Dickson, E. J., 435
Diefenbaker, John, 221, 357
Digital Age, 12
Dimbleby, Jonathan, 445, 476
Dior, Christian, 275
Diplomatic Corps, 23–4, 144, 154, 282, 293, 294, 512
Diplomatic Reception, 484
Dire Straits, 268
Disraeli, Benjamin, 121
Dixon, Gwen, 197
Djibouti, 22
Donahue, Phil, 519
Dorchester Hotel, London, 44, 416, 419
Douglas-Home, Alec, 14th Earl of Home and later Lord Home of the Hirsel, 81–2, 134, 140, 147, 221, 282, 286, 296–7
Down’s syndrome, 518
Downer, Alexander, 161, 205, 217
Downer, Alick, 200–201, 205–6
Downton Abbey, 16, 268
Dr No, 362
Dresden bombing (1945), 433
dresses, 39–43
Amies, 41, 291, 428
Coronation, 40, 127, 532–3
France visit, 275
Germany visit, 428, 431
Hartnell, 40–41, 127, 221, 532–3
Ireland visit, 458, 459
Kelly, 458, 459
Maple Leaf of Canada, 221
Wattle, 40, 149, 198
Dreyer, Henry, 112
Duden, 18
Duff, Anthony, 316, 327
Dugdale, Katherine, 451
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, 17, 60, 179, 509, 514
Dunblane massacre (1996), 50
Duncan Smith, Iain, 479
Dyson, James, 468
Easson, Robert, 441
East Germany (1949–90), 431
East India Company, 120
Ecobescu, Nicolae, 95, 99, 100
economic crash (2008), 25, 265, 456
Eden, Anthony, 358
Edinburgh, Duke of (Prince Philip), 2, 507–10
African tour (1979), 30, 331, 334, 335, 336
Antarctica visit (1956), 355–6
and Australia, 201, 209, 211, 345, 355
barbecues, 47, 51, 354
Battle of Cape Matapan (1941), 31
and Britannia, 343, 347–8, 350, 353, 367, 368, 372
and Canada, 219–20, 223, 224, 353
and Ceausescu’s visit (1978), 98, 100
China visit (1986), 433, 436, 438–40, 441
City of London luncheon (1992), 75
and Common Market, 61
Commonwealth Day (1966), 151
Commonwealth summit (1965), 144
Commonwealth Study Conferences (CSC), 509–10
Coronation tour (1953–4), 189, 197, 198
and Cowes Week, 367
Czech Republic visit (1996), 37, 58–9
D-Day anniversary (1994), 368
and Dalí, 72
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, 17, 60, 179, 509, 514
Edward, Duke of Windsor, meeting with (1972), 302
Finland visit (1976), 55
France visits, 257, 273, 274, 275, 285, 299, 301–2
gaffes, 59, 62, 433–4, 438–40, 441
and Germany, 426, 427, 429
golden wedding anniversary (1997), 163
hip operation (2018), 2
Hong Kong visit (1959), 345–6
India visits, 130–32, 157, 158
and International Equestrian Federation, 444, 509
and Industrial Society, 509
Iran visit (1971), 508
Kekkonen’s visit (1969), 71
Kennedy memorial inauguration (1963), 240
on legacy, 15
Mandela’s visit (1996), 418
Melbourne Olympics (1956), 355
and Mountbatten assassination (1979), 454
Nepal visit (1961), 134
Obama’s visits, 265, 269
and Oklahoma!, 239
Pitcairn visit (1971), 361
Portugal visit (1957), 357
and press, 44
Russia visits, 443, 444, 445–6, 450, 451, 452
Saudi Arabia visit (1979), 53
Scottish cruise (1955), 354
South America tour (1968), 27, 65
speeches, 57, 58
Trump’s visit (2018), 271
United States visits, 239, 241, 254, 255, 263
valet, 32
Vancouver British Empire and Commonwealth Games (1954), 353
vineyard, 2
wedding (1947), 44, 190, 273
West African tour (1961), 19
and World Wildlife Fund, 17, 59, 130, 509
Zambia CHOGM (1979), 309
Edinburgh, Scotland
CHOGM (1997), 155–6, 162, 163
Commonwealth Games (1986), 389, 394–5, 398
University, 433–4, 438–9
Edmonton Commonwealth Games (1978), 172, 173, 507
Ednie, James, 472
Edward the Confessor, King of England, 21
Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, 12, 121, 299, 450
Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and Duke of Windsor, 122, 174, 238, 287–8, 302–3, 496, 531
Edward, Prince, see Wessex, Earl of,
Edwards, Blake, 248
Egypt, 24, 79, 355, 366
Sadat assassination (1981), 493
Suez Crisis (1956), 78, 198, 239, 355, 356
‘Eight Centuries of British Life in Paris’, 274
Eisenhower, Dwight, 129, 132, 221, 239–40, 257, 357
elections
1950 general election, 191
1951 general election, 191–2, 346
1974 general election, 149
1979 general election, 51, 308, 315, 320, 322
1997 general election, 370
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 120, 195, 437
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, see by nation, tour, host, guest, institution or organisation
Elizabeth, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, Queen Mother
and bacon and eggs, 441
Britannia decommissioning (1997), 369
and Canada, 189, 219, 224
Castle of Mey, 354
death (2002), 225
Edward VIII’s abdication (1936), 287, 531
and France, 276, 277, 278
and hot dogs, 266
Malawi visit (1957), 330
Mandela’s visit (1996), 417
Parker Bowles, relationship with, 478–9
and Slater, 362, 363
and Sutherland, 293
Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, Grand Duchess, 446, 450
Ellison, John, 304
Eminent Persons Group, 384, 386–8, 400
Empire Day, 151
Empire Sports Meeting (1911), 173
English Speaking Union, 239
Entebbe raid (1976), 331
Entente Cordiale (1904), 78, 299
equerries, 20, 30–32, 49, 56, 71, 99, 190, 204, 224, 345, 349, 361, 363, 496
Erhard, Ludwig, 427
Ernst August, Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover, 429
Ethiopia, 316
Eton College, Berkshire, 276, 420, 522, 528
European Economic Community (EEC)
and Australia, 149, 199, 203, 205–6, 426
and Christmas broadcast, 57
and Commonwealth, 10, 128, 148, 155, 198–206, 294, 296, 426, 476
and de Gaulle, 99, 137, 280, 297
and New Zealand, 198–9, 201–2, 203, 206, 426
and Royal visit to France (1972) 61, 280–87, 289, 294–9
and South Africa, 388
UK accession (1972), 149, 206
European Union (EU), 3, 10–11, 16, 17, 69, 142, 167, 420
Brexit (2016–), 3, 6, 10–11, 16, 69, 167, 216–17, 269–72, 298, 462, 526
Evans, Harold, 96
Evans, Richard, 435, 436, 437, 439
Ewart-Biggs, Christopher, 297–8
Expo
1967 Montreal, 222
1970 Tokyo, 474
Fabergé, Carl, 67
Fagan, Michael, 210
Faisal II, King of Iraq, 78
> Falkender, Marcia, 91
Falkland Islands, 183, 231
and Royal visit (1968), 27–9
War (1982), 155, 173, 245, 247, 377–8, 518, 519, 529
Fall, Brian, 248, 249, 443, 444, 445, 447, 453, 488, 490, 517
Fall, Delmar, 450, 451, 452, 453, 488–9, 517
Farah, Mohamed ‘Mo’, 106
Farish, Sarah, 250
Farouk I, King of Egypt, 79
fashion, 170
Felipe VI, King of Spain, 48, 69, 70, 72, 75–6
Fellowes, Robert, 74, 255, 406, 517
Fergusson, Ewen, 88
Fermoy, Lady, see Roche, Ruth
Ferré, Gianfranco, 42
Festival of Britain (1951), 191
Fianna Fáil, 456
Field, Richard ‘Dick’ 341
Fiennes, Susannah, 485
Figgis, Anthony, 91
Fiji, 30, 34, 54, 164, 199, 234–6, 476
financial crash (2008), 25, 265, 456
Finland, 55, 71
First World War, see World War I
Fisher, Geoffrey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 73
Flame Lily brooch, 21, 116
Flanagan, Mark, 138
Fleming, Ian, 290
Fletcher, Thomas, 56, 214–15, 488, 513, 522
Fleur de Lys tiara, 76
Foale, Colin Michael ‘Mike’, 255
Foo Fighters, 530
Foot, Michael, 246
Forbes, Jared, 184, 185
Ford, Gerald, 241, 242, 243, 244, 253
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), 23, 25, 29, 32
and African tour (1979), 312, 315, 316, 318, 319, 324, 327, 332, 336
and Amin, 23, 81
and Angola visit (1997), 521
and Argentina, 508
and banquets, 73
and Brezhnev, 24
and Brexit, 526
and Ceausescu, 87–8, 93, 96, 97, 103
and China visit (1986), 435, 440
and Commonwealth, 139, 154, 156
and Cuba, 508
and D-Day anniversary (1994), 256
and Diana, Princess of Wales, 515, 517, 519, 521
and Duke of York, 513
and Edinburgh Commonwealth Games (1986), 395
and Edward, Duke of Windsor, 288
and European Economic Community, 282, 287, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 476
and France, 279, 281, 283, 284, 287, 289–91, 430
and Frazier hug (1991), 252
and Gandhi, 397
and Germany visit (1965), 430, 431
and Gulf War (1990–91), 49
and Hawke, 397
impact assessments, 62–3
and India visit (1997), 159–60
and Ireland visit (2011), 454
and Jamaica visit (1994), 187
and Kenya visit (1971), 477, 512
and Kaunda, 397
and media, 44–7
and Middle East tour (1979), 35
and Mulroney, 397
and Nepal visit (1993), 515
and Order of St Michael and St George, 49
and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 507–8
and Prince of Wales, 475-6, 485, 486, 489, 508
and Pindling, 397
on Rama VIII, death of (1946), 39
and Russia visits (1994, 1995), 443, 517
and South Africa visit (1995), 412
and South America tour (1968), 27–8
and Sweden visit (1956), 359
and speeches, 56–8, 61, 62
and Turkey visits (1971, 1972), 36–7, 513
and Turkmenistan, 491
and United States, 475–6
and Zimbabwean independence (1980), 481
Fountain of Honour, 17
Fox, Freddie, 41
France, 4, 25, 166, 168, 273–306
1815 Battle of Waterloo, 292, 430
1904 Entente Cordiale, 78, 299
1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge, 174
1938 Royal visit, 273
1940 Dunkirk evacuation, 273, 277; German occupation, 205, 273, 277, 298; Vichy Statute on Jews, 278
1944 D-Day, 26, 58, 176, 306, 349, 368
1948 Royal visit, 273–6
1957 Royal visit, 279–80, 426
1958 Fifth Republic established, 280
1960 de Gaulle’s UK visit, 99, 137
1962 de Gaulle’s Germany visit, 432
1963 de Gaulle vetoes UK EEC accession, 280, 425
1965 Queen’s Koblenz speech, 430; Wilson’s visit, 293
1967 de Gaulle visits Canada, 280; de Gaulle vetoes UK EEC accession, 280, 425
1968 May protests, 289
1969 Pompidou elected President, 280
1970 death of de Gaulle, 476
1972 Royal visit, 33–4, 35, 61, 281–305, 447; UK joins EEC, 206, 287
1976 Giscard d’Estaing’s UK visit, 291, 305
1978 Queen’s Huguenots comment, 432
1982 G7 summit, 245
1992 Royal visit, 368
1994 Mitterrand’s Turkmenistan visit, 490; opening of Channel Tunnel, 305; Mitterrand’s South Africa visit, 409, 412; D-Day anniversary, 256–7, 368
1995 nuclear tests, 415
1998 World Cup, 278
2002 presidential election, 305
2004 Entente Cordiale centenary, 78
2008 Sarkozy’s UK visit, 305–6
2009 Sarkozy attends CHOGM, 160
2010 Sarkozy purchases Airbus, 489
2014 D-Day anniversary, 26, 58, 306
2017 Duke of Cambridge’s visit, 526; Hollande’s Malaysia visit, 471; Trump’s visit, 270; Macron plans to replace Airbus, 489
Francis, Pope, 20–21
Francophonie, 168, 403
Fraser, Dawn, 213
Fraser, Malcolm, 207, 337, 339, 386
Fraser, Simon, 25, 68, 90, 165, 454, 513
Frazier, Alice, 252
Free France (1940–44), 205, 277, 278, 298, 290
Freeman, Simon, 391
Frei Montalva, Eduardo, 27
Frey, Roger, 290
Friends of the Earth, 60
Frogmore House, Windsor, 372
Fuchs, Vivian, 355
G7, 139, 141, 146, 245, 432, 489
G20, 139, 141, 146, 265, 526
Gabon, 168, 324
Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), 457, 459
Gair, Vince, 196
Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16), 174
Gambia, 19, 36, 55, 164, 170
Gandhi, Indira, 381
Gandhi, Mohandas, 109, 129, 131, 138
Gandhi, Rajiv, 397, 398
Garnier, John, 366, 441
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 44
Gates, William ‘Bill’ 167
Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, 70, 98
de Gaulle, Charles, 290, 297–8, 301
Canada visit (1967), 280
death (1970), 476
EEC vetoes (1963, 1967), 280, 425
Fifth Republic established (1958), 280
Foreign Office on, 289, 290
Free France (1940–44), 277, 278, 298, 290
Germany visit (1962), 432
Grand Trianon renovation (1963), 293
and manufacturing industry, 441
May protests (1968), 289
Soames, relationship with, 281
UK visit (1960), 99, 137
gazelles, 21–2
GCB (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath), 72, 100, 104, 285, 293, 411
GCMG (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George), 383
Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, 224, 473
Geidt, Christopher, 8, 214
general elections, see elections
Georg of Hanover, 429
George Cross, 176, 204
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 214
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 49, 239, 242, 243, 244, 246–7, 266, 342
George IV, King of the United Kingdom, 1, 72
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George VI, King of the United Kingdom, 12, 39, 45, 67, 163
African tour (1947), 108–20, 189–90, 346, 374, 378, 403, 410, 411, 412
Australia and New Zealand tour cancellation (1948), 190–91
and Boys’ Welfare Society, 509
Britannia Royal Naval College visit (1939), 346
Canadian tour (1939), 189, 219, 227
cancer diagnosis (1951), 192, 219
Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference (1948), 124
death (1952), 12, 193, 213, 244, 354
Edward VIII’s abdication (1936), 287
Festival of Britain (1951), 191
France, relations with, 273, 277
Indian independence (1947), 121–3
London Declaration (1949), 124–6, 127
United States visit (1939), 189, 238, 252, 268
George of Cambridge, Prince, 15, 215, 269
George Washington, 257
Germany, 4, 16–18, 20, 25, 67
Berlin Wall, 247, 405, 424, 430–32
Brezhnev’s visit (1972), 432–3
Dresden bombing (1945), 433
European Economic Community, 280, 282, 425
de Gaulle’s visit (1962), 432
Heinemann’s UK visit (1972), 282
Kennedy’s visit (1963), 424
Nazi period (1933–45), 93, 173, 205, 273, 277–8, 298, 326, 346, 368, 388, 425, 433, 527
New Guinea protectorate (1884–1919), 233
Olympic Games (1936), 173
Presidency, 67
Queen, die, 18, 428
Queen’s Lecture, 18
Reagan’s visits (1982, 1987), 245, 246–7
reunification (1990), 433
Royal visit (1965), 16, 18, 342, 424–32, 433
Royal visit (1978), 432–3
Royal visit (1992), 433
Royal visit (2015), 18, 433
Royal visit (2016), 526–7
Schmidt’s UK visit (1977), 433
Schmidt’s Zambia visit (1978), 313
South-West Africa (1884–1919), 403, 404
World War I (1914–18), 177
World War II (1939–45), 205, 273, 277, 298, 346, 326, 368, 433
Gestapo, 278
Gevisser, John, 416
Ghafoor, Saj, 503
Ghana
1957 Independence, 135, 183; accession to Commonwealth, 178
1959 Nkrumah’s UK visit, 136, 503
1961 Royal visit, 15, 135, 137, 142, 221, 307, 362
1964 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 143
1965 Rhodesian UDI crisis, 145
1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games boycott, 389
1999 Royal visit, 62
2014 Mahama’s UK visit, 68
2018 Commonwealth Day, 152; Commonwealth Fashion Exchange, 170
Gibraltar, 72, 76, 183, 366, 395, 495
gifts, 20–22, 48–9
Gillard, Frank, 117, 118
Gillard, Julia, 214
Girl Guides, 21, 116
Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, 459
Giscard d’Estaing, Anne-Amoyne, 291
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