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58.
Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
p. 378
59.
High Commissioner, Pretoria, to Resident Commissioners of Maseru, Mafeking and Mbabane, 5 December 1936, PRO, DO 119/1077
60.
Resident Commissioner, Maseru, to High Commissioner, Pretoria, 5 December 1936, PRO, DO 119/1077
61.
Resident Commissioner, Mbabane, to High Commissioner, Pretoria,
7
December 1936, PRO, DO 119/1077
62.
'The Empire',
Daily Herald,
4 December 1936
63.
Copy of statements by Reuters to King Edward VIII, 5 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 10
64.
Telegram from Linlithgow to Zetland, 8 December 1936, Linlithgow Papers, MSS Eur/F/125.15
65.
Report on meeting of ministers, 8 December 1936, PRO, CAB 127/155
66.
Telegram from Zetland to Linlithgow, 10 December 1936, Linlithgow Papers, MSS Eur/F/125.15
67.
Telegram from Governor of Bengal to Linlithgow, 8 December 1936, No. 210, Linlithgow Papers, MSS Eur/F/125.116
68.
Telegram from Governor of Madras to Linlithgow, 8 December 1936, No. 210, Linlithgow Papers, MSS Eur/F/125.116
69.
Governor of Punjab to Linlithgow, 7 December 1936, No. 210, Linlithgow Papers, MSS Eur/F/125.116
70.
Telegram from Governor of Assam to Linlithgow, 8 December 1936, No. 210, Linlithgow Papers, MSS Eur/F/125.116
71.
Telegram from Governor of Central Provinces to Linlithgow, 9 December 1936, No. 214, Linlithgow Papers, MSS Eur/F/125.116
72.
Fredoon Kabraji to King Edward VIII, 4 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ ABD,Box 5
73.
Mohammed Ally Khan to Piers Legh, 6 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ ABD, Box r
74.
Telegram to King Edward VIII, 4 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 10
75.
Quoted in Philip Ziegler,
King Edward
VIII,
p. 137
76.
Ibid.
77.
Telegram to King Edward VIII, 7 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 10
78.
Ibid.
79.
Copy of statements by Reuters to King Edward VIII, 5 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 10
II
I.
Quoted in S. M. Cretney, 'The King and the King's Proctor', p. 600, note 112
z.
Lord Beaverbrook,
The Abdication of King Edward
VIII,
p. 79
3.
Ibid.,
p. 80
4.
Martin S. Gilbert,
Winston S. Churchill,
Vol. 5, p. 820-21
5.
Lord Beaverbrook,
The Abdication of King Edward
VIII,
p. 81
6.
Francis Meynell, abdication journal, Francis Hugo Meynell Papers, 112A-B
7.
Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
pp. 401-2
8.
Quoted in John W. Wheeler-Bennett,
King George
VI,
p. 286
9.
Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
p. 402
10.
Nancy Dugdale diary, p. 71, Nancy Dugdale Papers
II.
Diary of Violet Milner, 8 December 1936, Violet Milner Papers, VM 5
12.
Duchess of Windsor,
The Heart Has Its Reasons,
p. 272
13.
Ibid.
14.
Ibid.
15.
Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
p. 403
16.
Duchess of Windsor,
The Heart Has Its Reasons,
p. 273
17.
Tom Driberg,
Ruling Passions,
p. 106
18.
Entry for 8 December 1936, Geoffrey Dawson, Abdication Diary, Dawson Papers, MS Dawson 55
19.
'Constitutional crisis. Attitude of the British press', n.d. [December 1936], PRO, PREM 1/446
20.
Entry for 8 December 1936, Geoffrey Dawson, Abdication Diary, Dawson Papers, MS Dawson 55
21.
G. E. Buckle
et al., History of The Times,
p. 905
22.
John Evelyn Wrench,
Geoffrey Dawson and Our Times,
p. 336
23.
Diary of Anthony Heap, 8 December 1936, Acc. 2243/9/1
24.
Diary of Florence Turtle, 8 December 1936
25.
Letter from Cumberland to King Edward VIII, n December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Boxes 7-9
26.
Mrs May Henderson to King Edward VIII, 8 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 6
27.
Doreen Kendall-Bradley to King Edward VIII, 8 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 6
28.
