The Queen Mother (186 page)

108
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alexander Hardinge, 19 March 1943, Hon. Lady Murray Papers

109
Queen Elizabeth to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 4 May 1943, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 ff. 202–3

110
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 5 April 1943, CAC LASL 2/3/2

111
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 5–6 April 1943, CAC LASL 2/3/3

112
Winston Churchill to Queen Elizabeth, 8 April 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/MISCOFF; Queen Elizabeth to Winston Churchill, 13 April 1943, CAC CHAR 20/98A/56

113
Queen Elizabeth’s broadcast, 11 April 1943, RA QEQMH/PS/SPE; RA QEQM/PRIV/MISCOFF; RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/MAIN/03959/C

114
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 11 April 1943, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B

115
Lascelles, p. 122

116
Queen Elizabeth to Winston Churchill, 13 April 1943, CAC CHAR 20/98A/56

117
Winston Churchill to Queen Elizabeth, 16 April 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/MISCOFF

118
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 17 October 1943, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

119
Ziegler,
Osbert Sitwell
, pp. 275–6

120
Osbert Sitwell to Queen Elizabeth, 7 March 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Sitwell

121
Ziegler,
Osbert Sitwell
, pp. 275–6

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

123
Owen Morshead’s correspondence re safekeeping of Royal Library material, RA AEC/GG12

124
Owens, p. 22

125
King George VI, instructions to Queen Elizabeth, 9 June 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

126
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 12 June 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/54

127
King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, 14 June 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

128
Queen Elizabeth to King George VI, 14 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/78

129
Queen Elizabeth to King George VI, 17 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/79

130
Laird, p. 262

131
Queen Elizabeth to King George VI, 17 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/79

132
Bradford,
George VI
, pp. 467–70

133
King George VI, diary, 24–25 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

134
King George VI to Queen Mary, 28 June 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/56

135
King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, message sent in note from Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 20 June 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/MISCOFF

136
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 578

137
Clementine Churchill to Queen Elizabeth, 19 June 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

138
Queen Elizabeth to King George VI, 14 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/78

139
Alastair Philips in
Glasgow Herald
, quoted in Laird, p. 262

140
King George VI, diary, 27 May 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

141
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

142
King George VI, diary, 25 June 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

143
Arthur Penn to Sir Alan Lascelles, 9 July 1943, CAC LASL/2/3/1

144
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 26 June 1943, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B

145
Lascelles, pp. 138–9

146
Vickers, p. 241

147
King George VI, diary, 6 July 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

148
King George VI, diary, 7 July 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

149
Rose,
Kings, Queens and Courtiers
, pp. 141–2

150
Rhodes James, p. 249

151
Helen Hardinge to Queen Elizabeth, 7 [July] 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

152
Helen Hardinge, diary 8 July 1943, Hon. Lady Murray Papers

153
RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/MAIN/06518

154
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 15 July 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

155
Queen Mary to Lady Airlie, 8 August 1943, British Library, Add MSS 82748

156
Arthur Murrayto Lady Doris Vyner, 30 July 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

157
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Cranborne, 31 July 1943, Hatfield House, Papers of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury

158
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Cranborne, 30 September 1943, Hatfield House, Papers of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury

159
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 10 October 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

160
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 20 November 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/74

161
Queen Elizabeth to Arthur Penn, 7 October 1943, Penn Papers

162
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 17 October 1943, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

163
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 25 September 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/64

164
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 30 November 1943, Sitwell Papers

165
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 1 February 1944, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B

166
King George VI, diary, 26 February and 21 April 1942, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

167
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 20 November 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/74

168
Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 20 November 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Penn

169
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 12 December 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/76

170
Ibid.

171
Princess Elizabeth to Marion Crawford, 1 January 1944, RA QEII/OUT/BUTHLAY

172
Lascelles, p. 189

173
Prince Philip of Greece to Queen Elizabeth, 31 December 1943, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

174
Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 23 July [1944], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

175
Queen Mary to King George VI, 6 March 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

176
Ibid.

177
King George VI to Queen Mary, 17 March 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/84

178
Queen Mary to King George VI, 20 March 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

179
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 23 October 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/69

180
Queen Mary to King George VI, 10 December 1943, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

181
King George VI to Queen Mary, 14 December 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/77

182
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 4 May 1944, Sitwell Papers

183
Owen Morshead to Queen Mary, 8 May 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC48/1184

184
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 21 June 1944, Sitwell Papers

