The Queen Mother (188 page)

  
55
Lady Doris Vyner to Queen Elizabeth, n.d. [21 July 1952], RA QEQM/PRIV/RES

  
56
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Arthur Penn, n.d. [6 August 1952], Penn Papers

  
57
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 31 August 1952, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/59

  
58
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 9 September 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
59
May Elphinstone to Queen Elizabeth, 5 September 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/BL

  
60
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 25 June 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
61
Lady Doris Vyner to Queen Elizabeth, n.d. [21 July 1952], RA QEQM/PRIV/RES

  
62
Edward Seago to Queen Elizabeth, 27 July 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Seago; Countess Spencer to Earl Spencer, 26 July 1952, Althorp Archives

  
63
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 28 July 1952, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/57

  
64
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 21 July 1952, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
65
Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 23 July 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

  
66
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 22 August 1952, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/58

  
67
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 2 September 1952, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

  
68
D’Arcy Osborne to Queen Elizabeth, 9 September 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne

  
69
Queen Elizabeth to D’Arcy Osborne, 29 November 1952, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
70
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 29 November 1952, CAC LASL 2/3/5

  
71
Victoria Glendinning,
Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn among Lions
, 1981, p. 299, quoted in Longford,
Elizabeth R
, pp. 147–8

  
72
Sir Arthur Penn to Countess Spencer, 29 August 1952, Althorp Archives

  
73
Ibid.

  
74
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Salisbury, 6 August 1952, Hatfield House, Papers of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury

  
75
Queen Elizabeth to Lord Salisbury, 3 October 1952, Hatfield House, Papers of fifth Marquess of Salisbury

  
76
The Queen Mother Remembered
, p. 161

  
77
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 29 November 1952, CAC LASL 2/3/5

  
78
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 29 November 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/TEXTS

  
79
Rose,
Kings, Queens and Courtiers
, pp. 279–80

  
80
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 15 February 1953, CAC LASL 2/3/6

  
81
John Wheeler-Bennett to Queen Elizabeth, 27 September 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

  
82
Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart,
Diaries 1939–1965
, ed. Kenneth Young, Macmillan, 1980, p. 755

  
83
Queen Elizabeth to Helen Hardinge, 2 May 1951, RA QEQM/PRIV/TEXTS

  
84
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
85
Pope-Hennessy, p. 619

  
86
Ibid., p. 622

  
87
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Doris Vyner, 13 April 1953, Vyner Papers

  
88
Sir Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 7 January 1953 [misdated 1952], RA QEQM/PRIV/RES

  
89
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Arthur Penn, 12 April 1953, Penn Papers

  
90
The Times
obituary notice by James Stuart, 7 May 1953

  
91
William Shawcross,
Queen and Country
, BBC Worldwide, 2002, p. 49

  
92
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 2 March 1953, RA QM/PRIV/CC14/62

  
93
Hartnell, p. 128

  
94
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 125

  
95
Cecil Beaton,
The Strenuous Years
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973, p. 147

  
96
Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 148

  
97
Queen Elizabeth to D Arcy Osborne, 5 March 1949, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

  
98
Rose,
Kings, Queens and Courtiers
, p. 271

  
99
Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 148

100
Wing Commander Peter Townsend, report on Princess Margaret’s visit to Amsterdam, 26 October 1948, RA PS/PSO/GVI/PS/MAIN/09087

101
Rose,
Kings, Queens and Courtiers
, p. 185

102
Ibid., p. 186

103
Queen Elizabeth to D Arcy Osborne, 5 March 1949, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE

104
Duff Cooper to Queen Elizabeth, 26 November 1951, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

105
Queen Elizabeth to Duff Cooper, 9 December 1951, RA QEQM/OUT/MISC

106
Quoted by Rose,
Kings, Queens, and Courtiers
, p. 273

107
Princess Margaret to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 21 February 1952, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

108
Princess Margaret to Lady Diana Cooper, Diana Cooper Papers, Eton College Library

109
John Wheeler-Bennett, interview with Princess Margaret, 15 April 1954, RA AEC/GG/20

110
Sir Alan Lascelles, undated note, CAC LASL 2/3/14

111
Peter Townsend,
Time and Chance
, Collins, 1978, p. 198

112
Sir Alan Lascelles, undated note, CAC LASL 2/3/14

113
Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 123

114
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 12 June 1953, CAC LASL 2/3/7

115
Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 152

116
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Alan Lascelles, 12 June 1953, CAC LASL 2/3/7

117
Ibid.

118
Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 151

119
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 11 June 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD

120
Ibid.

121
Ibid.

122
Sir John Colville to Sir Alan Lascelles, n.d. [1955], CAC LASL 8/7/6, and Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 152

123
Sir Alan Lascelles to Queen Elizabeth, 13 June 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD

124
Ibid.

125
Sir John Colville to Sir Alan Lascelles, n.d. [1955], CAC LASL 8/7/6

126
Sir Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 17 June 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Penn

127
Peter Townsend to Queen Elizabeth, 17 June 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

128
Queen Elizabeth to Lord Salisbury, 3 October 1952, Hatfield House, Papers of fifth Marquess of Salisbury

129
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 7 July 1953, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

