Silver Jubilee celebrations (1977), 208
Zambia CHOGM (1979), 312, 314
Cambridge, Duchess of (Catherine Middleton), 69, 76, 139, 170, 213, 220, 266, 457, 524, 526–7
Cambridge, Duke of (Prince William), 522–7
Army service, 523
Australia visits, 209, 483, 524
birth (1982), 483
and Botswana, 319
and Brexit (2016–), 69
British Lions tour (2005), 523
Canada tour (2011), 220
Commonwealth Day (2018), 164
at Eton College, 522
gap year (2000), 522
George, birth of (2013), 215
helicopter piloting, 33
holidays, 23
and Ireland visit (2011), 457, 462
Kenya trip (2001), 522–3
New Zealand visits, 524–5
Obama’s visits (2011, 2016), 266, 269, 526
Olympic Games (2012), 5
Poland visit (2017), 527
Royal Air Force service, 457, 523
Royal Mail stamp (2016), 15
Royal Navy service, 523
Sentebale, 528, 531
and Tusk, 523
wedding (2011), 213, 232, 265, 457, 524
Cambridge University, 418, 474
Cameron, David, 7, 8, 10–11, 26, 68, 217, 507
and Australia, 213–14, 216
and banquets, 76, 283
and Brexit (2016–), 10–11, 216, 269
on Commonwealth, 165
D-Day anniversary (2014), 26
Germany visit (2015), 433
on Invictus Games, 530
Ireland visit (2011), 459
and Libya, 7
on McGuinness handshake (2012), 462–3
and Obama, 7, 265, 267, 269
RAF Voyager aircraft designation (2014), 32
and Saudi Arabia, 489
Sri Lanka CHOGM (2013), 501, 503
and succession, 213–14
on Thatcher, 383
Vanuatu CHOGM cancellation (2017), 161, 503
Xi Jinping’s visit (2015), 70, 74
Cameroon, 9, 21, 503
Campbell, Alastair, 495
Campbell, Ian, 11th and 4th Duke of Argyll, 198
Campbell, John, 146
Canada, 4, 25, 40, 42, 47, 168, 184, 187, 218–27
1867 Confederation, 218, 221–2
1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge, 174, 175, 176
1923 halibut fishing treaty with US, 35
1930 Hamilton British Empire Games, 173
1939 Royal visit, 189, 227, 219, 227
1949 London Declaration, 222
1951 Royal visit, 4, 11, 192, 219–21, 342
1954 Vancouver British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 173, 353
1956 trumpeter swans gift, 22
1957 Royal visit, 221
1958 British Columbia centenary, 22
1959 Royal visit; St Lawrence Seaway opening, 149, 221, 357–8
1962 Commonwealth Study Conference, 510
1964 Royal visit; Confederation Conferences centenary, 221–2
1967 Royal visit, 149, 222, 225; de Gaulle’s visit, 280; Expo 67 World Fair, 222
1968 Trudeau’s UK visit, 223
1969 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 222–3; Royal visit, 223
1971 Royal visit, 224
1973 CHOGM, 82, 148–50, 222
1976 Montreal Olympics; Royal visit, 5, 40, 224, 244, 316, 365
1977 Prince Andrew studies at Lakefield College, 224
1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games, 172, 173
1982 Canada Act, 52, 224, 225
1983 Royal visit, 483
1985 Bahamas CHOGM, 384
1986 Marlborough House CHOGM, 396–7, 398, 399–400
1995 Quebec independence referendum, 225; Auckland CHOGM, 415
2011 Royal visit, 220
2015 Malta CHOGM, 48, 225
2017 sesquicentennial celebrations, 185–6, 225; Sapphire Jubilee gift, 21, 227; Invictus Games, 530
2018 London CHOGM, 225
Canterbury, Archbishop of
Carey, George, 67
Fisher, Geoffrey, 73
Ramsey, Michael, 151
Welby, Justin, 268
Williams, Rowan, 154
Cape of Good Hope, 355, 410, 413
Captain & Tennille, 243
Carey, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, 67
Caribbean, 184, 227–32
colonisation, 120
Edinburgh Commonwealth Games boycott (1986), 389
honeymoons in, 366
hurricanes, 179, 231
national birds, 42
republicanism, 187, 150, 228–32
Royal Household Hospitality Scholarships, 181–2, 184–5