185
Keegan, p. 153

186
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 21 June 1944, Sitwell Papers

187
Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, p. 781

188
King George VI, diary, 30 May 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY; Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 601–6

189
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 18 May 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

190
King George VI to Queen Mary, 10 June 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/90; Wheeler-Bennett, p. 607

191
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 21 June 1944, Sitwell Papers

192
Evelyn Waugh,
Unconditional Surrender
, 1961, p. 245, quoted in Calder,
The People’s War
, p. 560

193
Martin Gilbert,
Winston S. Churchill
, vol. VII, William Heinemann, 1985, pp. 812–13

194
Queen Elizabeth to Arthur Penn, 18 June 1944, Penn Papers

195
Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, p. 782

196
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 610

197
King George VI to Queen Mary, 25 June 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/91

198
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 8 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/93

199
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 27 June 1944, RA QEQM/OUT/CHILD

200
King George VI to Princess Elizabeth, June 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF (with letters from King George VI to Queen Elizabeth)

201
Kenneth Clark to Queen Elizabeth, 22 June 1944, QEQM/PRIV/PIC

202
Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, pp. 782–3

203
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 17 July 1944, RA/QM/PRIV/CC13/95

204
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles (quoted in Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 29 March 1945), RA QEQM/PRIV/MISCOFF

205
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 29 March 1945, RA QEQM/PRIV/MISCOFF

206
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 17 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/95

207
King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, 22 July 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

208
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 26 July 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/96

209
Ibid.

210
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 29 July 1944, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B

211
Betty Bowes Lyon to Queen Elizabeth, 25 July [1944], RA QEQM/PRIV/BL

212
King George VI to Queen Elizabeth, 29 July 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

213
Queen Elizabeth to King George VI, 26 July 1944, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/80

214
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 31 July 1944, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B

215
D Arcy Osborne to Queen Elizabeth, 3 August 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne

216
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 4 August 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/97

217
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 30 July 1944, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

218
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 4 August 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/97

219
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 19 August 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/98

220
Queen Elizabeth to Winston Churchill, CAC CHAR 1/380/52

221
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, telegram, 6 November 1944, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

222
Hon. David Bowes Lyon to Queen Elizabeth, telegram, 6 November 1944, Bowes Lyon papers, SPW

223
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 14 November 1944, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

224
Laird, p. 267

225
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 14 November 1944, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

226
Queen Elizabeth to Winston Churchill, 14 November 1944, CAC, CHAR 1/380/52

227
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 4 October 1944, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B

228
Queen Elizabeth, message to Commanding Officer (Lieutenant Colonel Hon. Michael Bowes Lyon), 31 July 1944, RA QEQM/PS/ENGT/1944/43

229
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 614–15

230
Laird, pp. 267–8

231
Queen Elizabeth’s speech at Middle Temple, 12 December 1944, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1944/39

232
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 18 December 1944, Sitwell Papers

233
King George VI, diary, 21–26 December 1944, RA KGVI/PRIV/DIARY

234
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 28 December 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/114

235
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 26 January 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/117

236
Queen Elizabeth to D’Arcy Osborne, 14 February 1945, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

237
Queen Elizabeth to Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux, 20 March 1945, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/113

238
Queen Mary to King George VI, 13 April 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

239
King George VI to Queen Mary, 23 April 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/122

240
King George VI, diary, 8 May 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

241
David Kynaston,
Austerity Britain 1945–51
, Bloomsbury, 2007, p. 212

242
King George VI, diary, 8 May 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

243
King George VI to Queen Mary, 22 May 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/124

244
Hansard, 15 May 1945

245
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 14 May 1945, Sitwell Papers

    
1
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 18 September 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/133

    
2
King George VI, diary, 18–20 May 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

    
3
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Doris Vyner, 12 May 1945, Vyner Papers

    
4
King George VI to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 19 May 1945, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 f. 162

    
5
Queen Mary to King George VI, 27 May 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

    
6
Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, pp. 843–5

    
7
Peter Hennessy,
Never Again
, Jonathan Cape, 1992, p. 94

    
8
Ibid.

    
9
King George VI, diary, 26 July 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

  
10
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 637

  
11
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 26 July 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/128

  
12
Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, pp. 854–6

  
13
The Noël Coward Diaries
, 1982, p. 36, quoted in Kynaston, p. 78

  
14
Rhodes James, p. 283

  
15
Channon,
Diaries
, 15 August 1945, p. 501

  
16
‘Speeches and Replies to Addresses by His Majesty King George VI’, printed for the Private Secretary’s Office, RA

