state funeral of 342–4
Svengali influence over Royal Family of 257
at university 25, 26–8, 52, 181, 256
as Viceroy of India 188, 189–201
writing talents of 21, 24, 55, 131–2
Mountbatten, Louise, Queen of Sweden 10, 43, 74
Mountbatten Memorial Trust 367
Mountbatten, Nadejda Mikhailovna
(‘Nada’), Marchioness of Milford Haven, see Mountbatten, Nadejda Mikhailovna 21, 32, 44, 58, 59, 66, 91, 96, 96–7, 109–10, 163, 207
Mountbatten Pink 117
Mountbatten, Prince Louis, see Louis, Prince Mountbatten Station-Keeping Equipment 97–8
Mountbatten System Manoeuvre Tuition 35
Mountbatten, Victoria, Marchioness of
Milford Haven 9, 10, 43, 53, 57, 70, 74, 96, 111, 125, 132
Mudie, Sir Francis 222–3, 225, 228
Mulberry harbours 142
Munich Settlement 112
Murphy, Mary 66
Murphy, Peter 26, 29, 33, 52, 55, 66, 71, 78, 95, 97, 123, 128, 155, 165, 170, 171, 178, 192, 205, 235–6, 245, 252, 258, 310, 349, 363
Murphy, Ray 310
Mussolini, Benito 99, 112
Naidu, Padmaja 268
Naidu, Sarojini 240
Nasser, Gen. Gamal Abdel 276
National Debt 54
National Heritage Memorial Fund 373
NATO 262, 264, 278, 302, 340
Neave, Airey 340
Nehru, Jawaharlal 2, 45, 178–9, 191, 196, 197–8, 206, 207, 210, 212, 214, 216–17, 219, 227–31, 237–42, 244–5, 247–50, 256, 259, 265–70, 279, 285–6, 311, 372, 373, 374
Nelson, Charles 309
Nelson, Horatio, Lord 1, 261
Nichol, Allan 354
Nicholas Palace 11
Nicholas, Tsar 10–11, 13
Nicklin, LCpl Keith 343
Nield, Norman 354, 356
Nijinsky, Vaslav 111
Niven, David 160
‘N.O.’ 21
Noel-Baker, Philip 223
Norman, Jeremy 351
Norman, Richard 21
Normandy landings 129, 135, 142
Norton, Jean (‘Jeanie’) 59, 64, 65, 66, 68, 76, 78, 91, 117, 185, 187, 253
Norton, Kay 92, 235
Norton, Richard 59
Novello, Ivor 59, 89, 354
Now Magazine 359, 360
Nutting, Anthony 366
Nye, Archie 211
Oatsheaf 318
Oberon, Merle 89
Obolensky, Prince Serge 70
Odhams Press 86
O’Donnell, Columbus 289, 290, 384
O’Donnell, Sibilla 330, 331, 383
Okapi 21
O’Keefe, David 144
Oliver, Vic 354
Olivier, Laurence 114, 244
Operations:
Archery 129–30
Buccaneer 172
Claret 275
Culverin 171–2
Frankton 147
Freeman 342
Husky 147
Jubilee 139–40
Madhouse 190
Musketeer 276
Overlord 147
Pond 365
Rutter 138, 139, 144
Sledgehammer 134, 135, 137
Torch 147
Zipper 171, 172
Osman, John 377
Owen, Frank 155, 176
Paget, Bernard 134
Paley, Bill 162–3, 165
Palmerston, Lord 14
Pamela Carmen, Duchess of Peneranda 74
Pandit, Vijiya 311
Pant, Pandit 225
Papps, Johnny 155
Parker, Steve 297
Partition 2, 197, 200, 203–20, 225, 227, 229, 245, 251, 313, 337, 372, 376, 381
Patel, Maniben 196
Patel, Sardar 196, 197
Patel, Vijaya Lakshmi 196
Pearl Harbor 126, 134
Pender, Paul 354
Penrose, Barrie 325
Perks, Ron 361
Perutz, Max 129
Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick 192
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh 2, 95, 111, 184–7, 193, 233, 243, 248, 254–5, 257, 278, 283, 290, 306, 309, 314, 315, 328, 329, 331, 343, 344, 372
Phillips, Gina 235, 292
