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Queen of the World: Elizabeth II: Sovereign and Stateswoman

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by Robert Hardman


  Marr, Andrew, 10

  Marriott, John Willard, 243

  Marshall Islands, 21

  Marshall, Peter, 125, 141

  Marten, Henry, 276–7

  Marxism, 86, 149–50, 230, 232, 309, 311, 398, 446

  Mary of Teck, Queen Consort [CAPC] of the United Kingdom, 121, 276, 417, 459

  Masefield, Thorold, 440

  Masekela, Hugh, 419

  Mason, Frederick, 27

  Mau Mau Uprising (1952–64), 128, 264

  Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, 429

  Maxwell, Robert, 395

  May, Theresa, 161, 169, 182, 227, 270, 271, 283, 465, 504

  Maya civilisation, 470

  Mayall, Lees, 61, 82, 282, 283

  Mayflower Primary School, Poplar, 177–8

  Mbeki, Thabo, 420

  McAleese, Mary, 455, 456, 458, 460

  McCartney, Stella, 170

  McCorquodale, Sarah, 516

  McDonald, Trevor, 210

  McGuinness, Martin, 462–3

  McKenzie, Precious, 172–3

  McKinnon, Donald, 86, 156, 160, 416, 499–500, 501

  McLaren, Henry, 2nd Baron Aberconway, 348–9

  McLeod, M. G., 118

  media, 43–7

  Melbourne, Victoria, 161

  Mellon, Paul, 239

  Mendi, SS, 413

  Menem, Carlos, 518–19

  Menin Gate, Ypres, 206

  Menzies, Pattie, 49

  Menzies, Robert, 46, 49, 197, 199, 202, 503

  Mercedes, 147, 441

  Merino sheep, 49

  Merkel, Angela, 18, 526–7

  Metropolitan Police, 301

  Mexico, 24, 25, 68, 168, 247, 365

  Meyer, Christopher, 258

  Michael, King of Romania, 79, 104

  Middle East tours

  1979 35, 50, 53, 363, 424

  1997 366

  Miklaszeski, James ‘Jim’, 251

  Miliband, David, 8

  Milton, Derek, 187, 229

  miners’ strike (1984–5), 390

  Mintoff, Dom, 502–3

  Mirzoeff, Edward, 253

  Misérables, Les, 78

  Mitterrand, François, 256, 305, 368–9, 409, 412

  Mo Ibrahim Index, 164

  Mobutu Sese Seko, 86–7, 93, 168

  Mobutu, Marie-Antoinette, 86–7

  Modi, Narendra, 67, 472

  Mogotsi, Joe, 417

  Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 100, 508–9

  arap Moi, Daniel, 26, 338

  Mole, Stuart, 150, 152, 153, 155–6, 162, 386, 391, 494

  Monday Club, 89

  Mongolia, 22, 513

  Montefiore, Simon Sebag, 446

  Montejo, Michelle, 184

  Montreal Olympics (1976), 5, 40, 224, 244, 316, 365

  Monty Python, 140, 492

  Moon, Peter, 64, 318

  Moore, Charles, 339, 340, 375–6, 377, 380, 383, 384, 436

  Moore, Dudley, 248

  Moore, Jon, 41

  Moore, Philip, 64, 148, 317, 335

  Morgan, Peter, 14

  Morgan, Piers, 272

  Morocco, 48, 74

  Morrow, Anthony, 244, 343, 362, 363, 366, 368, 495

  Morton, Andrew, 487

  Moshesh, Jeremiah, 113

  Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho, 528

  Mostert, Cornelius, 114

  Mother Teresa, 381, 411

  Motherwell, Jim, 49

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 69, 84, 123, 124, 361, 363, 454, 460, 468