Elsa Staunton to King Edward VIII, 8 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 6
29.
F. Broadbent to King Edward VIII, 8 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 5
30.
Frances Horton to King Edward VIII, 7 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ ABD,Box 5
31.
Robert Spence Robertson to King Edward VIII, 8 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Box 5
32.
Kathleen Marshall to King Edward VIII, 10 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ ABD,Box 8
33.
'Poor working woman' to King Edward VIII, n.d. [December 1936], RA, PS/GVI/ABD, Boxes 1-6
34.
R. A. Carrington to King Edward VIII, 6 December 1936, RA, PS/GVI/ ABD, Boxes 1-6
35.
Lord Beaverbrook,
The Abdication of King Edward
VIII,
p. 89
36.
Diary of Lucy Baldwin, 8 December 1936, Lucy Baldwin Papers
37.
Diary of Ramsay MacDonald, 13 February 1936, PRO, PRO 30/69
38.
'Notes by Sir Horace Wilson, at 10 Downing Street', n.d. [late December 1936 or early 1937], CAB 127/157
39.
Violet Milner, diary entry for 9 December 1936, Violet Milner Papers, VM 5
40.
Statement by Lord Brownlow, 9 December 1936, Brownlow Papers, BNLW, 4/4/9/4
41.
Telegram from Baldwin to leaders of the Dominions, 8 December 1936, PRO, HO 144/21070
42.
Lord Beaverbrook,
The Abdication of King Edward
VIII,
p. 118
43.
'Notes by Sir Horace Wilson, at 10 Downing Street', n.d. [late December 1936 or early 1937I, CAB 127/157
44.
Duchess of Windsor,
The Heart Has Its Reasons,
p. 235
45.
Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
p. 404
46.
'Narrative of Mr Theodore Goddard, Solicitor of Mrs Simpson', July 19 51, Appendix C of Lord Beaverbrook,
The Abdication of King Edward
VIII,
pp. 116-20
47.
Duchess of Windsor,
The Heart Has Its Reasons,
pp. 274-7
48.
Diary of Nancy Dugdale, p. 75, Nancy Dugdale Papers
49.
Quoted in John W. Wheeler-Bennett,
King George
VI,
p. 286 (see also footnote b)
50.
Quoted in R. T. E. Latham,
The Law and the Commonwealth,
Appendix: 'The abdication of King Edward VIII in Commonwealth law and convention', p. 625
51.
Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
p. 404
52.
Diary of Lucy Baldwin, 9 December 1936, Lucy Baldwin Papers
53.
Francis Hugo Meynell to Lady Meynell, 11 December 1936, Francis Hugo Meynell Papers, D859/2/11/2
54.
Diary of Nancy Dugdale, p. 76, Nancy Dugdale Papers
55.
Diary of Cecil Scott Turner, 10 December 1936, Acc/1385
56.
Diary of Edgar Procter, 10 December 1936, D222/13
57.
Vera Brittain,
Testament of Experience,
p. 162
58.
Notes by King Edward VIII and by Horace Wilson, n.d. [10 December 1936], PRO, PREM 1/455
59.
'Historic day in Parliament',
The Times,
11 December 1936
60.
Diary entry for 15 December 1936,
The Diaries and Letters of Robert Bernays,
pp. 279-80
61.
Diary of Nancy Dudgale, p. 80, Nancy Dugdale Papers
62.
Diary entry for 15 December 1936,
The Diaries and Letters of Robert Bernays,
pp. 279-80
63.
Philip Guedalla,
The Hundredth Year,
p. 289
64.
Diary entry for 15 December 1936,
The Diaries and Letters of Robert Bernays,
p. 279
65.
G. M. Young,
Stanley Baldwin,
p. 56
66.
Diary of Lucy Baldwin, 10 December 1936, Lucy Baldwin Papers
67.
'M.P.', inside Westminster',
Tribune,
1 January 1937, quoted in Michael Foot,
Aneurin Bevan,
pp. 241-2
68.
Hansard,
10 December 1936
69.
Diary entry, 10 December 1936,
Parliament and Politics. . . The Headlam Diaries,
p. 103
70.
Mrs Baldwin to Nancy Dugdale, Z4 December 1936, diary of Nancy Dugdale, pp. 103-4, Nancy Dugdale Papers