  
17
James Lees-Milne,
Prophesying Peace: Diaries 1944–1945
, Chatto & Windus, 1977, 15 August 1945

  
18
Countess Spencer to Earl Spencer, 13 September 1945, Althorp Archives

  
19
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Cranborne, 7 October 1945, Hatfield House, Papers of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury

  
20
Owen Morshead, notes on conversation with Sir Alan Lascelles, 10 November 1945, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/2

  
21
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 594, quoting Alec Hardinge’s subsequent remark that the King ‘literally died for England’

  
22
Owen Morshead, notes on conversation with Sir Alan Lascelles, 10 November 1945, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/2.

  
23
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 654

  
24
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 18 September 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/133

  
25
Winston Churchill to Duke of Windsor (copy), 31 December 1944, CAC CHAR/20/148/28

  
26
Queen Mary to King George VI, 27 August 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
27
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 18 September 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/133

  
28
King George VI to Queen Mary, 23 September 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/135

  
29
Owen Morshead, notes on conversation with Queen Mary, 18 February 1946, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/2

  
30
King George VI to Queen Mary, 6 October 1945, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/137

  
31
Queen Mary to King George VI, 25 September 1945, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
32
Lascelles, p. 361

  
33
Frank Prochaska,
Royal Bounty
, Yale University Press, 1995, p. 206

  
34
Ibid., p. 218

  
35
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 19 February 1943, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/39

  
36
Prochaska,
Royal Bounty
, p. 229

  
37
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

  
38
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 653

  
39
Ibid., p. 654

  
40
Laird, p. 272

  
41
Queen Elizabeth to Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux, 19 December 1945, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/115

  
42
Hon. David Bowes Lyon to Rachel Bowes Lyon, 1 January 1946, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

  
43
Queen Mary to King George VI, 31 January 1946, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11; Owen Morshead, notes on conversation with Queen Mary, 18 February 1946, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/2

  
44
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 26 January 1946, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

  
45
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Delia Peel, 27 August 1945, Althorp Archives

  
46
Queen Elizabeth to Arthur Penn, 29 March 1946, Penn Papers

  
47
Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 1 April 1946, RA QEQM/PRIV/HH

  
48
Jasper Ridley to Queen Elizabeth, 27 January 1946, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Ridley

  
49
Hon. Sir Richard Molyneux to Queen Elizabeth, 8 January 1946, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Molyneux

  
50
King George VI, diary, 22–28 April 1946, RA GVI/PRIV/DIARY

  
51
Clementine Churchill to Queen Elizabeth, 26 April 1946, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

  
52
Laird, p. 274

  
53
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Cranborne, 25 September 1946, Hatfield House, Papers of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury

  
54
Queen Elizabeth to King George VI, 8 October 1946, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/82

  
55
Osbert Sitwell to Queen Elizabeth, 23 June 1945, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Sitwell

  
56
Author’s interview with Sir Oliver Millar

  
57
Queen Mary to King George VI, 22 November 1946, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11

  
58
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 12 November 1946, Sitwell Papers

  
59
Queen Elizabeth to Toronto Scottish, 20 October 1945, RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Toronto Scottish

  
60
Queen Elizabeth to 5th Battalion, The Black Watch (draft telegram), n.d. [February 1946], RA QEQMH/PS/ARMFOR/Black Watch

  
61
Queen Elizabeth to Lord Wavell, 9 April 1946 (incomplete draft), RA QEQM/OUT/MISC

  
62
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 13 November 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/111

  
63
Helen Hudson,
Cumberland Lodge: A House through History
, Phillimore, 1989, p. 147

  
64
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 13 November 1944, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/111

  
65
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone, 5 February 1950, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
66
Afrikaans vocabulary lists, RA QEQM/PRIV/VIS

  
67
Sir Edmund Grove Papers

  
68
Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 5 February 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/HH

  
69
Princess Elizabeth to Marion Crawford, 15 February 1947, RA QEII/OUT/BUTHLAY

  
70
RA F&V/VISOV/SA/1947/Diary of the Royal Visit to South Africa

  
71
Ibid.

  
72
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 16 February 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/148

  
73
Wheeler-Bennett, p. 687

  
74
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 23 February 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/149

