The Queen Mother (182 page)

  
54
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 359

  
55
Lord Wigram, memorandum, n.d. [May 1937], RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/019/216;
The Times
, 29 May 1937

  
56
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 21 May 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
57
Ibid.

  
58
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 21 May 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/49

  
59
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 3 June 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/74

  
60
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 3 June 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
61
King George VI to Queen Mary, 14 September 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/57

  
62
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

  
63
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 30 September 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
64
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 376

  
65
Walter Monckton to Queen Elizabeth, 18 September 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

  
66
Queen Elizabeth to Walter Monckton, 21 September 1937, RA GVI/OUT/MONCKTON

  
67
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 376

  
68
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 28 September 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/59

  
69
King George VI to Walter Monckton, 5 October 1937, RA GVI/OUT/MONCKTON

  
70
King George VI to Queen Mary, 4 October 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/60

  
71
Sir Ronald Lindsay to Lady Lindsay, 11 October 1937, quoted in
The Crawford Papers: The Journals of David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
, ed. John Vincent, Manchester University Press, 1984, pp. 616–21

  
72
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, p. 392

  
73
Crawford Papers
, pp. 616–21

  
74
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 26 October 1937, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/61

  
75
William Walton to Queen Elizabeth, 22 December 1937, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

  
76
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 18 December 1937, Sitwell Papers

  
77
Queen Elizabeth to Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux, 7 December 1937, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/91

  
78
Queen Elizabeth to Duke of Windsor, 23 December 1937, RA EDW/MAINB/130

  
79
Duke of Windsor to Queen Elizabeth (copy), 12 January 1938, RA EDW/MAINB/127

  
80
Queen Elizabeth to Duke of Windsor, 15 January 1938, RA EDW/MAINB/129

  
81
Duke of Windsor to Queen Elizabeth (copy), 22 January 1938, RA EDW/MAINB/131

  
82
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 4 January 1938, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
83
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 5 January 1938, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
84
Queen Elizabeth to D’Arcy Osborne, 5 January 1938, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
85
D’Arcy Osborne to Queen Elizabeth, 27 January 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne

  
86
Duff Cooper, p. 241

  
87
Queen Elizabeth to Arthur Penn, 30 June 1938, Penn Papers, and Queen Elizabeth to Neville Chamberlain, 2 July 1938, BUA NC 7/4/8

  
88
Queen Elizabeth to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 23 June 1938, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 188–9

  
89
Duke of Windsor to Queen Elizabeth, telegram, 23 June 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/DEATH/STRATH

  
90
Queen Elizabeth to Neville Chamberlain, 2 July 1938, BUA NC 7/4/8

  
91
Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 23 June 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/DEATH/STRATH

  
92
Queen Elizabeth to Arthur Penn, 30 June 1938, Penn Papers

  
93
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 28 June 1938, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/73

  
94
Laird, p. 220

  
95
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 28 June 1938, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/73

  
96
Ibid.

  
97
Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
The Times
, 28 June 1938; Glamis Archives

  
98
Queen Elizabeth to Archbishop Lang, 1 July 1938, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 191–2

  
99
Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 28 June 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/DEATH/STRATH

100
Queen Elizabeth to Arthur Penn, 30 June 1938, Penn Papers

101
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 28 June 1938, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

102
Longford,
Queen Mother
, pp. 70–1

103
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 13 July 1938, RA GV/CC12/75

104
Laird, p. 221

105
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 359

106
‘Les Souverains Britanniques en France’, special issue of
L’Iüustration
, July 1938; Sir Eric Phipps to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 15 March 1938, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/SV/02718/1/038

107
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 71

108
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 360

109
Interview with Bertrand du Vignaud de Villefort on behalf of the author

110
Rev. Dr John Stirton, diary, 27–29 August 1938, RA AEC/GG/026

111
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 72

112
L’Oeuvre
, June 1939

113
Quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 343

114
Hartnell, p. 94

115
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 361

116
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 343

117
Lady Diana Cooper,
The Light of Common Day
, 1959, p. 223, quoted in Bradford,
George VI
, p. 361

118
Laird, p. 222

119
Neville Chamberlain to King George VI, 13 August 1938, BUA NC 7/3/25

120
Duff Cooper to Queen Elizabeth, 2 August 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

121
Duff Cooper, diary, 23 July 1938, John Julius Norwich Papers

122
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 5 August 1938, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/77

123
Georgina Guérin to her parents, 31 August 1938, RA QEII/OUT/GUERIN/31

124
Rev. Dr John Stirton, diary, 27–29 August 1938, RA AEC/GG/026

125
Paul Berman,
Terror and Liberalism
, W. W. Norton, 2003, pp. 124–8

126
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 345

127
Queen Mary to King George VI, 15 September 1938, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

128
King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, 19 September 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

129
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 24 September 1938, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

130
Sir Alexander Hardinge to King George VI, 15 September [1938], RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/235/04

131
Sir Alexander Hardinge, memorandum, 29 September [1938], RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/235/06

132
Sir Alexander Hardinge, memorandum, 26 and 29 September 1938, RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/235/10

133
Laird, pp. 224–5

134
Queen Elizabeth, speech, 27 September 1938, RA QEQMH/PS/SPE

135
Laird, pp. 225–6

136
King George VI to May Elphinstone, 29 September 1938, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

137
Duff Cooper, p. 268

138
Queen Mary to King George VI, 1 October 1938, RA PRIV/RF/11

139
Queen Elizabeth to Anne Chamberlain, 30 September 1938, BUA NC 13/11/656

140
Anne Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, 30 September 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