Royal visit (1955), 353
Royal tour (1994), 50, 229, 230–31
Royal tour (2000), 499
tax havens, 231
war memorials, 176
Windrush scandal (2018), 182–3, 227, 231
Carington, Peter, 6th Baron Carrington, 286, 307, 322, 325, 330, 337
Carlton Gardens, London, 8
Carpenter, Hugh, 450
Carter, James ‘Jimmy’, 25, 90, 244–5
Carthew, Anthony, 135
Cartledge, Bryan, 317
Casement, Roger, 458
Casson, Hugh, 348, 352, 372
Castle of Mey, Caithness, 354
Castro, Fidel, 232, 308, 331, 508
Cavendish, Andrew, 11th Duke of Devonshire, 136
Cayman Islands, 59, 495
Ceausescu, Elena, 88, 91–5, 99, 101–2, 104, 259
Ceausescu, Nicolae, 24, 87–104, 259, 270
Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, 426
Cenotaph, 176
Central Asia, 490–91
Ceylon (1948–72), 124, 127, 191, 193, 355
Chaban-Delmas, Jacques, 290, 304
Chalker, Clive, 516
Chalker, Lynda, 50, 53, 86, 415, 486–7, 515–16, 521, 530–31
Chamberlain, Neville, 343, 346
Changing the Guard, 127, 138, 258, 455
Channel Islands, 183
Channel Tunnel, 305
Charles I, King of Spain, 72
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 346
Charles, Prince, see Wales, Prince of
Charteris, Martin, 284, 286, 344
du Boulay, relationship with, 154
and France visit (1972), 284, 286, 295–6
and Germany visit (1965), 429
and Papua New Guinea independence (1975), 233
and South American tour (1968), 27
and Singapore CHOGM (1971), 148
and speeches, 57, 295, 242, 295–6
and United States visit (1976), 242
and West Africa tour (1961), 20
Whitlam, meeting with (1973), 207
Chartres, Richard, Bishop of London, 16
Chatham Islands, 356
Chelsea Flower Show, 176
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, 90, 432
Chicago, Illinois, 519
Chile, 27, 286, 364, 522
China, 24, 25, 135
1966 Cultural Revolution begins, 435
1972 Nixon’s visit, 434
1979 support for ZANU in Rhodesia, 311
1982 Thatcher’s visit, 436
1984 Joint Declaration on Hong Kong, 434
1986 Queen’s visit, 24, 47, 365–6, 434–41
1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, 435, 441
1997 Hong Kong handover, 343, 441, 483, 494–6, 525
1999 Jiang Zemin’s UK visit, 77, 441
2005 Hu Jintao’s UK visit, 74, 441
2015 Duke of Cambridge’s visit, 523, 525–6; Xi Jinping’s UK visit, 68, 70, 74, 270, 441, 527
2018 Commonwealth summit, 167
Chirac, Bernardette, 78
Chirac, Jacques, 78, 305
Chona, Mainza, 334, 337
Chona, Mark, 333, 334, 336, 337
&nb
sp; Choo, Jimmy, 471
Chrétien, Jean, 52, 225, 415
Christchurch British Commonwealth Games (1974), 173
Christianity, 151–4
Christmas broadcast, 57, 178–80, 191, 244, 356, 381–2
Christopher, Saint, 33
Church of England, 151–4, 340, 449, 484, 531
Churchill, Clementine, 293
Churchill, Mary, 281
Churchill, Winston, 109, 115, 127, 192, 220, 237, 280, 527
Battle of Spion Kop (1900), 115
and Britannia, 346
busts of, 264
Coronation tour homecoming (1954), 352
funeral (1965), 240, 422
de Gaulle, relationship with, 277
general election (1951), 192
KBO (Keep Buggering On), 493
Roosevelt, relationship with, 237
and special relationship, 259
Sutherland portrait, 293
and ‘United States of Europe’, 428
Cinema of Unease, 215
City of London, 75, 76, 151, 220
Civil Service, 24, 29
Clarence House, London, 67, 278, 488
Claridge’s, London, 102
Clark, Helen, 216
Clarke, Kenneth, 155
Cleminson, James, 441
Clinton, Hillary, 256, 526
Clinton, William ‘Bill’, 255–7, 258–9, 418
Co-Ordination and Research Unit, 497
Coe, Sebastian, 23, 34, 171
Coetsee, Kobie, 386–7
Cohen, Samantha, 8
Cold War, 12, 24
Coldstream Guards, 67, 271
