The Queen Mother (181 page)

  
86
Ibid., p. 284n.

  
87
King George VI’s account of the abdication, quoted in ibid., p. 284

  
88
Duchess of York to Dick Molyneux, n.d. [3 December 1936], RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/83

  
89
King George VI’s account of the abdication, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 285

  
90
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 310

  
91
King George VI’s account of the abdication, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 285

  
92
Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton, diary, 3 December 1936, private collection

  
93
Susan Williams,
The People’s King
, Allen Lane, 2003, pp. 184

  
94
Alan Lascelles to George Allen, 19 April 1956, CAC, LASL 3/9/7

  
95
Lord Birkenhead,
Walter Monckton
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969, p. 138

  
96
Duke of York to Queen Mary, 5 December 1936, RA EDW/ADD/ABD/1

  
97
Duchess of York to Osbert Sitwell, 7 December 1936, Sitwell Papers

  
98
Owen Morshead, notes, 14 January 1937, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/1. A slightly different version of Queen Mary’s words appears in her biography by James Pope-Hennessy:
Queen Mary
, Allen & Unwin, 1959, p. 576

  
99
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 311

100
Ibid., pp. 311–12; Bradford,
George VI
, p. 255

101
King George VI’s account of the abdication, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 285

102
Duchess of York to May Elphinstone, 6 December 1936, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

103
Lady Londonderry to Duchess of York, 5 December [1936], RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL; Duchess of York to Lady Londonderry, 7 December 1936, RA QEQM/OUT/MISC

104
Helen Hardinge, diary, 9 December 1936, Hon. Lady Murray Papers

105
King George VI’s account of the abdication, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 286

106
Ibid.

107
Queen Mary’s words to Harold Nicolson, quoted in Bradford,
George VI
, p. 198

108
RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 9 December

109
Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 10 December 1936, RA EDW/ADD/ABD/1

110
RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 10 December

111
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, pp. 326–7

112
Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton, diary, 10 December 1936, private collection

113
Princess Royal to Duchess of York, 10 December 1936, RA QEQMH/PRIV/RF

114
King George VI’s account of the abdication, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 287

115
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 331

116
Queen Elizabeth to Duke of Windsor, 11 December 1936, RA EDW/MAINA/3068

117
RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 11 December

118
King George VI’s account of the abdication, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 287

119
Queen Elizabeth to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 14 January 1937, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 181–3

120
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 11 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

121
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 288

122
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

123
Lady Cynthia Asquith,
The King’s Daughter
, Hutchinson, [1937], pp. 96–7; Ben Pimlott,
The Queen
, HarperCollins, 1997, p. 41

124
Queen Elizabeth to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 12 December 1936, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 177–80

125
Rev. Alan Don, diary, 14 December 1936, Lambeth Palace Library, MSS 2864

126
Most Rev. Cosmo Lang to Queen Elizabeth, 14 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Lang

127
Quoted in Bradford,
George VI
, p. 299

128
Owen Morshead, notes, 12 January 1937, RA AEC/GG12/OS/1

129
Letter to Victor Cazalet quoted in Bradford,
George VI
, p. 300

130
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 14 December 1936, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 296

131
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 296–7

132
Queen Mary to King George VI, 11 December 1936, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

133
King George VI to Queen Mary, n.d. [11 December 1936], RA QM/PRIV/CC12/39

134
Queen Mary, Message to the Nation, 12 December 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC49/99

135
Quoted by Bradford,
George VI
, p. 298

136
Owen Morshead, notes, 20 December 1936, RA AEC/GG12/OS/1

137
King George VI, broadcast, 1 January 1937, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 297

138
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 2 February 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/42

139
Princess Beatrice to Queen Elizabeth, 12 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

140
Duchess of Beaufort to Queen Elizabeth, 12 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

141
Princess Alice to Queen Elizabeth, 12 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

142
Queen Mary to Lady Strathmore, 16 December 1936, Glamis Archives

143
Lady Strathmore to Sir John Weir, 19 December 1936, Glamis Archives

144
Owen Morshead, notes, 16 January 1937, RA AEC/GG12/OS/1

145
The Duke of Windsor,
A King’s Story: The Memoirs of H.R.H. The Duke of Windsor
, Cassell, 1951, p. 278

146
Jasper Ridley to Queen Elizabeth, 10 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Ridley

147
Archibald Clark Kerr to Queen Elizabeth, 10 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

148
Osbert Sitwell to Queen Elizabeth, 11 December 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Sitwell

149
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 17 December 1936, Sitwell Papers

150
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 19 February 1937, RA QEQM/OUT/SITWELL

151
Queen Elizabeth to D’Arcy Osborne, 16 December 1936, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

152
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 299

153
Walter Monckton, notes, September 1941, Bodleian Library, Monckton Papers, MT 22/220–2

154
Owen Morshead, notes, 17 January 1937, RA AEC/GG12/OS/1

155
Osbert Sitwell to Queen Elizabeth, 8 February 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Sitwell

156
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 19 February 1937, RA QEQM/OUT/SITWELL

157
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

158
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 23 March, 7 April 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/45, 47

159
W. C. Johnson, Chairman, People’s Palace, to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 21 December 1936, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/MAIN/00616/B/03

160
Earl of Cromer to Alan Lascelles, 22 December 1936, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/MAIN/00616/B/19