141
Andrew Roberts,
The History of the English Speaking Peoples since 1900
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006, p. 249

142
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 2 October 1938, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/84

143
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 11 October 1938, Sitwell Papers

144
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 13 December 1938, Sitwell Papers

145
D’Arcy Osborne to Queen Elizabeth, 17 October 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne

146
Most Rev. Cosmo Lang to Queen Elizabeth, 19 December 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Lang

147
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 5 October 1938, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

148
Martin Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, Minerva, 1992, p. 598

149
Ibid., p. 604

150
Queen Elizabeth to Rachel Bowes Lyon, 22 November 1938, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

151
Jasper Ridley to Queen Elizabeth, 29 January 1939, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Ridley

152
Lord Birkenhead,
Walter Monckton: The Life of Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969, p. 169

153
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Walter Monckton, 6 December 1938, RA GVI/OUT/MONCKTON

154
Queen Mary to King George VI, 3 February 1939, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11; King George VI to Queen Mary, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/87

155
Walter Monckton to King George VI (copy), 10 February 1939, RA GVI/OUT/MONCKTON

156
Duke of Windsor to Queen Mary, 29 March 1939, RA QM/PRIV/CC9

157
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 31 March 1939, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

158
Clement Attlee to Tom Attlee, 23 February 1939, Bodleian Library, Attlee Papers, MS Eng.c.4792

159
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 364

160
L’Ilustration
, special supplement on state visit of President Lebrun, 21–24 March 1939, Archives Nationales, Paris: Papiers des Chefs de l’Etat AG/1/69

161
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 367–8

162
Sir Alexander Hardinge, memorandum, 26 April 1939, Hon. Lady Murray Papers

163
John Wheeler-Bennett interview with second Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, January 1954, RA AEC/GG/20

164
Laird, p. 185

165
Ibid.

166
Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy
, ed. Amanda Smith, Viking, 2001, pp. 326–9

    
1
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 8 May 1939, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/93

    
2
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 371, 373

    
3
Lord Tweedsmuir to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 17 October 1938, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/VISCOM/03400/001A/01

    
4
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 382

    
5
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 6 May 1939, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

    
6
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 8 May 1939, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/93

    
7
Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, pp. 398–400

    
8
Duke of Kent to Queen Elizabeth, 16 May 1939, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF; Sir Alexander Hardinge to King George VI, 9 May 1939, RA PS/PSO/AH, quoted in Ziegler,
Edward VIII
, pp. 399–400

    
9
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 13 May 1939, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
10
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 15 May 1939, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/94

  
11
Ibid.

  
12
Sir Alan Lascelles to Joan Lascelles, 14–16 May 1939, CAC LASL 4/3/8

  
13
Mackenzie King, diary, 17 May 1939, LAC/BAC MG26-J13

  
14
Ibid.

  
15
Diary (translation) of Lieutenant Colonel D. B. Papineau, 17 May 1939, Archives Nationales du Quebec, P569, S1, D1, P19

  
16
Ibid.

  
17
Ibid., 18 May 1939

  
18
L’Abbe J.-C. Desrosiers to A. Paquette, 5 May 1937, Archives Nationales du Quebec, E4 1960–01-483/567; Dr J. Marcoux to Jean Bruchesi, 16 February, 6 May 1939, Archives Nationales du Quebec, E4 1960–01-483/268/154, 567

  
19
Hartnell, pp. 99–100

  
20
Canadian press report, 13 June 1939, RA F&V/VISOV/CAN/1939/Press cuttings/Vol. III, p. 125

  
21
Sir Alan Lascelles to Eric Mackenzie, Comptroller to the Governor General, 21 January 1939, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/VISCOM/03400/002/094

  
22
Sir Alan Lascelles to Joan Lascelles, 21 May 1939, CAC LASL 4/3/9

  
23
Molly Pulver Ungar, ‘Emile Vaillancourt and the Royal Visit of 1939’, paper given to the Canadian Historical Association, London (Ontario), 2005; Diary (translation) of Lieutenant Colonel D. B. Papineau, 21 May 1939, Archives Nationales du Quebec, P569, S1, D1, P19

  
24
‘Canada: Houde for Dictators’,
Time
, 20 February 1939

  
25
Quoted in
Colombo’s Canadian Quotations
, Hurtig Publishers, 1974, p. 267

  
26
Montreal press reports cited by Ungar, ‘Emile Vaillancourt’; Diary (translation) of Lieutenant Colonel D. B. Papineau, 21 May 1939, Archives Nationales du Québec, P569, S1, D1, P19

  
27
Sir Alan Lascelles to Joan Lascelles, 21 May 1939, CAC LASL 4/3/9

  
28
Lord Tweedsmuir to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 22 May 1939, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/VISCOM/03400/001A/116

  
29
Speeches by the King and Queen during Their Majesties’ visit to Canada, 1939
, booklet published by the Government of Canada, 1939

  
30
Letter from Lord Tweedsmuir to a friend, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 380

  
31
Lord Tweedsmuir to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 22 May 1939, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/VISCOM/03400/001A/116

  
32
Letter from Lord Tweedsmuir to a friend, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, p. 380

  
33
Lord Tweedsmuir to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 22 May 1939, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/VISCOM/03400/001A/116

  
34
Article by F. C. Mears,
Montreal Gazette
, [21 May 1939], RA F&V/VISOV/CAN/1939/Press cuttings/Vol. I, p. 98

  
35
Lord Tweedsmuir to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 22 May 1939, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/VISCOM/03400/001A/116