Coleman’s Mustard, 441
Collins, Phil, 419
Colonial Office, 45, 154
Colonial Society, 151
Colville, John ‘Jock’, 275, 276
Colville, Richard, 44–6, 188, 190, 427
Common Market, see European Economic Community
Commonwealth, 8, 17, 33, 69, 138–80
and Amin, 81, 82, 83, 84
Anyaoku’s secretariat (1990–2000), 144, 147, 155, 162, 166, 370, 402, 409
Association of Commonwealth Universities, 141
Burma’s withdrawal (1948), 123
Beekeepers’ Association, 141
Prince of Wales, succession of, 3, 217, 464–6, 498–506
debt-relief strategies, 155
Enterprise and Investment Council, 167
and Falklands War (1982), 155, 245, 377–8
Fashion Exchange, 170
Fiji’s suspensions (1987–97, 2000–1, 2006–14), 164, 235
Gambia’s withdrawal (2013–18), 164
Ghana’s accession (1957), 178
and human rights, 141, 147, 153, 164, 167
Ireland’s withdrawal (1949), 123
London Declaration (1949), 124–6, 127, 222, 350
Malaysia’s accession (1957), 178
Maldives’ withdrawal (2016), 164
Marlborough House HQ, 121, 143, 145, 152, 169, 311, 388–9, 395–400, 408, 474
McKinnon’s secretariat (2000–8), 86, 156, 160, 499–500, 501
Mozambique’s accession (1995), 166
and Nobel Peace Prize (2018), 17
Pakistan’s suspensions (1999–2004, 2007–8), 164
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, 105, 514
Queen Elizabeth Scholarships, 179
Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, 9, 179
Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Prize, 468–9
Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, 8–9, 107
Queen’s Young Leaders, 9, 14, 105–8, 468, 532
Ramphal’s secretariat (1975–90), see under Ramphal, Shridath
Round Table, The, 401
Rwanda’s accession (2009), 166
Scotland’s secretariat (2016–), 126, 169, 504
Sharma’s secretariat (2008–16), 56, 124, 125, 164, 501–2
Smith’s secretariat (1965–75), 53, 81, 82, 143–5, 148–9, 152, 222, 311, 474
and South Africa, 344, 374, 378, 383–90, 395–401, 403–4, 408
Statute of Westminster (1931), 121
Study Conferences, 509–10
Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956), 355
Victoria Falls speech (1947), 116–18, 119, 121, 126
War Graves Commission, 174–8, 206, 472
Youth Ambassador, 179
Zimbabwe’s withdrawal (2003), 86, 164
Commonwealth Day, 151–2, 164, 501
Commonwealth Games, 171–4, 495, 507, 514
1930 Hamilton, 173
1950 Auckland, 173
1954 Vancouver, 173, 353
1962 Perth, 173
1966 Kingston, 172, 228
1970 Edinburgh, 507
1974 Christchurch, 173
1978 Edmonton, 172, 173, 507
1982 Brisbane, 173
1986 Edinburgh, 389, 394–5
2010 Delhi, 501
2014 Glasgow, 171, 174
2018 Gold Coast, 174, 186
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings
1971 Singapore, 81, 146–8, 222, 283, 313, 467, 474, 508
1973 Canada, 82, 148–50, 222
1975 Jamaica, 82, 150, 228
1977 United Kingdom, 82–4, 150
1979 Zambia, 36, 307–40, 377, 380
1981 Australia, 161
1983 India, 378, 380–81
1985 Bahamas, 185, 344, 383–7, 397
1986 United Kingdom, 388–90, 395–400
1989 Malaysia, 150, 406
1991 Zimbabwe, 155, 168, 403, 405–7
1993 Cyprus, 54, 162, 344
1995 New Zealand, 215–16, 414–16
1997 Scotland, 155–6, 162, 163, 420
1999 South Africa, 126, 420
2003 Nigeria, 35–6, 37, 62, 156
2007 Uganda, 21, 163
2009 Trinidad and Tobago, 160
2011 Australia, 213–14
2013 Sri Lanka, 501–3
2015 Malta, 48, 163, 225
2017 Vanuatu (cancelled), 161, 503
2018 United Kingdom, see London CHOGM
Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), 415–16
Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference
1948 London, 124
1949 London, 124
1961 London, 379
