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Queen of the World: Elizabeth II: Sovereign and Stateswoman

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by Robert Hardman

India, 123–5, 127, 131, 222

  Jamaica, 150, 186, 228

  New Zealand, 211, 216–17

  Papua New Guinea, 233

  Romania, 79

  South Africa, 109, 136, 379, 408

  Tuvalu, 234

  Reynolds, Albert, 449

  Rhédey, Claudine, 100

  Rhodes, Cecil, 117, 140, 322

  Rhodes, Margaret, 14

  Rhodesia, see Northern Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia

  Rhys-Jones, Sophie, see Wessex, Countess of

  Richards, Chris, 400–401

  Richards, Francis, 31–2, 404–5, 444, 448, 453

  Rifkind, Malcolm, 37, 60, 166, 389, 395, 401, 484, 490, 518

  Ritchie, Lewis, 109–10, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118

  Roberts, Frank, 425, 428

  Roberts, Philip and Hannah, 201

  Robertson, Patsy, 83, 145, 150, 228, 333, 385

  Roche, Marc, 168, 278, 305, 306

  Roche, Ruth, Baroness Fermoy, 362

  Rochon, Steve, 261–2

  Rodgers and Hammerstein, 70

  Rohingyas, 472

  Rolls-Royce, 53, 90, 132, 147, 342, 397, 445, 486

  Romania, 24, 79, 87–104, 270

  Romanov, House of, 445–6, 450

  ROMBAC, 104

  Roosevelt, Franklin, 237, 252

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 95

  Ross, Diana, 485

  Rostropovich, Mstislav, 448

  Round Table, The, 401

  Round Tower (horse), 250

  Rouse, Philip, 440

  Royal Air Force (RAF), 457, 469

  Andover, 320, 326, 334, 342

  Blenheim bombers, 472

  Czech Republic visit (1996), 37

  France visit (1972), 33–4, 286

  Lusaka CHOGM (1979), 308, 320, 326

  Royal Squadron, 447

  Shackleton seaplanes, 193

  Spitfires, 310

  Vickers VC10, 33, 34, 39, 286, 331, 342, 381, 384, 404–5

  Voyager, 32, 469

  William’s service, 457, 523

  World War II (1939–45), 176, 310, 320, 472

  Royal Albert Hall, London, 419, 473

  Royal Archives, 266, 424

  Royal Ascot, 182

  Royal Barge, 359, 368

  Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 22

  Royal Chef, 1, 138

  Royal Collection, 20, 40, 266, 268

  Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS), 151, 152, 153, 469

  Royal Dutch Shell, 415

  Royal Family, 46, 223, 241

  Royal Gallery, 246, 418

  Royal Gurkha Rifles, 134

  Royal Horse Guards, 478

  Royal Household Hospitality Scholarships, 181–2, 184–5

  Royal Institute of Chemistry, 95, 101

  Royal Library, 67, 72, 225–6, 268

  Royal Mail, 15

  Royal Marines, 341, 345, 361, 368–9, 452

  Royal Mews, 70, 342

  Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), 454

  Royal Navy, 385, 441

  and Prince Andrew, Duke of York, 245, 513

  Arctic convoys (1941–5), 451

  and Britannia, 244, 346–7, 349–50, 359–60, 367, 369, 371, 385, 441

  and Prince of Wales, 8, 245, 302, 466, 477–8, 496

  Falklands War (1982), 245, 378

  Faslane submarine base, 360

  and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 11, 31, 274, 367

  piping aboard, 244

  rum ration, 351

  and South Yemen Civil War (1986), 441

  Prince William’s service, 523

  Royal Opera House, London, 77

  Royal Society, 91

  Royal Train, 70, 98, 219–20, 238, 342, 428

  Royal Victorian Order, 49

  Royal Visits Committee, 23–4, 435, 489

  Royal Yacht, see Britannia; Vanguard

  Royal Yacht Service, 350, 359

  Ruby Jubilee (1992), 46

  Rudd, Amber, 183

  rugby, 316, 523

  rum ration, 351

  Russell, John, 65, 92, 364

  Russian Federation, 20, 68–9, 441–53, 488, 517

  Russian Fringe tiara, 100, 130, 417

  Rwanda, 2, 21, 166

  Sadat, Anwar, 24, 366, 493

  Sakharov, Andrei, 448

  salad dressing, 47

  Saleha, Raja Isteri of Brunei, 469

  Salisbury, Lord, see Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert

  Sālote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga, 107

  Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 490

  Samoa, 2

  Sandhurst, Berkshire, 528

  Sandringham, Norfolk, 30, 126, 344, 356

  Sandys, Duncan, 143, 200, 206

  Sapphire Jubilee (2017), 21, 227

  Sargent, Emma, 485

  Sarkozy, Nicolas, 160, 305–6, 489

  Saro-Wiwa, Kenule, 415

  Saudi Arabia, 21, 53, 167, 270, 315, 487, 489

  Savalas, Aristotelis ‘Telly’ 243

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

  Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of, 177, 426

  Scarf, Arthur, 472

  Schmidt, Helmut, 313, 433

  Schumann, Maurice, 281, 290

  Schwarzkopf, Norman, 254

  Scotland, 23, 225, 270–71, 277

  Balmoral Castle, 30, 47, 60, 136, 210, 240, 258, 271, 336, 344, 376–7, 388, 451

  and Banda, 330

  and Britannia, 347–50, 345, 353–4, 367, 371, 372

  Castle of Mey, 354

  CHOGM (1997), 155–6, 162, 163

  Commonwealth Games (2014), 171, 174

  Dunblane massacre (1996), 50

  Edinburgh Commonwealth Games (1986), 389, 394–5, 398

  and France visit (1948), 275–6

  Gleneagles Hotel, 150

  Gordonstoun School, 473

  John Brown & Co., 347, 348

  Loch Ness monster, 277

  Royal cruises, 345, 353–4, 367, 371

  St Andrew’s University, 139, 155, 523

  and Trump, 270–71

  Scotland, Patricia, 126, 169, 504

  Scots Guards, 267, 479

  Scott, Kenneth, 92, 93, 94–5, 96, 444

  Scott, Michael, 57–8, 319

  Scott, Peter, 22

  Scott, Robert, 355

  Scouts, 497

  Seago, Edward, 355

  Second World War, see World War II

  Secondé, Reginald, 92, 93, 94, 96, 102, 103

  Seeiso of Lesotho, 528

  Sefton (horse), 455

  Senegal, 19, 25

  Sentamu, John, Archbishop of York, 136, 154

  Sentebale, 528, 530–31

  September 11

  attacks (2001), 237, 258

  Serbia, 80

  Shackleton, Ernest, 355

  Shackleton seaplanes, 193

  Shakespeare, William, 4, 267, 318, 329, 417

  Shand, Camilla, see Cornwall, Duchess of

  Sharma, Kamalesh, 56, 124, 125, 150, 164, 165, 168, 180, 501–2

  Sharpeville massacre (1960), 379

  Shave, Alan, 64, 231

  Shawcross, William, 223, 244, 248, 258, 340, 401, 436

  Shea, Michael, 329, 382, 390, 391, 393–4, 436

  Shell, 96

  Shetland Isles, 31, 356

  Shore, Peter, 294

  Shultz, George and Charlotte, 263

  Sierra Leone, 19, 54, 106, 144, 170

  Sikorsky helicopters, 33

  Silk Road, 490

  Silver Jubilee (1977), 83, 150, 180, 207–9

  Simeon II, King of the Bulgarians, 79

  Simpson, Wallis, see Windsor, Duchess of

  Simpson-Miller, Portia, 229

  Sinatra, Frank, 248

  Singapore

  1956 Chinese middle schools riots, 355

  1971 First CHOGM, 81, 146–8, 222, 283, 313, 467, 474, 508

  1979 Lusaka CHOGM, 309, 316

  2018 Prince of Wales’s visit, 467–9

  Singleton, Valerie, 512

>   Sinn Fein, 256, 460, 461

  Sir Edmund Hillary Fund, 141

  Sirikit, Queen consort of Thailand, 48

  Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand, 48

  Slater, John ‘Jock’, 19–20, 30–31, 56, 71, 204, 224, 349, 361–3

  Smith, Arnold, 53, 81, 82, 143–5, 148–9, 152, 222, 311, 328, 474

  Smith, Edward, 476

  Smith, Eve, 144

  Smith, Ian, 310, 314, 322, 338, 478

  Smith, Margaret ‘Maggie’, 15, 268

  Smuts, Jan, 109, 111, 115, 119, 124

  Snow, Peter, 96

  Snowdon, Earl of, see Armstrong-Jones, Antony

  Soames, Christopher

  France, ambassador to (1968–72), 35, 281–2, 286, 288–9, 292, 294–7, 299–301, 303

  Southern Rhodesia governor of (1979–80), 85, 478, 482

  Soames, Emma, 483

  Soames, Nicholas, 85, 288, 292, 304

  Sobchak, Anatoly, 444, 451

  Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland, 114

  soft power, 6, 8, 165, 370

  Solomon Islands, 234, 337

  Somalia, 176

  Somerville, Philip, 42

  Sophia, Queen consort of Spain, 361, 366

  South Africa, 14, 17, 82, 108–115, 374–5, 378–422

  All Blacks tour (1976), 316

  apartheid period (1948–94), 17, 119, 136, 146, 150, 172–3, 312, 316, 378–407, 408, 413

  arms sales to, 81, 146–7

  Bahamas CHOGM (1985), 344, 383–7, 397

  bombing raids (1986), 387

  British Empire Games (1934), 173–4

  Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference (1961), 379

  diamonds, 111, 113, 117, 118, 119, 137, 411–12, 417

  Durban CHOGM (1999), 126, 420

  Eminent Persons Group (1985–6), 384, 386–8, 400

  George VI’s visit (1947), 108–119, 137, 189–90, 273, 374, 378, 410, 411, 412

  general election (1994), 402, 407

  London Declaration (1949), 124–5

  Macmillan’s ‘Wind of Change’ speech (1960), 136, 378

  Major’s visit (1994), 409

  Malawi, relations with, 319

  Mandela presidency (1994–9), 86, 113, 343, 375, 407–20, 443

  Mitterrand’s visit (1994), 409, 412

  Ramaphosa’s UK visit (2018), 421

  Republic referendum (1960), 136, 379, 408

  Royal visit (1995), 343, 374, 409–14, 443

  sanctions on, 379–80, 383, 388, 389, 399

  Sharpeville massacre (1960), 379

  South-West Africa (1915–90), 403, 404

  South Africa House, London, 416, 419–20

  South America tours

  1962 508

  1968 26–8, 65, 364

  South Korea, 68

  South West Africa (1915–90), 403, 404

  South Yemen Civil War (1986), 441

  Southampton University, 91, 93

  Southern Rhodesia (1923–80), 85, 149, 228, 335

  Air Rhodesia Flight 825 shot down (1978), 312

  Bush War (1964–79), 309, 310–12, 314–15, 320, 322–9, 331–3, 338–40, 377, 478

  general election (1979), 325, 331

  general election (1980), 478–9, 481

  Geneva peace conference (1976), 314

  Lancaster House Agreement (1979), 340, 377, 478

  Royal visit (1947), 20, 21, 116–17, 118, 403

  sanctions on, 50, 311

  Thatcher, relations with, 315, 322, 338–40, 377, 478

  Unilateral Declaration of Independence (1965), 144–5, 310–11

  Sovereign Grant, 465

  Soviet Union (1922–91)

  and Berlin Wall, 246, 430

  Brezhnev period (1964–82), 24, 281, 293, 432–3

  Czechoslovakia invasion (1968), 89

  dissolution (1991), 443

  Ghana relations with, 135, 137

  Gorbachev period (1985–91), 67, 72, 246, 253, 379, 387, 442–3

  India, relations with, 124

  Khrushchev period (1953–64), 131, 137, 240, 246

  Reagan, relations with, 101, 380

  Zimbabwe African People’s Union, relations with, 311, 322

  Space Age, 12

  Spain, 48, 69, 70, 72, 75–6, 79–80, 361, 366

  ‘special relationship’, 7, 237–8, 259

  speeches, 56–62

  Spencer, Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, 498

  Spice Girls, 498

  Sri Lanka, 4–5, 337, 342, 492–3, 501–3

  St Andrew’s University, Scotland, 139, 155, 523

  St George’s Chapel, Windsor, 152, 533

  St George’s Hall, Windsor Castle, 78

  St Helena, 119, 231, 357

  St Kitts & Nevis, 232

  St Lawrence Seaway, 221, 357–8

  St Lucia, 232

  St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 151

  St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 84, 240, 422

  St Vincent & the Grenadines, 232

  stamps, 15, 225

  Star Wars programme, 101

  ‘Star-Spangled Banner’, 237, 258

  State Coach, 342

  Statute of Westminster (1931), 121, 183

  Steel, David, 103, 270

  Stephen, Marcus, 171–2

  Stephens, Caroline, 375

  Stevens, Siaka, 144

  Stewart, Michael, 432

  Steyn, Colin, 113

  Sting, 520

  Strasser, Valentine, 54

  Stratocruiser, BOAC, 219

  Straw, Jack, 6, 35–6, 37, 60, 68–9, 166, 259, 488

  Stroessner, Alfredo, 59

  succession, 3, 169, 180, 186, 213–15, 217, 464–6, 498–506

  Sudan, 11

  Suez Crisis (1956), 78, 198, 239, 355, 356

  Sugar, Alan, 181

  Suits, 531

  Sunay, Cevdet, 36–7

  Sunday Times affair (1986), 390–92, 395

  supermarket, first visit to, 239

  Sussex, Duchess of (Meghan Markle), 6, 180, 216, 238, 319, 397, 531–3

  Sussex, Duke of (Prince Harry), 527–33

  Afghanistan War, service in, 528–9

  Antarctic trip (2013), 529

  Antigua visit (2016), 532

  Australia visit (2003), 528

  birth (1984), 484

  Army service, 528–9

  and Botswana, 319

  as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, 179

  at Eton, 420, 528

  and Felipe VI, banquet for (2017), 75

  gap year (2003), 528

  helicopter piloting, 33

  holidays, 23

  Invictus Games, 529–30, 533

  Jamaica visit (2012), 187, 229

  and London CHOGM (2018), 532

  Obama’s visit (2011), 269

  and Olympic Games (2012), 5, 529

  and Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, 8

  and Queen’s Young Leaders, 106, 532

  and Royal Household Hospitality Scholarships, 184–5

  and Sentebale, 528, 530–31

  South Africa visit (1997), 498

  Warrior Games (2013), 529

  wedding (2018), 6, 180, 216, 238, 397, 531–3

  Sussex University, 91

  Sutherland, Graham, 292–3

  Suzman, Helen, 383

  Swan, John, 231

  Swaziland, 114–15

  Sweden, 24, 63, 69, 72, 73, 75, 77, 100, 358–9

  Swire, Hugo, 525

  Sword of Stalingrad, 67

  Sydney-Davies, Euphemia, 170

  Syria, 69

  Taliban, 12

  Tall Ships Race, 345

  Tamar, HMS, 495

  Tambo, Oliver, 408, 421

  Tambo, Thembi, 421

  Tanzania, 20, 64, 81, 84–5, 145, 318, 320, 329, 338, 339

  Tartar, HMS, 365

  tax havens, 231

  Teresa, Mother (Saint Teresa of Calcutta), 381, 411

  terrorism, 33, 128, 179, 237, 269, 432

  and African N
ational Congress, 400

  Brighton hotel bombing (1984), 250, 376

  Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings (1982), 455, 479

  Irish Republican Army, 250, 298, 326, 376, 400, 454–5, 462, 479

  Mau Mau Uprising (1952–64), 128

  Mountbatten assassination (1979), 454, 460

  Rhodesian Bush War (1964–79), 312, 326, 339

  September 11 attacks (2001), 237, 258

  Thailand, 26, 38–9, 41, 48, 63, 70, 78, 284, 286, 471, 519–20

  Thatcher, Denis, 77, 339, 380–81, 383

  Thatcher, Margaret, 8, 24, 50, 51, 167, 283, 320

  Balmoral meetings, 376–7

  Brighton hotel bombing (1984), 250, 376

  China visit (1982), 436

  death (2013), 421–2

  Edinburgh Commonwealth Games (1986), 389, 394–5

  Falklands War (1982), 155, 377

  Fiji abdication (1987), 235

  general election (1979), 51, 308, 315, 320, 322

  Gorbachev, relationship with, 67, 387

  Hungary visit (1990), 14

  Jiang Zemin’s visit (1999), 77

  Joint Declaration on Hong Kong (1984), 434

  Lusaka CHOGM (1979), 308–9, 312–15, 322–9, 330, 332–4, 337–40, 377, 380

  Malaysia visit (1989), 150

  Mandela, meetings with (1990, 1996), 402–3, 420

  Marlborough House CHOGM (1986), 395–400

  miners’ strike (1984–5), 390

  Nassau CHOGM (1985), 383–5

  Order of Merit (1990), 375, 403

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

  resignation (1990), 403, 405

  Rhodesia, relations with, 315, 322, 338–40, 377, 478

  and royal protocol, 375–6

  South Africa, relations with, 380, 383–5, 388, 389, 390–403, 412

  Sunday Times affair (1986), 390–94, 395

  Zimbabwean independence (1980), 483

  Thin, Jean, 288, 302

  Thoreau, Henry David, 252

  Thuillier, Raymond, 301

  Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), 435, 441

  tiaras, 40, 52, 67, 72

  Cullinan Diamond, 111

  Fleur de Lys, 76

  Girls of Great Britain and Ireland, 459

  Lover’s Knot, 76

  Queen Mary, 263

  Russian Fringe, 100, 130, 417

  Vladimir, 40, 428

  Tibet, 71, 525

  tiger hunting, 23, 130–34, 134, 135

  Tikolevu, Jitoko, 236

  Timbertop School, Victoria, 224, 473

  Timbuktu, Mali, 25

  Tito, Josip Broz, 131, 326, 434

  Togo, 166

  Tonga, 106, 107, 108, 337, 355, 503

  Torres Straits Islanders, 196

  tot, 351

  totem pole, 22

  Townsend, Peter, 190

  Transparency International, 164

  Transylvania, 104

  Travers, Barbara, 482

  Travolta, John, 485

  Tre Kronor, 69

  Treadell, Victoria, 471

  Treaty of Waitangi (1840), 195, 199, 216

  Treetops, Aberdare National Park, 12

  Trevor-Morgan, Rachel, 42

  Trinidad and Tobago, 160, 227, 232, 504

 

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