, 375

Sheard, Rod 172

Sheffield, Davina 73

Shepphard, Allen 238

Simpson, John 150

Simpson, Wallis 109

Sinatra, Frank 205

Sissons, Peter 192

Slowe, Kim 227

Smith, George 350, 351, 353, 357

Smith, Joseph 151

Soames, Nicholas 68, 103

Sobchak, Anatoly 278, 279

Sophie, Countess of Wessex 204, 219, 317, 345, 361–7, 419

Spencer, Earl 332

Spencer, Jane 18, 75

Spencer, Johnny 395

Spencer, Lady Sarah 74

St Andrews Agreement 134, 379

St Edward’s Hall 404

St James’s Palace 13, 15, 18, 39, 88, 118, 119, 120, 122, 127, 130, 131, 132–3, 135, 137, 150, 206, 242, 277, 348, 378, 419–20

St Paul’s Cathedral xvii, 341

Stark, Koo 284

State Opening of Parliament 195–8, 287

state visits 273–4, 275–80, 289–90

Sun
94, 114, 130, 131, 336, 388, 415

Sunday Express
59, 374

Sunday Times, The
431

swans 274–5

Tallon, Bill 193

Tashkent, Uzbekistan 199–201, 202, 373

Taylor, Jeremy James 369

Thatcher, Margaret 16, 37, 58, 273, 291, 301, 406

Times, The
329

Tower of London 196, 230

Trooping the Colour xix, 56, 196, 421

Turner, Ted 203

United Nations 252, 253, 288

United World College 207

van der Post, Laurens 82, 244–5

Victoria, Queen xiv, 13, 27, 40, 150, 152, 260–1, 288, 297, 298, 318, 322

Visit-Britain 56

Wade, Rebekah 132, 136, 138, 331

Warren, John 169–70

Way Ahead Group, The 44, 47–8, 395

Webber, Andrew Lloyd 367

Wellington’s Barracks 57

Welsh National Opera 201, 204

West Dorchester District Council 224

Westminster Abbey 260, 404, 427

Whitaker, James 69, 71

Who Runs This Place?
(Sampson) 303, 330

Wilkinson, Peter 266

William, Prince 25, 50, 81, 103, 137, 142, 192, 245, 269, 331

   Burrell trial, opinion of 339

   Camilla, appearances with 320

   Charles’s wedding to Camilla, attitude towards 416

   Diana makes it difficult for Charles to see 116

   Edward films at St Andrews 134, 135

   future 369, 381, 389–90, 429

   girlfriends 336

   grandparents, closeness to 382

   hunting, views on 337, 401, 402

   loss of mother, comes to terms with 188

   media and 332–4, 336, 337, 379–81, 403–4

   Middleton, Kate 442–5

   Mohamed al Fayed’s yacht, stays on 106–7

   personality 381–3, 386–7

   RAF 440

   Sandhurst 440, 442

   St Andrews 333, 386–7, 389, 401, 440

William III, King 12–13, 151, 260

William IV, King 13, 152, 260

Williams, Alan 183, 427

Williams, Dr Rowan 416

Wilson, A. N. 345

Wilson, Harold 181, 301, 303

Wilson, Woodrow 286

Windsor Castle xix, 15, 38, 41–2, 43, 56, 152, 155, 161, 163, 167, 169, 171, 173, 276, 292, 356, 359, 417, 427

Windsor Conference 233

Windsor Great Park 30, 35, 167

Women of Achievement 316–17, 372

World Bank, The 252

World Health Organization 253

WWF 213–14

Yeltsin, Boris 278

Yeoman of the Guard 196, 259, 262, 264, 276, 294, 298

York House 15

Youth Business Trust 250

Zephaniah, Benjamin 301–2