130
Sir John Kennedy to Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (copy), 28 July 1953, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1953/SR

131
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 7 July 1953, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

132
Sir John Kennedy to Queen Elizabeth, 30 July 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

133
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 9 July 1953, RA QEQM/OUT/SITWELL

134
Ibid.

135
Lady Kennedy to Queen Elizabeth, 16 August 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

136
Letter from Mrs Palmer of Swindon, 8 December 1953, quoting her brother-in-law’s letter from Salisbury, RA QEQMH/GEN/1953/Palmer

137
Lady Kennedy to Queen Elizabeth, 16 August 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

138
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, 23 August 1953, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

139
Queen Elizabeth to Lord Salisbury, 26 May 1953, Hatfield House, Papers of fifth Marquess of Salisbury

140
Lady Salisbury to Queen Elizabeth, 13 September 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Salisbury

141
Lord Salisbury to Queen Elizabeth, 17 September 1953, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

142
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 28 March 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

143
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 14 December 1953, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

144
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 28 December 1953, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

145
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 10 January 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

146
Ibid.

147
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 10 March 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

148
Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, n.d. [early 1954], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

149
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 28 March 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

150
Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 2 March 1954, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

151
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 28 March 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

152
Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 5 May 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

153
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 5 November 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

154
Ibid.

155
Queen Elizabeth, note with memo from Oliver Dawnay, 1 October 1954, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1954/USA

156
John Russell to Oliver Dawnay, 22 November 1953, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1954/USA

157
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 5 November 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

158
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 8 February 1955, Sitwell Papers

159
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 5 November 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

160
Laird, p. 326

161
Queen Elizabeth to Osbert Sitwell, 8 February 1955, Sitwell Papers

162
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 13 December 1954, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

163
Sir Roger Makins to Sir Anthony Eden, 30 November 1954 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1954/USA

164
Alice Makins to Queen Elizabeth, 22 November 1954, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

165
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 5 November 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

166
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Margaret, 13 November 1954, Linley Papers

167
Queen Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 13 December 1954, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE

168
Archibald Nye, British High Commissioner, to Viscount Swinton, 29 December 1954, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1954/CAN

169
Ibid.

170
Sir Roger Makins to Sir Anthony Eden, 30 November 1954 (copy), RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1954/USA

171
Ibid.

172
Enclosure with letter from Bill Ormerod, British Information Services, New York, to Oliver Dawnay, 24 November 1954, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1954/USA

173
Winston Churchill to Queen Elizabeth, 25 November 1954, RA QEQMH/PS/VIS/1954/USA

174
William Wallace to Queen Elizabeth, 24 May [1955], RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

175
Nassau Daily Tribune
, 4 March 1955, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD

176
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Margaret, 9 September 1955, Linley Papers

177
Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth, 10 September [1955], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

178
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Margaret, 11 October 1955, Linley Papers

179
Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 176;
The Royal Encyclopedia
, Macmillan, 1991, p. 332

180
The Times
, 24 October 1955

181
Longford,
Elizabeth R
, p. 177. Longford states that her source for this was Princess Margaret

182
Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth, 31 October 1955, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF, and Princess Margaret, draft announcement, 31 October 1955, QEQM/PRIV/CHILD

183
Lady Jean Rankin to Toni Untermyer (Toni de Bellaigue), 2 November 1955, Bellaigue Papers

184
Princess Margaret to Toni Untermyer, 23 November 1955, Bellaigue Papers

185
Queen Elizabeth to Rachel Bowes Lyon, 31 October 1955, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

186
Queen Elizabeth to Lady Salisbury, 22 November 1955, Hatfield House, Papers of Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury

187
Peter Townsend to Queen Elizabeth, 19 November 1955, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL

188
Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth, 3, 5, 18 October 1956, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF

189
Princess Margaret to Toni Untermyer, 26 August 1957, Bellaigue Papers

    
1
Sean Smith,
Royal Racing
, BBC Books, 2001, pp. 57–61

    
2
Ibid., p. 59

    
3
Ibid.

    
4
Nicolson,
Diaries and Letters 1945–1962
, p. 299

    
5
Dick Francis in
The Queen Mother Remembered
, p. 194; Longford,
Queen Mother
, p. 149

    
6
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 12 December 1950, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

    
7
Author’s interview with Lady Penn

    
8
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 29 December 1950, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

    
9
Princess Margaret to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 27 December 1950, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW

  
10
Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 29 December 1950, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
11
Smith, pp. 53–4

  
12
Dick Francis in
The Queen Mother Remembered
, p. 193

  
13
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 10 January 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
14
Laird, p. 348

  
15
Sir Arthur Penn to Queen Elizabeth, 29 September 1952, RA QEQM/PRIV/HH

  
16
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Arthur Penn, 13 September 1954, Penn Papers

  
17
Unpublished memoirs of Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, quoted in Vickers, p. 401

  
18
Queen Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth II, 10 January 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF

  
19
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Arthur Penn, 13 September 1954, Penn Papers

  
20
Queen Elizabeth to Sir Arthur Penn, 14 January 1956, Penn Papers