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Authors: Sally Bedell Smith
THREE: Destiny Calls
1.
“serious questions”: Eleanor Roosevelt,
This I Remember
, p. 209.
2.
“social problems”: Eleanor Roosevelt,
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
, p. 230.
3.
“brimming with tears”: Horbury, “A Princess in Paris,”
Royalty Digest
, Sept. 1996, p. 88.
4.
“published good photographs”: Ibid.
5.
“in black lace, with a large comb”: Henry Channon,
Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
, edited by Robert Rhodes James, p. 425.
6.
“I never realized”: Patricia Brabourne interview.
7.
a hospital suite had been prepared: Alfred Wright, Jr., “A Royal Birth,”
Life
, Nov. 8, 1948.
8.
Around 9 P.M. senior members: Major Thomas Harvey, private secretary to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, “Notes on the birth of Prince Charles,” Nov. 14, 1948.
9.
“I knew she’d do it!’: Ibid.
10.
“any spare pages”: Ibid.
11.
“Glad it’s all over”: Ibid.
12.
“never been so pleased”: Ibid.
13.
“just a plasticene head”: Ibid.
14.
“I had no idea that one”:
Daily Telegraph
, March 31, 2011.
15.
“fine, long fingers”: Anthony Holden,
Charles Prince of Wales
, p. 67.
16.
“when someone complained”: Bradford, p. 145.
17.
“Philip is terribly independent”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, pp. 630–31.
18.
“suspended from a crown”: Dean, p. 113.
19.
“In England the upper class”: Pamela Hicks interview.
20.
“some of the darkest evils in our society today”: Pimlott, p. 160.
21.
“were advised that conditions”: Dean, p. 121.
22.
At the outset she fulfilled: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Princess Elizabeth Leaving for Malta”; “Princess Joins Duke in Malta”; “Princess Elizabeth Visits Mdina Cathedral in Malta”; “Princess Elizabeth Unveils War Memorial and Visits Maternity Hospital.”
23.
“I think her happiest time”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
24.
“noticed that she was slow”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 160.
25.
The royal couple lived: Pamela Hicks interview.
26.
Elizabeth dispensed: Dean, pp. 121–22.
27.
They cheered: Pamela Hicks interview; Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Lady Pamela Mountbatten Wins Ladies Race”; “Princess Goes Dancing and Views U.S. Warship.”
28.
“loathed”: Pamela Hicks interview.
29.
“a very fast, very dangerous”: Ibid.
30.
“Don’t say anything”: McDonald,
The Duke
documentary.
31.
who was enraptured: Gay Charteris interview.
32.
“vulgar”: Pimlott, p. 138.
33.
“giving himself an ecstatic hug”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, pp. 644–45.
34.
he helped his wife:
Time
, Feb. 18, 1952.
35.
for the first time she took the salute: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), June 1951, “The Royal Family Watches Trooping the Colour Parade.”
36.
“the happiest of my sailor life”: Dean, p. 130.
37.
“I thought I was going to have a career”: Brandreth, p. 178.
38.
The double-decker plane: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), Oct. 1951, “The Royal Stratocruiser and Crew.”
39.
“one of the largest military parades”: Ibid., “Royal Tour Reaches Quebec,” October 1951.
40.
in Toronto: Ibid., “Royal Tour Continues to Toronto and Niagara Falls.”
41.
“comfort, softness, and discretion”: Confidential interview.
42.
“My face is aching”: Pimlott, p. 171.
43.
When the royal couple watched: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Royal Tourists in the Cowboy Country.”
44.
“a good investment”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 165.
45.
“much refreshed and strengthened”: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 650.
46.
“He was impatient”: Brandreth, p. 208.
47.
“This will ruin my hair!”: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Royal Tour Continues to Toronto and Niagara Falls.”
48.
when she saw the skyline: Ibid., “Royal Tour Continues in Windsor and Winnipeg.”
49.
“recovered so promptly”: Ibid., “Washington Hails the Princess.”
50.
“tells me when everyone”: Ibid. 58 “fairy princess”: Pimlott, p. 172.
51.
“free men everywhere”: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Washington Hails the Princess.”
52.
She later told Martin: Betty Beale,
Power at Play: A Memoir of Parties, Politicians and the Presidents in My Bedroom
, p. 34.
53.
a reception at the Statler Hotel: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “Washington Hails the Princess.”
54.
“welcome ornament”: Ibid., “Busy Days in Washington.”
55.
Only Elizabeth managed: Dean, p. 140.
56.
“Where is your sword?”: Gaumont British Newsreel (Reuters), “The Royal Couple Return to Buckingham Palace After Their Trip to Canada.”
57.
“Britain’s heiress presumptive puts her duty first”: Ibid.
58.
When the City of London: Ibid., “City Welcomes Princess and Duke.”
59.
The red-brick facade:
Country Life
, May 28, 2008.
60.
“sturdily philistine”: Elizabeth Longford,
The Queen Mother: A Biography
, p. 157.
61.
“HEAD & FACE ONLY”: Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor,
In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor
, edited by Charlotte Mosley, p. 212.
62.
The King felt well enough: Shawcross,
QEQM
, p. 651. 61 Dressed in khaki trousers: Dean, p. 147.
63.
“Look, Philip, they’re pink!”:
Time
, Feb. 18, 1952.
64.
After a pleasant day shooting hares: Shawcross,
QEQM
, pp. 652–53. 62 “the most appalling shock”: Shawcross,
Q and C
, p. 16.
65.
“pale and worried”: Dean, p. 148.
66.
“Oh, thank you”: Pamela Hicks interview.
67.
“seized her destiny with both hands”: Shawcross,
Q and C
, p. 17.
FOUR: “Ready, Girls?”
1.
“What are you going to call yourself?”: Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 176.
2.
“It was all very sudden”:
E II R
documentary.
3.
“she looked as if she might”: Dean, p. 149.
4.
“was like the Rock of Gibraltar”: Turner, p. 41.