Phillips, Harold (‘Bunny’) 93–6, 98–100, 109–10, 113, 115, 122, 125, 153, 159, 161, 163–5, 187, 235, 289, 292
Phillips, Sacha 291–3
Phillips, Ted 77, 84, 93, 95
Pickering, Edward 318
Pickford, Mary 52, 78, 92
Pilkington, Bill 87
Pirzada, S.S. 268
‘Plan Balkan’/’Plan Partition’ 203–20, 381
Plummer, Christopher 297
PLUTO 147
Portal, Sir Charles 143
Porter, Cole 89
Portora Boys’ Schools 359, 360
Potts, Jane (‘Potty’) 20
Pound, ADM Dudley 131, 143, 147, 150
Powell, Dilys 133
Power, Manley 246, 262, 272–3
Pownall, Henry 152, 156–7, 172
Prasad, Rajendra 219
Presley, Elvis 369
Price, Alan 360
prison reform 307–8
Private Eye 326
Provisional IRA, see IRA
P31 24–5
Pushkin, Alexander 21
Pyke, Geoffrey 129
pykrete 150
Quebec Conference 150
Queen Mother 38, 66, 70, 108, 133, 169, 327
Radcliffe, Cyril (‘Squit’), 1st Viscount Radcliffe 216–17, 222, 223
Rajagopalachari, Chakravarty 226
Ramsay, ADM Bertram 139
Ramsay, Lady Patricia 57
Rani, Devika 268
RAPWI 175
Rasdill (chauffeur) 51
Rasputin, Grigori Yefimovich 11
Rastus (honey-bear) 98
Rattigan, Terence 354
Reading, Lady 44, 47
Reading, Viceroy Lord 44
Rees, Gen. Pete 227
Reibnitz, Marie Christine von 331
Renfrew, Lord 59
rent boys 350, 357, 361
Rhys, Charlie 36
Roberts, Andrew 372
Roberts, David 339, 384
Roberts, Maj.-Gen. Hamilton (‘Ham’) 138, 139, 143, 146
Robeson, Paul 86, 87, 365
Rommel, Erwin 130
Roosevelt, Eleanor 124
Roosevelt, Elliott 310
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (‘FDR’) 124, 150, 151, 171, 310
Rose, Kenneth 328
Roskill, Stephen 344, 369, 370
Rothschild, Baron Elie de 296
Rothschild, Carola 299
Royal Naval Film Corporation (RNFC) 103, 126, 146
Royal Yacht 339
RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) 218, 225
Russell, Georgina, Lady Boothby 329
Russell, Sir Charles 69, 75
Ruth, Babe 52
SACSEA 177
St John Ambulance 121, 167, 178, 247, 261, 279, 312
St Patrick’s Cathedral 345
St Paul’s Cathedral 345
Sandford, Stephen (‘Laddie’) 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69–71, 72, 77, 78–9
Sarabhai, Mridula 268
Sargent, Malcolm 187, 193, 236, 248, 249, 263, 278, 285, 286
Sargent, Orme 324
Sassoon, Philip 30, 106
Scheftel, Stuart 163
Scott, Ian 197
Scott, Peter 140
SEAC 154, 157, 160, 163, 165–6, 171–2, 177, 179, 191–2, 234, 264, 275, 282, 300, 316, 344, 370, 386
SEAC 155
Seagrave, Elisa 353
Searle, Ronald 176
Seton, Marie 87, 267–8
sexuality 349–66, 374–5, 380
Shadow V 338, 340, 341–2, 342, 345
SHAEF 162
SHAPE 362
Shearer, Norma 76, 126
Sherman, Gen. William 288
Shute, Nevil 128
Silver Jubilees 235, 300, 324–5
Simpson, ADM Ernest Aldrich 106
Simpson, Ernest 327
Simpson, Henry Anthony (‘Tony’) 74, 75, 85
Simpson, Marjorie Hall 74, 75, 85
Simpson, Wallis, see Windsor, Duchess of Sinatra, Frank 309
Sinclair, Sir John 275, 276
Singh, Tara 218, 225
Slim, Gen, William (‘Bill’) 172, 181, 376
Smith, Adrian 372–3
Smith, Brian 261–2
Smith, Charles (‘Charlie’) 282, 368–9
Smith, Elenor 114
Smith, Sir Arthur 226
Snippet (dog) 282
‘Soapy – The Tale of a Dog’ (N.O.) 21