  Mountbatten, Lady Pamela, 195–6

  Mozambique, 166, 311, 326

  Mr Scarborough’s Family, 110

  Mtirara, Rochelle, 411

  Mugabe, Grace, 85

  Mugabe, Robert, 85–6, 164, 311, 326, 398, 405–7

  Blair, relationship with, 86

  Commonwealth withdrawal (2003), 86, 164, 169

  general election (1980), 478–9, 482

  Grace, marriage to (1986), 85

  Harare CHOGM (1991), 405, 406, 407

  Independence (1980), 482, 483

  Marlborough House CHOGM (1986), 398

  Rhodesian Bush War (1964–79), 311, 326

  and Strasser, 54

  UK visit (1994), 54, 85–6

  Mugabe, Sally, 85

  Muggeridge, Malcolm, 158

  Muhammad V, Sultan of Kelantan, 470

  Mulchrone, Vincent, 205

  Muldoon, Robert, 309, 316, 323, 325, 326

  Mullin, Chris, 62

  Mulroney, Brian, 384, 396–7, 398, 399–400

  Murdoch, Gaye, 365

  Murdoch, Rupert, 382

  Mureithi, Nahashon, 128

  Murphy, Philip, 44, 136, 222, 227

  ‘Musical Fairy Tale, The’, 363

  ‘Muskrat Love’ (Captain & Tennille), 243

  Muzorewa, Abel, 325, 328, 338

  Naiad, HMS, 364

  Naisali, Henry, 234

  Naked Diplomat, The (Fletcher), 488

  Namibia, 31–2, 43, 403–5, 409

  Nandi, Fiji, 34

  Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 119, 120, 430

  Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 8

  Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), 292, 430, 487

  Narayanan, Kocheril Raman, 159

  Nassau CHOGM (1985), 185, 344, 383–7, 397

  Nasser, Gamal Abdul, 131

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 255, 263

  National Archives, 294

  National Council for Scientific Research, 101

  National Gallery, London, 468

  National Westminster Bank, 92

  Nauru, 171–2

  Nazi Germany (1933–45), 93, 173, 205, 273, 277–8, 298, 326, 388, 425, 527

  Nazrin Shah, Sultan of Perak, 471

  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 122, 124, 125, 127, 129, 143, 179

  Neil, Andrew, 390, 391, 393

  Neill, Sam, 215

  Nelson, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson, 17

  Nepal, 23, 129, 134, 492, 515–16

  Netflix, 6, 14, 137, 240, 355, 507

  Netherlands, 256, 273, 281, 358, 531

  New Hebrides, 345

  New Law Journal, 102

  New Zealand, 2, 10, 13, 25, 184, 188, 211, 426

  1840 Treaty of Waitangi, 195, 199, 216

  1930 Hamilton British Empire Games, 173

  1948 George VI cancels tour, 190–91

  1949 London Declaration, 124

  1950 Auckland British Empire Games, 173

  1953 Coronation tour, 21, 127, 186, 189, 193–6, 350

  1956 Royal visit, 356

  1963 Royal visit, 43, 49, 199–200, 201

  1970 Royal visit, 52, 204–5, 473, 510

  1972 UK joins EEC, 206

  1974 Christchurch British Commonwealth Games, 173

  1976 All Blacks tour South Africa, 316

  1977 Royal visit, 208

  1979 Zambia CHOGM, 309, 315–16, 323, 325, 326

  1982 Falklands War, 378; Prince Edward studies at Wanganui Collegiate School, 224

  1983 Royal visit, 483

  1986 Royal visit, 209–10

  1995 Auckland CHOGM, 215–16, 414–16

  2010 Prince William’s visit, 524

  2011 Christchurch earthquake, 524; Pike River mine disaster, 524; Prince William’s visit, 524–5

  2016 new flag referendum, 218

  2018 Commonwealth Day, 152; London CHOGM, 217–18

  Newman, Adrian, Bishop of Stepney, 177

  Nhongo, Rex, 482

  Nicholas I, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, 445

  Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, 445–6, 450

  Nicholas, John, 4

  Nigeria, 155, 178, 499

  1956 Royal visit, 40, 56

  1966 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 145

  1979 Rhodesia trade ultimatum, 326; nationalisation of British Petroleum, 331; Lusaka CHOGM, 337

  1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games boycott, 389

 
; 1989 Babangida’s UK visit, 74

  1990 Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting, 402

  1995 Saro-Wiwa execution, 415–16

  2003 Abuja CHOGM, 35–6, 37, 62, 156

  Nigeria, HMS, 118

  Nightingale, Florence, 381

  Nixon, Richard, 240–41, 242, 434, 475

  Nixon, Tricia, 475

  Niyazov, Saparmurat, 490–91

  Nkomo, Joshua, 311, 315, 322, 323, 328, 332, 333, 478–9, 481–2

  ‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’, 113

  Nkrumah, Kwame, 15, 19, 135–7, 143, 362, 503

  Nobel Prize, 17, 60, 381, 419, 522, 527

  Nobel, Alfred, 17

  Norfolk Island, 171

  Norman Conquest (1066), 3, 276, 284

  Norman, Jessye, 252

  Norman, Richard, 95, 101

  Normandy landings (1944), 26, 58, 176, 256–7, 306, 349, 368

  Norrell, Ellis ‘Norrie’, 359, 360

  Norris, Eric, 477, 512

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 245, 432, 433

  North Korea, 465

  North Sea ferries, 347

  Northern Ireland, 33, 256, 298, 326, 376, 382, 400, 454–6, 460, 461–3

  Northern Rhodesia (1924–64), 116, 310, 424

  Northwestern University, 519

  Norway, 24, 31, 34, 79, 256

  Not Forgotten Association, 497

  Nottingham University, 470

  Nujoma, Sam, 32

  Nyasaland (1907–64), 319

  Nye, Joseph, 24, 26, 165

  Nyerere, Julius, 64, 81, 84, 318, 329, 338, 339

  ‘O Canada’, 220

  O’Connell, Pat, 461

  O’Neill, Con, 206

  Obama, Barack, 7, 13, 17, 68, 264–70, 306, 471, 526, 527

  Obama, Michelle, 265, 530

  Obasanjo, Olusegun, 386, 499

  Oberon, Merle, 243

  Obote, Milton, 81, 82, 147

  Odd Man Out, 110

  Oklahoma!, 239

  Old Links and New Ties (Howell), 142

  Olisa, Kenneth, 178

  Oliver, Brian, 172

  Oliver, William, 200, 202

  Olympic Games, 171, 172, 513

  1936 Berlin, 173

  1956 Melbourne, 355

  1976 Montreal, 5, 40, 224, 244, 316, 365

  2000 Sydney, 210, 213

  2012 London, 5–6, 33, 171, 529

  Onslow, Robin, Countess of, 349, 369

  Operation Raleigh, 522

  Order of Good Hope, 411

  Order of Merit, 293, 375, 381, 403, 411, 417

  Order of Socialist Romania, 100

  Order of St Michael and St George, 49, 383

  Order of the Bath, 72, 100, 104, 285, 293, 411

  Order of the Companions of Honour, 16

  Order of the Garter, 72

  Order of the Mosquito, 144

  Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 141, 146

  d’Ormesson, Jean, 300

  Ormsby-Gore, William David, 5th Baron Harlech, 326

  Orr, Jim, 508

  Orwell, George, 93

  Osborne, George, 16, 456

  Owen, David, 11, 12, 16, 38

  and African tour (1979), 314–15, 319–20

  and Amin’s proposed visit (1977), 83, 84

  and Ceausescu’s visit (1978), 88, 91, 93, 97, 103

  and Prince of Wales, 180, 478

  and Juan Carlos of Spain, 80

  and Middle East tour (1979), 50, 53

  on rum ration, 351

  and Sunday Times affair (1986), 394

  Oxfam, 35, 318

  Oxford University, 140, 418–19, 426, 469, 509

  Page, Peter, 317

  Pakistan, 165

  Bangladeshi independence (1971), 20

  Coronation of Elizabeth II (1953), 127

  Independence (1947), 123, 124, 138, 191

  London CHOGM (2018), 1–3, 67, 142, 503

  Royal visit (1961), 20, 40, 129, 133

  Royal visit (1997), 20, 157–60

  suspensions from Commonwealth (1999–2004, 2007–8), 164

  Palestine, 166

  Palliser, Michael, 315

  Panorama, 497, 519

  Papua New Guinea, 36, 106, 233–4, 355, 475

  Paraguay, 59

  Parker Bowles, Andrew, 455, 479–83, 504–5

  Parker Bowles, Camilla, see Cornwall, Duchess of

  Parker, Michael, 357

  Parker, Peter, 509

  Parker, Robert, 193

  Parvin, Stewart, 42, 43

  Paterson, James, 322

  Patil, Pratibha Rao, 501

  Patten, Christopher, 343, 496

  Patterson, Percival ‘P. J.’, 187

  Paul, King of Greece, 361

  Paul VI, Pope, 90

  Payne, Keith, 204

  Payne, Liam, 152

  Pearson, Lester, 125, 145, 221, 222

  Pelé, 65

  Peres, Shimon, 7

  Perkins, Albert, 301

  Permanent Royal Yacht Service (PRYS), 359

  Perón, Eva, 518–19

  Persian Gulf tour (1979), 51, 53, 315, 363

  Perth Commonwealth Games (1962), 173

  Pétain, Philippe, 278

  Philip, Prince, see Edinburgh, Duke of

  Philippines, 24

  Phillips, Mark, 366, 513

  Photographer of the Year awards, 43

  Picasso, Pablo, 469

  Pick, Hella, 98

  Picture Gallery, 72

  Pike River mine disaster (2010), 524

  Pilgrims of Great Britain, 475–6

  Pindling, Lynden, 385, 397

  Pitcairn Islands, 361

  Plunket, Patrick, 427

  Poland, 257, 488, 527

  Polytechnic of Central London, 95, 97, 101

  Pompidou, Claude, 291, 292, 293, 303

  Pompidou, Georges, 35, 274, 280–82, 284–9, 291–3, 297–8, 303–4

  Pope

  Benedict XVI, 66, 80

  Francis, 20–21

  John Paul II, 66, 246

  Paul VI, 90

  Poplar, London, 177–8

  Porchester, Lord, see Herbert, Henry

  Portillo, José López, 24

  Portugal, 166, 311, 357

  Powell, Colin, 259

  Powell, Enoch, 382

  Prada, Miuccia, 42

  Prague, Czech Republic, 37, 58

  Prasad, Rajendra, 129

  President and the Princess, The (Giscard d’Estaing), 305

  press, 43–7

  Prichard, John, 345

  Priestley, Raymond, 355

  Prince’s Trust, 8, 179, 470, 471, 504

  Princess Royal (Princess Anne), 46, 220, 224, 510–13

  Australian tour (1970), 203, 345, 473, 510–11

  Bangladesh visit (1983), 381

  birth (1950), 239

  birthday party (1971), 343

  and Britannia, 341, 350, 351, 366, 369, 372

  Canada tour (1951), 220

  Ceausescu’s visit (1978), 98

  and Commonwealth cemeteries, 175–6

  Commonwealth Games (1966), 172

  and Coronation tour (1953–4), 194–5, 350–51, 473, 510, 511

  D-Day anniversary (1994), 257

  Greece visit (1964), 511

  Iran visit (1971), 508

  Kenya visit (1971), 477, 511–12

  Montreal Olympics (1976), 224

  New Zealand tour (1970), 205, 510

  and Nobel Peace Prize, 17

  and Save the Children, 17, 381, 476, 511–12

  Scottish cruise (1955), 354

  Turkey visit (1972), 513

  United States visit (1970), 241, 475

  wedding (1973), 366, 513

  Privy Purse, 25

  Putin, Vladimir, 68–9, 444, 451

  Pym, Francis, 248

  Qatar, 68

  Quebec, 219, 222, 225, 280

  Queen, die, 18, 428

  Queen Elizabeth, 348, 349

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nbsp; Queen Elizabeth Canadian Research Fund, 22

  Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships, 179

  Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, 105, 514

  Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica, 22, 183

  Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, 17–18

  Queen Mary tiara, 263

  Queen Mary, 348

  Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, 9, 179

  Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Prize, 468–9

  Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, 8–9, 107

  Queen’s Lecture, 18

  Queen’s Young Leaders, 9, 14, 105–8, 468, 532

  Rabuka, Sitiveni, 235

  Rajapaksa, Mahinda, 501

  Rajpipla State (1340–1948), 122

  Raleigh International, 522

  Rama IV, King of Thailand, 38

  Rama VIII, King of Thailand, 39

  Rama IX, King Bhumibol of Thailand, 26, 41, 48, 63, 70

  Rama X, King of Thailand, 48, 63

  Ramaphosa, Cyril, 421

  Ramphal, Shridath ‘Sonny’, 10, 12, 53

  and Amin’s proposed visit (1977), 83, 84, 85

  and Blair, 156

  and Christmas broadcast (1983), 382

  and Edinburgh Commonwealth Games (1986), 395

  and George VI, 125

  and Gonsalves, 232

  and Kenya visit (1952), 12

  and London CHOGM (1977), 150

  and Lusaka CHOGM (1979), 313, 325, 326, 328, 333, 337–9, 380

  and Mandela, 402

  and Manley, 150, 228

  and Marlborough House CHOGM (1986), 389–90, 396, 398, 399

  and Melbourne CHOGM (1981), 161

  and Nassau CHOGM (1985), 384, 385, 386

  and Nyerere, 318

  retirement (1990), 155

  and Rhodesian UDI (1965), 145

  and Singapore CHOGM (1971), 147

  and Thatcher, 155, 380, 384, 386, 394, 400, 401

  and Trudeau, 222–3, 224

  Warwick University chancellorship (1989–2002), 418

  Ramsey, Michael, Archbishop of Canterbury, 151

  Ratiu, Ion, 102

  Rawlinson, Ivor, 93

  Rayne shoes, 42

  Reagan, Nancy, 245, 248, 249, 250, 263

  Reagan, Ronald

  Botha, relationship with, 386

  on Commonwealth, 167

  and Falklands War (1982), 245

  Grenada invasion (1983), 230, 250, 380

  Libya bombing (1986), 390

  Royal visit (1983), 247–50

  Royal visit (1985), 485

  Royal visit (1991), 253–4

  Soviet Union, relations with, 101

  Star Wars programme, 101

  Thatcher, relationship with, 167, 237, 246, 380, 386, 390

  UK visit (1982), 66, 244–7, 267, 418

  Red Cross, 521

  Reed-Purvis, Henry, 326–7

  Rees, Merlyn, 84

  Regan, Gaynor, 159

  Rehse, Karl-Ludwig, 42

  Remembrance Sunday, 176

  Renwick, Robin, 402, 419

  republicanism, 14, 15, 44, 63, 136, 146, 162, 186–7, 505

  Australia, 149, 187, 202, 206–17, 498–9

  Bulgaria, 79

  Canada, 186, 223–4

  Caribbean, 187, 150, 228–32

 

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