  
75
Sir Edmund Grove Papers

  
76
Sir Alan Lascelles to Lady Lascelles, 22 February 1947, CAC LASL 4/4/4

  
77
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 23 February 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/149

  
78
Enid Bagnold Letters, Diana Cooper Papers, Box VII, Eton College Library

  
79
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

  
80
Sir Edmund Grove Papers

  
81
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 21 February 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/169

  
82
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 9 March 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/172

  
83
Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC

  
84
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 9 March 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/172

  
85
Enid Bagnold Letters, Diana Cooper Papers, Box VII, Eton College Library

  
86
Sir Alan Lascelles to his son, 10 March 1947, CAC LASL 4/4/9

  
87
RA F&V/VISOV/SA/1947/Diary of the Royal Visit to South Africa, 12 March 1947

  
88
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 26 April 1947, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
89
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 28 March 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/152

  
90
Bradford,
George VI
, p. 519

  
91
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone, 23 March 1947, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
92
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 9 April 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/153

  
93
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 9 March 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/172

  
94
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 111

  
95
Note by Edmund Grove on King George VI and the South Africa Tour, 1947, Sir Edmund Grove Papers

  
96
King George VI to Queen Mary, 6 April 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/174

  
97
Bradford,
George VI
, pp. 519–20

  
98
Enid Bagnold Letters, Diana Cooper Papers, Box VII, Eton College Library

  
99
Queen Elizabeth to the Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone, 23 March 1947, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

100
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 26 April 1947, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

101
Wheeler-Bennett, notes of interview with Sir Edward Fielden, RA AEC/GG/20

102
Sir John Kennedy to Queen Elizabeth, 14 January 1959, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

103
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 110

104
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 16 April 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/176

105
Duchess of Kent to Queen Elizabeth, 20 April 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

106
Dermot Morrah,
The Royal Family in Africa
, Hutchinson, 1947, p. 124

107
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 22 April 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

108
Morrah,
Royal Family in Africa
, p. 128

109
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 26 April 1947, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

110
Sir Alan Lascelles to Lady Lascelles, 30 April 1947, CAC LASL 4/4/2/17

    
1
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 102

    
2
Rose Granville to Queen Elizabeth, 22 March 1946, RA QEQM/PRIV/BL

    
3
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 12 December 1945, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD

    
4
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 106

    
5
Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 12 June 46, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

    
6
Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 14 September 1946, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

    
7
Ibid.

    
8
Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 3 December [1946], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

    
9
Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 28 January [1947], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
10
Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 11 June [1947], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
11
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 7 July 1947, (draft letter, unfinished and possibly not sent; no final version in Lascelles’s papers) RA QEQM/PRIV/HH

  
12
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 7 July 1947, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
13
Queen Elizabeth to Arthur Penn, 9 July 1947, Penn Papers

  
14
Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 13 June 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Penn

  
15
Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 9 July 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Penn

  
16
King George VI to Queen Mary, 14 September 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/183

  
17
Queen Ingrid of Denmark to Queen Elizabeth, 13 October 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/FORRF

  
18
D’Arcy Osborne to the Queen, 20 July 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne

  
19
Normal Hartnell to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 15 October 1947; Commander Richard Colville to Queen Elizabeth, 17 October 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD

  
20
Richard Colville to Queen Elizabeth, 10 November 1947, QEQM/PRIV/MISCOFF

  
21
King George VI to Queen Mary, 6 November 1947, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/188

  
22
Duff Cooper, p. 453

  
23
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth, 22 November 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
24
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 754–5

  
25
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth, 22 November 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
26
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 24 November 1947, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
27
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth, 30 November 1947, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
28
Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 3 December [1947], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
29
Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 760–2

  
30
‘Speeches and Replies to Addresses by His Majesty King George VI’, printed for the Private Secretary’s Office, RA

  
31
Laird, p. 296

  
32
King George VI to Queen Mary, 3 May 1948, RA QM/PRIV/CC13/198

  
33
Duff Cooper, p. 463

  
34
Prochaska,
Royal Bounty
, p. 234

  
35
Ibid.

  
36
Ibid., p. 244

  
37
Laird, p. 279

  
38
Prochaska,
Royal Bounty
, p. 235

  
39
Ibid.

  
40
Ibid., p. 236

  
41
Ibid.

  
42
Ibid., p. 238

  
43
Letter to Queen Elizabeth from ‘All in the Gardens’, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1947/31

  
44
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 5 November 1948, RA PS/PSO/AL/Box B

  
45
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 6 November 1948, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD