The Queen Mother (177 page)

  
50
Duke of York to Louis Greig, 24 September 1923, RA ADYH/MAIN/101/1923; Wheeler-Bennett, p. 192

  
51
Duchess of York to Duke of York, n.d. [27 September 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/60

  
52
Duchess of York to Duke of York, n.d. [27 September 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/61

  
53
Duchess of York, diary, 11 October 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3

  
54
RA ADYH/MAIN/101/1923

  
55
Duke of York to Duchess of York, 27 September 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
56
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 17 October 1923, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
57
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, n.d. [18 October 1923], Glamis Archives, Box 270

  
58
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 196

  
59
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 17 October 1923, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
60
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 17 October 1923, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
61
Duchess of York, diary, 20 October 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3

  
62
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 21, 26 October [1923], Glamis Archives; Duchess of York, diary, 20 October 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3

  
63
Duke of York to King George V, 26 October 1923, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/189; Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 21 October [1923], Glamis Archives, Box 270

  
64
Duchess of York, diary, 21 October 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3

  
65
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 193

  
66
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 26 October [1923], Glamis Archives

  
67
Ibid.

  
68
Duchess of York, diary, 22 October 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3; Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, n.d. [26 October 1923], Glamis Archives

  
69
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 26 October [1923], Glamis Archives

  
70
Duke of York to King George V, 26 October 1923, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/189

  
71
Graves and Hodge, p. 75

  
72
Ibid.

  
73
Nicolson,
George V
, p. 382

  
74
Ibid., p. 497

  
75
Ibid., p. 496

  
76
Duchess of York to Violet Cavendish-Bentinck, 21 December 1923, Glamis Archives (CH)

  
77
Duchess of York, diary, 22 December 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3

  
78
Duchess of York, diary, 25 December 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3

  
79
Duchess of York, diary, 13 January 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
80
Duchess of York, diary, 8 January 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
81
Graves and Hodge, pp. 118–19

  
82
Duchess of York to King George V, 14 January [1924], RA GV/PRIV/AA61/343

  
83
King George V to Duke of York, 8 January 1924, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/196, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 196

  
84
RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1924: 22 January

  
85
King George V to Queen Alexandra, 17 February 1924, RA GV/PRIV/AA38/65

  
86
Quoted by Nicolson,
George V
, pp. 499–500

  
87
Duchess of York, diary, 21 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
88
Duchess of York, diary, 26–27 February 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
89
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 9 October 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/49

  
90
Duke of York to King George V, 16 October 1923, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/188

  
91
Louis Greig to Duchess of York, 15 November [1923], RA QEQM/PRIV/HH

  
92
Geordie Greig,
Louis and the Prince
, Hodder & Stoughton, 1999, p. 214

  
93
Ibid., pp. 209–15

  
94
Duchess of York, diary, 7 March 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
95
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [17 March 1924], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
96
Niall Ferguson,
Empire
, Allen Lane, 2003, p. 318

  
97
Duchess of York, diary, 23 April 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
98
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 206–7

  
99
King George V, speech, 23 April 1924, ‘Speeches and Replies to Addresses by His Majesty King George V’, printed for the Private Secretary’s Office, RA

100
Laird, p. 85

101
Duchess of York, diary, 23 April 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

102
Duchess of York, diary, 7, 11 May, 4 June 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

103
Laird, p. 90

104
Dorothy Willis to Louis Greig, 13 July 1923: RA ADYH/MAIN/9/1923: 30 November

105
J. Machell to Basil Brooke, RA/ADYH/MAIN/12/1924: 16 July

106
Duchess of York, diary, 26 April 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

107
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 2 May 1988, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

108
Duchess of York, diary, 27 May 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

109
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 197

110
Duke of Abercorn to Duke of York, 22 March 1924, RA ADYH/MAIN/102; Duke of York to King George V, 24 March 1924, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/201

111
Duchess of York, diary, 19 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

112
Helen Hardinge, diary, 19 July 1924, quoted in Vickers, p. 84

113
Duchess of York, diary, 21 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

114
Helen Hardinge, diary, 21 July 1924, quoted in Vickers, p. 86

115
Duchess of York, diary, 22 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

116
Duchess of York, diary, 22–23 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

117
Duchess of York, diary, 24–25 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

118
Duchess of York, diary, 26 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

119
Duke of York to King George V, 22 July 1924, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/213

120
Rose,
George V
, p. 286

121
Nicolson,
George V
, p. 658n.

122
Ibid., p. 658; Rose,
George V
, pp. 91–2; Bradford,
George VI
, pp. 121–2

123
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 122

124
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, Sunday n.d., [14 September 1924], Glamis Archives

125
Duke of York to Duchess of York, 29 September 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

126
Duchess of York to Duke of York, Wednesday [1 October 1924], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/63

127
Duke of York to Duchess of York, 2 October 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

128
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 9 October 1924, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/64