1964 London, 143
1965 London, 143–5
1966 Lagos, 145
1969 London, 222–3
Commonwealth Study Conferences (CSC), 509–10
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956), 355
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 174–8, 206, 472
Como, Perry, 248
concentration camps, 433, 527
Concorde, 90–91, 253, 284, 342, 384
Congo, 45, 86–7, 168
Connors, Jane, 189, 190, 197
Constantine II, King of Greece, 511
Cook, James, 203, 204, 361
Cook, Robin, 157, 158, 160
Cook Islands, 170, 171
Cooke, Howard, 52–3
Cool Britannia, 155, 495
Cooney, Christy, 459
Cooper, Simon, 451
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (2009), 160–61
Coq d’Or, Le, 77
Corbett, Jim, 128
corgis, 39, 73, 87, 268, 411
Cornwall, Duchess of (Camilla Parker Bowles), 69, 163, 186, 225, 467, 468, 479, 480, 483, 500
Cornwall, Duchy of, 466
Coronation (1953), 40, 127, 180, 193–4, 532, 348, 532
Coronation tour (1953–4), 11, 21, 62, 127, 186, 188–98, 228, 350, 354, 473, 510, 511
Coty, René, 280
Council of Europe, 206
Coventry, West Midlands, 92
Cowen, Brian, 456
Cowes Week, 367
Craig, Daniel, 5
Creswell, Michael, 27, 28
cricket, 45, 86, 139, 155, 182, 198, 209, 406, 413
crocodiles, 20, 21, 319
Croix de Guer
re, 274
Croke Park massacre (1920), 457
Cromwell, Oliver, 454
Crosland, Anthony, 243
Cross, Jeremy, 470
Crown, The, 6, 14, 137, 240, 355, 507
Crusades, 487
Cuba, 232, 308, 331, 508
Cullinan Diamond, 111
Cultural Revolution (1966–76), 435
Cumming-Bruce, Francis, 200, 201–2
Cundy, John, 481
Cunningham, Andrew Browne, 31
Cyprus, 37, 54, 162, 344
Czech Republic, 37, 58, 423, 424
Czechoslovakia, 89
D-Day (1944), 26, 58, 176, 256–7, 306, 349, 368
D’Orsi, Lucy, 74
Dadae, Robert, 233–4
Daimler, 147
Dakar, Senegal, 19
Dalai Lama, 525
Dalí, Salvador, 72
Dalrymple-Hamilton, North, 358
Dargie, William, 40, 197, 198
Davis, Reginald, 33, 43, 55, 130, 429, 477, 509
Dawson, Bertrand, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn, 289
Day, Derek, 316
Deakin, Charles, 467
Deane, Albert ‘Dixie’, 358, 360
Deane, William, 213
Deaver, Michael, 248
debt relief, 155
Deedes, William ‘Bill’, 308
Defender of the Faith, 153
Delhi Commonwealth Games (2010), 501
Delhi Durbar (1911), 130
Dempster, Nigel, 480
Dench, Judi, 16
Deng Xiaoping, 434, 436
Denmark, 74, 78–9
Dev, Kapil, 139
Devonshire, Duke of, see Cavendish, Andrew
Diamond Jubilee (2012), 9, 14, 15, 25, 47, 79, 105, 216, 501, 525
and Commonwealth, 9, 14, 170
in Jamaica, 187, 229
Lambeth Palace reception, 153
in Northern Ireland, 462
in Papua New Guinea, 233
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, 105, 514
State Coach, 342
Vogue survey, 43
diamonds, 111, 113, 117–19, 137, 319, 331, 411–12, 417
Diana, Princess of Wales, 362, 515–22
Angola visit (1997), 521
Argentina visit (1995), 518–19
Australia and New Zealand visit (1983), 209, 483
Canada visit (1983), 483
charity work, 498, 516–17, 518, 520–22, 531
Chicago visit (1996), 519
death (1997), 47, 157, 159, 162, 211, 258, 496–8
divorce (1996), 466, 497, 515, 519
and Giscard d’Estaing, 305
Hungary visit (1990), 486
India visit (1992), 486–7
Italy visit (1985), 484
Nepal visit (1993), 515
Panorama interview (1995), 497, 519
Russia visit (1995), 517–18
separation from Charles (1992), 466, 487, 494, 497, 515
South Korea visit (1992), 486, 487
Sydney visit (1996), 519
telephone conversation leaks (1992), 210
and United States, 250, 258, 485, 519
wedding to Charles (1981), 366, 372, 478, 483
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