Elizabeth the Queen (107 page)

  67.
“The first was Winston”: Tony Blair, p. 16.

  68.
“I got a sense of my relative seniority”:
The Times
, May 22, 2002.

  69.
“general guff”: Tony Blair, p. 16.

  70.
“I can’t remember not curtsying”: Cherie Blair, p. 180.

  71.
“generally clucking sympathetically”: Tony Blair, p. 16.

  72.
“hot spring sunshine”: Queen Elizabeth II to Nancy Reagan, April 24, 1997, Ronald Reagan Library.

  73.
“opens the door”:
Royalty Digest
, No. 70, April 1997, p. 316.

  74.
“there’s a bit of her that is very”: Marr,
The Queen at 80
, BBC.

  75.
“A lot of people thought
Britannia”:
Confidential interview.

  76.
“Sea Days” for businessmen:
The Royal Yacht Britannia Official Guidebook
, p. 56.

  77.
“What an asset”: Alastair Campbell, p. 218.

  78.
“Lilibet” and “Philip”: Castle of Mey Visitors Book, Aug. 16, 1997.

  79.
“somewhat melancholy”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 909.

  80.
steamed past the coast twice: June Webster interview.

  81.
“With all our memories of you”: Castle of Mey Visitors Book, Aug. 16, 1997, Copyright HM the Queen.

  82.
“Oh what a heavenly day”: Ibid.

  83.
“an understanding of people’s emotions”: Bashir interview,
Panorama
.

  84.
Yet she also began to burden: Roberto Devorick interview (March 10, 1998); Elsa Bowker interview (Dec. 12, 1997).

  85.
“by cultivating the idea”: Andrew Neil interview (May 6, 1998).

  86.
they were embarrassed: Lacey,
Monarch
, p. 358.

  87.
the Queen wrote a note: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 910.

  88.
“global event like no other”: Tony Blair, p. 138.

  89.
“The Queen and Prince of Wales are deeply shocked”:
Daily Mail
, Sept. 4, 1997.

  90.
“philosophical, anxious for the boys”: Tony Blair, p. 140.

  91.
“the People’s Princess”: Ibid., p. 141.

  92.
“how difficult things were”: Lacey,
Monarch
, p. 360.

  93.
But the royal family thought: Alastair Campbell, p. 246.

  94.
“encourage the temptation”: Carey, p. 407.

  95.
“don’t pray for the souls”: Confidential interview.

  96.
“They handled it like ostriches”:
Diana: The Week She Died
, ITV documentary, 2006.

  97.
the princes wanted the comfort:
Daily Telegraph
, Sept. 27, 2009. 396 “talk to Mummy”: Lacey,
Monarch
, p. 358.

  98.
“To take them away to have nothing to do”: Margaret Rhodes interview.

  99.
“We can’t look at the files”: David Airlie interview.

100.
“We wanted the people who had benefited”: Ibid.

101.
“She was very happy with the charity workers”: Malcolm Ross interview.

102.
“unique funeral for a unique person”:
New York Times
, Sept. 2, 1997.

103.
“people’s funeral”: Alastair Campbell, p. 236.

104.
“She is much better with paper”: Malcolm Ross interview.

105.
“shrewd and savvy”: Tony Blair, p. 144.

106.
“completely au fait”: Ibid.

107.
“encouraged creative thinking”: Lacey,
Monarch
, p. 367.

108.
“at a rate of 6,000 per hour”: Wilson, p. 326.

109.
They heaped flowers: Author’s observations.

110.
By Wednesday night:
Daily Mail
, Sept. 4, 1997.

111.
“from the heart not the head”: Bashir interview,
Panorama
.

112.
“I always believed the press would kill”:
New York Times
, Sept. 1, 1997.

113.
“Happy now?”: Ibid.

114.
“If only the royals dared weep”:
New York Times
, Sept. 4, 1997.

115.
“The media were circling”: Confidential interview.

116.
“They needed to direct it”: Tony Blair, p. 144.

117.
“I think the thing that impressed”: Shawcross,
Queen and Country
documentary.

118.
“Robin had to describe”: Malcolm Ross interview.

119.
“all the royal family”:
New York Times
, Sept. 4, 1997.

120.
“the fact that I was speaking”: Tony Blair, p. 148.

121.
“as blunt as I needed to be”: Ibid., p. 149.

122.
“very direct advice”: Ibid., p. 148.

123.
“hide away”: Ibid., p. 149.

124.
“If she had come down”:
Diana: The Week She Died
documentary.

125.
The tabloids on Thursday morning:
Washington Post
, Sept. 5, 1997.

126.
A survey by MORI: Robert Worcester interview.

127.
“dangerous and unpleasant”: Alastair Campbell, p. 240.

128.
“Robin Janvrin told me”: George Carey interview.

129.
more important was the persuasiveness: Malcolm Ross interview.

130.
“It was an extraordinary experience”:
The Guardian
, Feb. 13, 2010.

131.
“It was the first time I’d heard”:
The Guardian
, Jan. 16, 2011, excerpt from Alastair Campbell Diaries, Vol. 2,
Power and the People
.

132.
“was now very focused”: Tony Blair, p. 149.

133.
“The royal family have been hurt”:
Washington Post
, Sept. 7, 1997.

134.
“how you kindly arranged”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 911.

135.
Philip suggested that on the eve: Alastair Campbell, p. 241.

136.
“There was a very ugly atmosphere”: Marr,
The Queen at 80
documentary.

137.
“It wasn’t completely over with”: Ibid.

138.
“Would you like me to place them”: Lacey,
Monarch
, pp. 378–79.

139.
“Have you been queuing”: Marr,
The Queen at 80
documentary.

140.
“I just said how sorry I was”: Shawcross,
Queen and Country
documentary.

141.
“spent a long time talking”: Marr,
The Queen at 80
documentary.