129
Duchess of York, diary, 30 October 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

130
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, Saturday [1 November 1924], Glamis Archives (CH)

    
1
Duchess of York, diary, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

    
2
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

    
3
Winston Churchill to Duchess of York, undated, postmark 10 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

    
4
Duchess of York, diary, 14 July 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

    
5
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 30 November 1924, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/67

    
6
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 4 December 1924, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

    
7
Author’s interview with Margaret Rhodes, 2004

    
8
Simon Schama,
A History of Britain
, vol. 3, pp. 448–9

    
9
Ibid., p. 463

  
10
Ferguson,
Empire
, p. 317

  
11
H. A. Macmichaelto Basil Brooke, 30 July 1924, RAADYH/MAIN/103/14

  
12
King George V to Duke of York, 28 November 1924, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/228

  
13
Queen Mary to Duke of York, 2 December 1924, GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
14
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, n.d. [30 November 1924], Glamis Archives

  
15
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, n.d. [1 November 1924], Glamis Archives

  
16
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 4 December 1924, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
17
Duchess of York, diary, 4 December 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
18
Duchess of York, diary, 5 December 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
19
Duchess of York, diary, 11 December 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
20
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 20 December 1924, Glamis Archives

  
21
Duchess of York, diary, 18, 20 December 1924, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/4; Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 20 December 1924, Glamis Archives; RA QEQM/PRIV/PERSONAL

  
22
Duke of York, diary, 22 December 1924, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
23
Duchess of York to King George V, 9 February 1925, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/345

  
24
Duke of York to King George V, 24 December 1924, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/232, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 200

  
25
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 29 December 1924, Glamis Archives. She was so delighted with the flowers that she asked Mrs Lamb, the wife of the District Commissioner, to send a consignment of orchids and canna lilies to White Lodge on their return (RA ADYH/MAIN/104/23)

  
26
Duchess of York to Prince of Wales, 13 January 1925, RA EDW/PRIV/MAINB/76

  
27
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 29 December 1924, Glamis Archives

  
28
Duchess of York to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 6 January 1925, Glamis Archives

  
29
Duchess of York, diary, 21 January 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
30
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 31 January 1925, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
31
Duchess of York, diary, 23 January 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
32
Duchess of York, diary, 24 January 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
33
Duchess of York to King George V, 9 February 1925, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/345

  
34
Duke of York, diary, 29 January 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
35
Duchess of York, diary, 4, 5 February 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
36
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 16 January 1925, Glamis Archives

  
37
Duchess of York to Prince of Wales, 13 January 1925, RA EDW/MAINB/76

  
38
Ibid.

  
39
Prince of Wales to Duchess of York, 27 February 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
40
Duke of York to King George V, 31 January 1925, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/239

  
41
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 31 January 1925, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/71

  
42
Duchess of York to King George V, 9 February 1925, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/345

  
43
Duke of York, diary, 14 February 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
44
Duke of York, diary, 15, 16 February 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4; Duchess of York, diary 15, 16 February 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
45
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 14 February 1925, Glamis Archives

  
46
Sir Geoffrey Archer to Captain Basil Brooke, 13 October 1924, RA ADYH/MAIN/103/10

  
47
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 19 February 1925, private collection

  
48
Ibid.

  
49
Duke of York, diary, 20 February 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
50
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 27 February 1925, Glamis Archives

  
51
Duchess of York, diary, 22 February 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
52
Duchess of York, diary, 24 February 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
53
Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 27 February 1925, Glamis Archives

  
54
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 25 March 1925, private collection

  
55
Duchess of York, diary, 25 February 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
56
Duke of York, diary, 25 February 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4. According to the Duchess’s diary, there were ‘about 60 huge crocodiles!’

  
57
Address from Mukama of Bunyoro, 26 February 1925, RA ADYH/MAIN/103/3

  
58
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 25 March 1925, private collection

  
59
Duchess of York, diary, 27, 28 February 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
60
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 25 March 1925, private collection

  
61
Duchess of York to Lady Rose Leveson-Gower, n.d. [March 1925], Glamis Archives

  
62
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 25 March 1925, private collection

  
63
Duke of York, diary, 2 March 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
64
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 25 March 1925, private collection

  
65
Duke of York, diary, 3 March 1925, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY/4

  
66
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 25 March 1925, private collection

  
67
Duchess of York, diary, 4 March 1925, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/5

  
68
Captain Roy Salmon to his mother, 25 March 1925, private collection. Although the Yorks did not return, Salmon did indeed meet the Prince of Wales, accompanying him on safari in Uganda in 1928 and 1930 and writing equally lively accounts to his mother

  
69
Ibid.

  
70
Geoffrey Archer,
Personal and Historical Memoirs of an East African Administrator
, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1963, p. 192; Vickers, p. 95