Elizabeth the Queen (88 page)

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.