Authors: Edna Healey
Queen's House (63 page)
85
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
86
.
ibid
.
87
. Duchess of Windsor,
The Heart Has Its Reasons,
Michael Joseph, 1956.
88
.
ibid
.
89
. Michael Bloch (ed.), Wallis & Edward,
Letters 1931-1937: the Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.
90
. Duchess of Windsor, The Heart Has Its Reasons.
91
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
92
. Kenneth Rose,
King George V
.
93
.
ibid
.
94
. J. R. Clynes,â¦
Memoirs
1924-1937.
95
. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary,
from Queen Mary,
Diary.
96
.
ibid
.
97
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
98
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ibid
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CHAPTER EIGHT
1
. Michael Bloch (ed.), Wallis & Edward, Letters 1931â1937: The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.
2
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
Cassell, 1951.
3
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary,
Allen & Unwin, 1959.
4
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
5
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold,
ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.
6
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.
7
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
8
.
ibid
.
9
. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy, from Queen Mary,
Diary.
10
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ibid
.
11
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ibid
.
12
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
13
.
ibid
.
14
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ibid
.
15
.
ibid
.
16
. Sir Henry Channon,
Diaries,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967.
17
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
18
.
ibid
.
19
. Michael Bloch (ed.), Wallis & Edward, Letters 1931-1937.
20
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
21
.
ibid
.
22
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
23
.
ibid
.
24
. Philip Ziegler,
Diana Cooper,
Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
25
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
26
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ibid
.
27
. Sir Henry Channon,
Diaries.
28
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ibid
.
29
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
30
. Sir John Whebler-Bennett,
King George VI: His Life and Reign,
Macmillan, 1958.
31
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
32
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ibid
.
33
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ibid
.
34
. Frances Donaldson,
Edward VIII,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974.
35
. Quoted Frances Donaldson,
Edward VIII.
36
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ibid
.
37
. Sir Henry Channon,
Diaries.
38
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ibid
.
39
. Baldwin's statement in the House of Commons, Hansard, 16 December 1936.
40
. Sir Henry Channon,
Diaries.
CHAPTER NINE
1
.
King George V
I to Lady Airlie, in Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold,
ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.
2
. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth,
The Queen Mother
, Hodder &c Stoughton, 1966.
3
. Sarah Bradford,
King George V
I, Heinemann, 1989.
4
. Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother
, private conversation.
5
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story,
Cassell, 1951.
6
. HRH Duke of Windsor, BBC broadcast from Windsor, 12 December 1936.
7
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I: His Life and Reign, Macmillan, 1958.
8
. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I, from
King George V
I,
Diary.
9
. HRH The Duke of Windsor,
A King's Story.
10
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.
11
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ibid
.
12
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
13
. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
14
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses,
Cassell, 1950.
15
.
The Times,
12 October 1938.
16
. Royal Archives, G. VI., PS3317.
17
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
18
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ibid
.
19
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
20
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ibid
.
21
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ibid
.
22
. Kenneth Campbell, Campbell Smith & Co., A Century of Decorative Crafts-manship 1873â1973, published 1973; printed Land Humphries.
23
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
24
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
25
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
26
. Quoted James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary,
Allen & Unwin, 1959, from Queen Mary, 12 May 1937,
Diary.
27
. HRH Princess Elizabeth, 12 May 1937, âThe Coronation', Royal Library, Windsor.
28
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
29
. HRH Princess Elizabeth, 12 May 1937, âThe Coronation'.
30
. Sir Henry Channon,
Diaries,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967.
31
.
ibid
.
32
. Frances Donaldson,
Edward VIII,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974.
33
. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt,
This I Remember,
Harper & Row, New York, 1938.
34
. HM
King George V
I, BBC broadcast, 3 September 1939.
35
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.
36
. HM
King George V
I, BBC broadcast, 25 December 1939.
37
. Sir John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
: 10 Downing Street Diaries 1939â1955, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985.
38
. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
39
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.
40
.
ibid
.