161
Countess Spencer, diary, 16 March 1937, Althorp Archives

162
Harold Nicolson,
Diaries and Letters 1930–1939
, ed. Nigel Nicolson, Collins, 1966, pp. 297–8

163
Clement Attlee to Tom Attlee, 17 April 1937, Bodleian Library, MS Eng.c.4792

164
Ziegler,
Osbert Sitwell
, Pimlico, 1999, p. 238

165
Lady Diana Cooper, quoted in Bradford,
George VI
, pp. 301–2

166
Queen Mary to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 26 April 1937, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

167
Pope-Hennessy, p. 584

168
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 23 February 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF; Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 11 March 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/44

169
Longford,
Queen Mother
, pp. 63–4, and Laird, pp. 205–7

170
Robert Wood,
A World in Your Ear
, 1979, pp. 102–3, quoted in Bradford,
George VI
, pp. 278–9

171
Countess Spencer, diary, 1 May 1937, Althorp Archives

172
Countess Spencer, diary, 5 May 1937, Althorp Archives

173
Graves and Hodge, p. 367

174
Ibid.

175
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 311

176
Ibid. pp. 311–12

177
Ibid., p. 312

178
Graves and Hodge, pp. 367–8

179
Owen Morshead to Aunt Dora (copy), 14 May 1937, RA AEC/GG12/DIARY/1937

180
Ibid.

181
Rev. Alan Don, diary, 12 May 1937, Lambeth Palace Library, MSS 2864

182
Princess Elizabeth, ‘The Coronation, 12th May 1937’, account written for her parents, RA QEII/PRIV/PERS

183
Ibid.

184
Queen Mary to King George VI, 12 May 1937, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

185
Queen Elizabeth to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 15 May 1937, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 184–6

    
1
Noble Frankland,
History at War
, Giles de la Mare, 1998, p. 214. Dr Frankland is the author of biographies of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

    
2
Duchess of York to King George V, 5 August 1932, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/158

    
3
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 21 December 1949, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

    
4
Ibid.

    
5
Mackenzie King, diary, 20 May 1939, LAC/BAC MG26-J13

    
6
Helen Hardinge, diary, quoted in Vickers, p. 76

    
7
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 5 August 1931, 10 January 1936, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

    
8
Duchess of York to D Arcy Osborne, 24 November 1928, 17 November 1929, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

    
9
Duchess of York to Duff Cooper, 1 October 1935, CAC, Duff Cooper Papers

  
10
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 11 March 1930, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
11
Osbert Sitwell to Duchess of York, 12 August 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/SITWELL

  
12
D’Arcy Osborne to Duchess of York, 15 August 1934, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/OSBORNE

  
13
Owen Morshead, notes, 7 July 1940, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/2

  
14
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [postmark 17 March 1924], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
15
Duchess of York to Duff Cooper, 20 March 1931, CAC, Duff Cooper Papers

  
16
D’Arcy Osborne to Duchess of York, 27 August 1935, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/OSBORNE

  
17
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 28 July 1934, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
18
D’Arcy Osborne to Duchess of York, 23 July 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/OSBORNE

  
19
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [postmark 22 March 1924], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
20
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 13 July 1928, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
21
Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 17 November 1929, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
22
Owen Morshead, notes, 7 July 1940, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/2

  
23
Lady Strathmore to Major and Mrs Colvin, 14 January 1937, Glamis Archives

  
24
RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1937: 18 May

  
25
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 318

  
26
Lucy Baldwin to Queen Elizabeth, 1 June 1937, RAQEQM/PRIV/PAL

  
27
Graves and Hodge, p. 380

  
28
Ibid., pp. 402–3

  
29
Conversation reported by Owen Morshead in a letter to Paquita Morshead, 20 September 1937, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/1

  
30
Queen Elizabeth to Lord Nuffield, 15 July 1937, RA QEQM/OUT/MISC

  
31
Laird, pp. 214–15

  
32
Commander Oscar Henderson to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 3 August 1937, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/MAIN/01000/075/A/94

  
33
Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn Fanshawe to Captain R. J. Streatfeild, n.d. [26 July 1937], RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1937: 24 July

  
34
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 18 August 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/54

  
35
Letters from Chamberlain to his sister Hilda, Chamberlain Papers, quoted by Bradford,
George VI
, pp. 347–9

  
36
King George VI to Queen Mary, 30 August 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/55

  
37
Most Rev. Cosmo Lang to Queen Elizabeth, 4 September 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/LANG

  
38
Ziegler,
Osbert Sitwell
, pp. 238–9

  
39
Countess of Moray to Queen Elizabeth, n.d. [autumn 1937] RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

  
40
Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux to Queen Elizabeth, 12 September 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Molyneux

  
41
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 348

  
42
Ibid., p. 349

  
43
Ibid., p. 351

  
44
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 318

  
45
Lord Wigram to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 5 April 1937, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 136–7

  
46
Owen Morshead, diary, 3 June 1937, RA AEC/GG/12/DIARY/1937

  
47
Lord Wigram to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 5 April 1937, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 136–7

  
48
Queen Mary to King George VI, 10 April 1937, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
49
King George VI to Duke of Windsor, 11 April 1937, RA EDW/MAINB/116, quoted in Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 355

  
50
Ibid., p. 357

  
51
Queen Mary to King George VI, 4 February 1937, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
52
Lord Wigram to Sir John Simon, 11 March 1937, RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/019/207

  
53
Lord Wigram, memorandum, n.d. [May 1937], RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/019/216