Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, 97, 103, 290–91, 305
Giselle, 297, 447
Glasgow Commonwealth Games (2014), 171, 174
Glass, Leslie, 96–7
Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, 150
Glittering Thread, The (Connors), 189
Gloucester, Prince Henry, Duke of, 361
‘God Save the Queen’, 207
Gold Coast (1867–1957), 135
Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (2018), 174, 186
gold disc, 17
Gold State Coach, 342
Golden Jubilee (2002), 15, 17, 38, 47, 53, 153, 187, 213, 216, 225, 305, 342
golden wedding anniversary (1997), 163
Goldfinger, Uriah, 253
Gonsalves, Ralph, 232
Good Friday Agreement (1998), 455
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 67, 72, 246, 253, 379, 387
Gorbacheva, Raisa, 67
Gordon, Charles, 11
Gordonstoun School, Moray, 473
Gore-Booth, David, 157–60
Gore-Booth, Paul, 27, 28, 431
Gore, Albert, 17
Gore, Michael, 59
Goronwy-Roberts, Goronwy, 96
Gorringe, David, 223
Gorton, John, 345
Gothic, SS, 127, 193, 194, 350, 353
Gow, Ian, 339
Grace, Princess of Monaco, 245
la Grange, Zelda, 421
Grant, Cary, 243
Grave of the Unknown Warrior, 99, 417, 457
Greece, 93, 168, 344, 361, 426, 446, 511, 531
Greenhill, Denis, 281–2
Greenpeace, 60
Grenada, 230, 232, 250, 380
Grenadier Guards, 98
Grenfell, Harry, 322
Grigg, John, 2nd Baron Altrincham, 198, 200
Guildhall, City of London, 151
Gulf War (1990–91), 49, 250, 252, 254
Gurkhas, 469, 492
Gustav V, King of Sweden, 63
Gustav VI, King of Sweden, 69–70, 72, 73, 75, 77, 100, 359
Hague, Ffion, 266
Hague, William, 5, 53, 58, 140, 214, 266, 505–6, 523
Hamilton British Empire Games (1930), 173
Hamilton, Alvin, 50
Hampton Court Palace, London, 16
Hankey, Robert, 63, 359
Hanks, Tom, 266
Hanseatic League, 295
Harald V, King of Norway, 256
Harare, Zimbabwe, 155, 168
Hardinge, Charles, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, 277
Hargrove, Charles, 291
Harlech, Lord, see Ormsby-Gore, William David
Harris, Kenneth, 392
Harrison, Alistair, 241
Harry, Prince, see Sussex, Duke of
Hart, Judith, 313
Hart Dyke, James, 485
Hartley, Ted, 239
Hartnell, Norman, 40–41, 127, 221, 532–3
Harvey, Oliver, 276
Haseler, Stephen, 15
Hassan II, King of Morocco, 48, 74
Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, 469
Havel, Václav, 58, 423, 424
Hawke, Robert ‘Bob’, 155, 187, 209, 384, 397, 510
Hawker Siddeley, 96
Andover, 320, 326, 334, 342
Heath, Edward, 8, 283
and Ceausescu’s visit (1978), 89
de Gaulle’s funeral (1970), 476
and European Economic Community, 11, 280, 282, 283–4, 286, 287, 476
and Mobutu’s visit (1973), 86
Nixon’s visit (1971), 241
and Singapore CHOGM (1971), 146–9, 283
and South Africa, 81
and Uganda, 82, 83
and United States, 476
Hefford, Eric, 478–9
Heinemann, Gustav, 282
Heinz II, Henry, 243
Heisenberg, Werner, 101
helicopter piloting, 33, 360
Henderson, Nico, 246
Hennings, John, 187, 316
Herbert, Henry, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, 15
Heriot-Watt University, 91
Hermes, HMS, 477
Heseltine, Michael, 403
Heseltine, William ‘Bill’, 16, 29–30, 78
and African tour (1979), 317, 320, 321, 326, 329, 334, 337
and Amin’s proposed visit (1977), 83
and Australian tours, 203, 207–9
and Canada tours, 222
and Ceausescus, 87
and China visit (1986), 436
and Commonwealth Day (1972), 152
and Fiji visits, 30, 235
and France visit (1972), 35, 285
and Germany visit (1965), 427, 429
and India visit (1983), 381
and Kenya visit (1971), 512
and Marlborough House CHOGM (1986), 398–9
and Royal Family (1969), 46, 512
and speeches, 57
and Sunday Times affair (1986), 391, 393
and Thatcher, 376, 391
and Turkey visit (1972), 46
Heuss, Theodor, 426
Hill, R. F., 285
Hillary, Edmund, 141, 196, 355
Hinduism, 153, 381
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 71, 474
Hitler, Adolf, 93, 173, 298, 425
Hodge, James, 63
Hollande, François, 26, 58, 306, 471
Hollywood, 248
Holocaust (1933–45), 278, 433, 527
Holroyd, William ‘Bill’, 15
Holt, Harold, 473
Holyoake, Keith, 199, 201
Hong Kong, 303, 343, 345–6, 434, 437, 440, 441, 483, 494–6, 526
Honolulu, Hawaii, 34
Hook, Neil, 491
Hope, Bob, 248
Hope for Children Cameroon, 9
Horse Guards Parade, London, 70, 85, 266, 416
horses, 17, 466
Burmese, 22, 246
Finland visit (1976), 55
in Kentucky, 250, 255, 261, 263, 264
Round Tower, 250
Sefton, 455
in Turkmenistan, 490–91
Hossain, Rahat, 106–7
hot dogs, 238, 266
Household Cavalry, 70, 455, 479, 483, 490
Howard, John, 211–12
Howard, Michael, 16
Howe, Geoffrey, 97, 385, 399, 436, 437, 438, 521
Howell, David, 8, 140, 142, 156, 166, 167, 172
Hu Jintao, 74
Hu Yaobang, 436
Hudson Bay Company, 223
Hughes, Hubert, 230–31
Huguenots, 432
Humboldt Forum, 18
Hungary, 14, 59, 60, 64, 96, 99, 100, 104, 486, 488
Hunt, John, 315, 317, 323
Hurd, Douglas, 361, 412, 453, 517, 518
hurricanes, 161, 179, 231, 503
Hutchinson, John, 331
Hyde, Robert, 509
Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings (1982), 455, 479
Ibrahim, Mohammed ‘Mo’, 164
ICI, 96
Idris, King of Libya, 351
Ikimi, Tom, 415
Imperial War Graves Commission, 175
India, 120–25, 128, 138–9, 165, 176
1857 Mutiny, 120
1911 Delhi Durbar, 130
1919 Amritsar massacre, 158
1947 Independence, 108, 122, 123, 138, 183, 189, 191; Partition, 122, 130, 138; Queen’s wedding, 138
1948 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 124
1949 London Declaration, 124–5, 127, 222
1953 Coronation of Elizabeth II, 127
1961 Royal visit, 34, 40, 128–33, 137, 139, 142, 157
1983 Delhi CHOGM, 378, 380–81
1986 Marlborough House CHOGM, 397, 398
1993 Royal visit, 366
1997 Royal visit, 157–60
2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, 501
2017 UK–India Year of Culture, 138–9, 142
2018 Charles’ visit, 472; Modi’s UK visit, 67, 473; Commonwealth Fashion Exchange, 170; London CHOGM, 67, 142, 467
Indonesia, 25, 68, 270
Industrial Society, 509
informal luncheons, 299–300
Ingham, Bernard, 390, 396
International Campaign to Ban Landmines, 522
International Equestrian Federation, 444, 509
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 155, 244
International Olympic Committee (IOC), 5, 513
Invictus Games, 529–30, 533
Invincible, HMS, 245
Iran, 100, 134–5, 508–9
Iraq, 49, 78, 250, 252, 254, 528
Ireland, 53, 68, 123, 151, 266, 298, 449, 453–62, 531
Irish Free State (1922–37), 454
Irish Guards, 48, 457, 471
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 250, 298, 326, 376, 400, 454–5, 462, 479
Islam, 152, 153, 469, 487
Islamabad, Pakistan, 133
Isle of Man, 171, 183, 353
Israel, 7, 319, 331, 526
Italy, 24, 25, 42, 47, 61, 67, 245, 256, 257, 426, 484
ITN, 96
jaguars, 21
Jamaica, 52–3, 150, 171, 172, 187, 194, 228–9, 232
James, C. M., 295
James Bond, 5, 33, 290, 362
Jamestown Colony (1607–24), 239, 260–61
Japan, 71, 79, 122, 166, 424, 468, 472, 473, 490
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 48
Jean, Michaëlle, 47
Jebb, Gladwyn, 279
Jekyll, Gertrude, 175
Jenkins, Roy, 206, 418–19
Jephson, Patrick, 517
Jersey, 395
Jet Age, 12
Jiang Zemin, 77
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, 122
Joan of Arc, 304
John Brown & Co., 347, 348
John Paul II, Pope, 66
Johnson, Alan, 510
Johnson, Boris, 7, 142
Johnson, Lyndon, 203, 238, 240
Johnston, David, 225
Johnstone-Bryden, Richard, 341, 348, 353
Joint Intelligence Committee, 315, 317
Jones, Emma, 521
Jones, Quincy, 419
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 80, 366
Jubilees
1977 Silver, 83, 150, 180, 207–9
1992 Ruby, 46
2002 Golden, 15, 17, 38, 47, 53, 153, 187, 213, 216, 225, 305, 342
2012 Diamond, 9, 14, 15, 25, 43, 47, 79, 105, 153, 170, 187, 216, 462, 501
2017 Sapphire, 21, 227
Judd, Frank, 35, 50, 51, 318, 363
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 281
Kalashnikov rifles, 311
Kang, David, 491
Kashmir, 157
Kaunda, Kenneth
1979 Lusaka CHOGM, 308, 310, 313, 315, 318, 321–2, 325–8, 332–5, 337, 339–40
1985 Nassau CHOGM, 384, 385
1986 Marlborough House CHOGM, 397, 398
Kazakhstan, 490
KBO (Keep Buggering On), 493
Keating, Paul, 210–11
Keith, Kenneth, 92
Kekkonen, Sylvi and Urho, 71
Kelly, Angela, 39, 42, 43, 458, 459
Kelly, Grace, 245
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 21, 137, 240
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 221, 240, 404, 424
Kenny, Enda, 456
Kent, Prince Edward, Duke of, 98
Kent, Duchess of (Katherine), 98
Kent, Prince George, Duke of, 531
Kent, Duchess of (Princess Marina), 531
Kenya, 12, 21, 152, 170, 193, 264, 482
Moi’s UK visit (1979), 26
Mau Mau Uprising (1952–64), 128, 264
Royal visit (1952), 12, 52, 126, 128, 193, 265, 317
Royal visit (1971), 477, 511–12
Prince William’s trip (2001), 522–3
Zambia CHOGM (1979), 316, 322, 338
Kereama, Jude, 503
Kerr, John, 207, 208
Key, Bronagh, 173
Key, John, 10, 13, 171, 173, 217, 218, 502, 524, 525
Khalid, King of Saudi Arabia, 53
Khama, Seretse, 319–20, 332
Khartoum, Sudan, 11
Khrushchev, Nikita, 131, 137, 240, 246
Kielinger, Thomas, 4, 16, 424–5, 428, 431, 505
Kili handbag, 21
King and I, The, 70
King Steve, 224
King, Hilda, 292
King, John, 384
King, Julian, 456, 460, 461, 462
King’s African Rifles, 81, 83, 330
Kingston British Empire and Commonwealth Games (1966), 172, 228
Kipling, Rudyard, 159, 175
Kirby, Simon, 434, 439
Kissinger, Henry, 17, 237, 241
Kite, Elizabeth, 106, 107, 108
de Klerk, Frederik Willem, 407
Knight of the Order of the Garter, 72
Knight of the Thistle, 202
Korean War (1950–53), 239, 487
Krizia, Mariuccia, 42
Kruzenshtern, 345
Kuwait, 68, 250, 315
Kwakiutl people, 22
Kyrgyzstan, 490
Lacey, Robert, 148
lady clerks, 32
‘Lady Is a Tramp, The’, 243, 252
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 419
Lagos, Nigeria, 35
Lambert, David, 87–8, 91, 93, 95
Lambeth Palace, London, 153
Lancaster, Duchy of, 466
Lancaster House, London, 167, 222, 340, 478
Land Rover, 197, 269, 342, 355, 515
landmines, 498, 521–2
Landy, John, 173
Lange, David, 2, 210
Langkawi, Malaysia, 150
Lascelles, Alan ‘Tommy’, 45, 110–19, 238
Launer handbags, 42
Laurence, Timothy, 176
Lavery, John, 496
Le Pen, Jean-Marie, 305, 306
League Against Cruel Sports, 131
Learmonth, James, 190
Lebanon, 488
Lee Kuan Yew, 147, 309, 316, 468
Lee, Caspar, 14
Légion d’honneur, 274, 293, 301
Leibovitz, Annie, 279
Leigh-Pemberton, Robin, 92
Lenin, Vladimir, 446
Leopold I, King of the Belgians, 71
Lesotho, 114, 528, 530–31
Letizia, Queen consort of Spain, 48, 72, 76
Letsie III, King of Lesotho, 528
Levin, Bernard, 98, 103
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya, 522
Li Xiannian, 435, 436–7
Liberia, 19, 362
Liberty Bell, 242
Libya, 7, 193, 269, 350–51, 390
Life of Brian, 140
Lindström, Ulla, 63
Littlejohn Cook, George, 45, 46
Liverpool University, 91
livestock, 17
Livingstone, David, 11, 330
Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 259
Lloyd, Ian, 312–13
Loch Ness monster, 277
Lomawa Ndwandwe, Queen mother of Swaziland, 114
London CHOGM (2018), 1–3, 167, 169–70, 179, 180, 464–6, 503
and Australia, 217
and Cambridge, Duke of, 526
and Canada, 226
and Charles, succession of, 3, 217, 464–6, 503
and Enterprise and Investment Council, 167
and Prince Harry, 532
and India, 67, 142, 467, 472
and South Africa, 421
and Windrush scandal (2018), 182, 227
London Declaration (1949), 124–6, 127, 222, 350
London Fashion Week, 170
London Zoo, 20, 21
Longford, Elizabeth, 275
Lord Chamberlain’s Office, 45–6, 73, 285
Lord Chancellor, 29
Louis of Cambridge, Prince, 216
Louise, Queen consort of Sweden, 69, 100
Lover’s Knot tiara, 76
Lowther-Pinkerton, Jamie, 522
Lübke, Heinrich, 428, 429
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bsp; Lusaka CHOGM (1979), 36, 307–40, 377, 380, 491
Lutyens, Edwin, 159, 175
Luxembourg, 48, 55
Luzhkov, Yury, 448, 517
Lyon, Tom, 441
MacDonald, Margaret ‘Bobo’, 39, 42, 292, 358
Macedonia, 168
MacGregor, Neil, 36
Macmillan, Harold, 136, 149, 239, 331, 378
Macron, Emmanuel, 270, 489
Madagascar, 176, 513
Magpie, HMS, 353
Major, John, 4, 16, 50
Auckland CHOGM (1995), 415
and Britannia, 347, 370
and Bush election campaign (1992), 255
Charles and Diana’s separation (1992), 487
Clinton, relationship with, 255–6
and cricket, 155, 406, 413
Harare CHOGM (1991), 155, 406
and income tax, 497
leadership election (1990), 401
Malaysia CHOGM (1989), 406
Mandela’s visit (1996), 418
and Queen’s Young Leaders, 106
South Africa visit (1994), 409
Turkmenistan visit (1993), 490
Makwara, Ransford, 481
Malan, Daniel ‘DF’, 124
malaria, 144, 339
Malawi, 57–8, 143, 319, 320, 322, 329–30, 331, 503
Malaysia, 36, 150, 178, 183, 355, 406, 470–472
Maldives, 164
Mali, 25
Mallaby, Christopher, 279
Malta, 48, 163, 225, 350, 504, 511
Mandela, Nelson, 86, 375, 400–422, 443, 494
arrest (1962), 379
Prince of Wales’s visit (1997), 498
death (2013), 421
general election (1994), 402, 407
George VI’s visit (1947), 378
Harare CHOGM (1991), 406–7
imprisonment (1964–90), 86, 379, 380, 383, 386–7, 400–401
Mitterrand’s visit (1994), 409, 412
‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’, 113
Order of Merit (1995), 375, 411, 417
Queen’s Counsel appointment (2000), 420–21
release from prison (1994), 401–2, 403
Royal visit (1995), 343, 409, 411–14, 443
Thatcher, meetings with (1990, 1996), 402–3, 420
UK visit (1996), 416–20, 451
Mandela, Winnie, 411
Mandela-Dlamini, Zenani, 416, 418
Mangwende, Witness, 36
Manley, Michael, 150, 228
Manning, David, 141–2, 260, 264, 524, 527
Mansell, Benjamin, 11
Maoris, 152, 195–6, 199, 200, 209–10, 216, 363
Maple Leaf brooch, 219, 226
Maple Leaf of Canada dress, 221
Mara, Kamisese, 30
Marcos, Ferdinand, 24
Margai, Albert, 145
Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 73, 109, 190, 228, 277, 366, 410, 441, 476
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, 74, 78–9
Marina of Greece and Denmark, see Kent, Duchess of
Markle, Meghan, see Sussex, Duchess of
Marks & Spencer, 493
Marland, Jonathan, 167
Marlborough House, London, 121, 143, 145, 152, 169, 311, 388–9, 395–400, 408, 474
Marley, Robert ‘Bob’, 483
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