41
. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, private conversation.
42
. Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 20 August, 1940.
43
.
King George V
I to Queen Mary, 11 September 1940, Royal Archives, Geo V CC 12
44
. Royal Archives, G.VI. P.S. 4920/1.
45
.
King George V
I to Queen Mary, 14 September 1940, Royal Archives, George V, CC 12/136.
46
. Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 13 September 1940, Royal Archives, George V, CC 12/135.
47
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
48
. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
49
. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth,
The Queen Mother
.
50
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
51
. Dorothy Laird, Queen Elizabeth,
The Queen Mother
.
52
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
53
. Royal Archives, Geo V. CC 62/123.
54
. Chief Superintendent Metropolitan Police, Douglas Lightwood; article in
London Police Pensioner,
December 1994, p. 24. Details of this raid are also contained in an unpublished article by PC Alan Graham, later to be a member of the Royal Protection Unit, based at Clarence House.
55
. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
56
. HRH Princess Elizabeth, BBC broadcast, 13 October 1940.
57
. Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 19 October 1942, Royal Archives, George V CC 13/26.
58
. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt,
This I Remember.
59
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ibid
.
60
. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt,
On My Own,
Harper & Row, New York, 1958.
61
. Royal Archives, GV CC 13/64.
62
. Royal Archives, 25 September 1943, GV CC 13/64.
63
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
64
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ibid
.
65
. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
66
. Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 25 September 1943, Royal Archives, G V CC 13/64.
67
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
68
. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
69
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ibid
.
70
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
71
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ibid
.
72
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
73
. Mr Clement Attlee, conversation with author.
74
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
75
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ibid
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76
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ibid
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77
. Royal Archives pp G.VI 7009.
78
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ibid
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79
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ibid
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80
. Royal Archives, pp G.VI 7009 1947.
81
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ibid
.
82
. Hansard, Report of Proceedings of the House of Commons, 31 March 1947, p. 261.
83
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI.
84
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
85
. HRH Princess Elizabeth, broadcast from South Africa, 21 April 1947.
86
. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George VI,
from Queen Mary's Collection, Royal Archives.
87
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
88
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ibid
.
89
.
King George V
I to Queen Mary, 14 September 1947, quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.
90
. Aneurin Bevan, quoted Kenneth Rose,
King George V
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983.
91
. Sir John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
.
92
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
93
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ibid
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94
. Sir John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
.
95
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ibid
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96
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ibid
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97
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ibid
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98
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
99
. Sir John Colville,
The Fringes of Power
.
100
. Marion Crawford,
The Little Princesses
.
101
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ibid
.
102
.
ibid
.
103
.
King George V
I to Princess Elizabeth on her honeymoon, quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.
104
. Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
I.
105
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ibid
.
106
. Quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King George V
lixom
King George V
I's address to the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, Buckingham Palace, 27 April 1949, Memorandum by Sir Alan Lascelles.
107
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ibid
.
108
. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
109
. James Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary.
110
.
King George V
I to a friend, quoted Sir John Wheeler-Bennett,
King
George VI.
111
. Winston Churchill, source unknown.
112
. HRH Princess Margaret, private conversation.
113
. Ben Pimlott, The Queen:
A Biography of Queen Elizabeth II
, Harper Collins, 1996.
114
.
ibid
.
115
. Lord Charteris, private conversation.
116
.
ibid
.
117
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold.
118
. Winston Churchill in the House of Commons, Hansard, 11 February 1952.
119
. Clement Attlee, Labour Leader of the Opposition, Hansard, 11 February 1952.
120
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ibid
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CHAPTER TEN
1
. Mabell, Countess of Airlie,
Thatched with Gold,
ed. Jennifer Ellis, Hutchinson, 1962.
2
. Quoted Sarah Bradford,
Elizabeth: A Biography of HM The Queen,
Heinemann, 1966.
3
. Hansard, 25 March 1953.
4
. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt,
On My Own,
Harper & Row, New York, 1958.