‘Soliloquy’ (1st Lieutenant P31) 24
Somerville, ADM Sir James 154
Somerville, James 370
Sophie Tucker’s Playground 71
Sopworth, Donald 306
Southampton University 375
Spycatcher (Wright) 354, 369
Stadiem, William 296
Stalin, Joseph 139
Stapleton, AVM Deryck 323
Stark, Harold 125–6
Stephenson, Gilbert 55
Stevens, Grace 288
Stilwell, Gen. Joe 151, 157–8, 172
Stirling, David 325
Strachey, John 107
Stringfellow, Olga 288
Strong, Mrs 25
Suez Canal 276, 277, 365, 369–70
Sweeney, Bobby 83
Sykes, Sir Richard 340
Symons-Taylor, RAdm R.V. 361
Szapary, Anthony 92, 96
Taylor, A.J.P. 253
Tedder, AM Sir Arthur 151
Temple, Emma 336, 384
Templer, FM Sir Gerald 273
Tennant, Christopher, 2nd Baron
Glenconner 27, 29
Terraine, John 315, 369
Thatcher, Margaret 343, 346–7
Thomas, ADM James 274–5
Thompson, Col Robert 53
Thompson, Peter 356
Thomson, George Malcolm 253
Thorogood (valet) 53, 66
‘Tobins and Robinsons’ cover story 98
Tomacelli, Sibilla 289–91, 293, 298, 308
Torby, Michael (‘Boy’) 44
Torby, Nada de, see Mountbatten, Nadejda
Mikhailovna
Torby, Zia, see Werner, Lady Zia Torch landings 142, 147
Travis, Mollie 309, 310
Trend, Burke 314–15
Trivedi, Sir Chandulal 211, 225, 228
Troubles 336–7
Troughton, Charles 310
Troughton, Sir Charles (‘Dick’) 323, 371
Truman, Harry S. 171
Trundle, Guy 107
Tucker, Sophie 71
Tuker, Sir Francis 227
Tunzelmann, Alex von 372
Turner, Robert 279–80
Underground First Aid Posts 121
Underhill, Stella 35, 56, 102, 167
United Nations (UN) 277
United World Colleges 367
Van Straten, Alfred 89
Vanderbilt, Cornelius 36, 39, 53, 58, 63, 70, 88, 121, 250
Vanderbilt, Gloria 96–7
Vanderbilt, Grace 36, 39, 44, 53, 57, 58, 63, 70, 88, 121, 250
Vanderbilt, Reggie 96
Vanderbilt v. Whitney 96
Victoria, Queen 9, 10, 20
Vyvyan, Joan 88, 89
Wagner, Richard 5
Wakefield, HMS 282
Wales, Prince of, see Charles, Prince; Edward VIII
Ward, Elizabeth 175, 192
Ward, Freda Dudley 31–2, 34, 45
Wardell, Michael (‘Mike’) 64–5, 68, 69, 76, 78, 253
Warner, Jack 297
Watson, Muriel 192
Waugh, Evelyn 128, 129
Wavell, Archibald 152, 179, 189, 190–1, 193
Way, Sam 304
Weidenfeld, Lord 350
Weld, Joe 165
Weller (maid) 51
Wellesley, Lady Jane 329
Wernher, Gina 163, 165
Wernher, Harold 59, 110, 111, 163
Wernher, Lady Zia 25, 44, 59, 163
West, Nigel 363
Westminster Abbey 5, 285, 343, 344
Westminster, Duchess of 59
Wheen, Francis 352
In Which We Serve 132, 181
Whistler, Rex 102
White Ensign 131–2
Whiteman, Paul 52
White’s Club 363
Whitney, Gertrude 96
Wiborg, Mary Hoyt 288
Wichfield, Aksel 63
Wilcox, Desmond 363
Wilde, Lucia 33
Williams, Marcia 325
Willingdon, Lady 191
Willingdon, Lord 192
Wilson, Andrew 267
Wilson, Harold 306, 307, 317–19, 320, 324, 325, 358
Wincott, Lenn 55
Windsor, Duchess of 31, 105–7, 109, 327–8
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, see Edward VIII
Windsor, House of 22
Winston (wooden horse) 62
Woodard, Nannie 58
Woodham-Smith, Cecil 313
Wright, Dr Douglas 356–7
Wyatt, Woodrow 381
Yates, Andrew 67
Young, Loretta 98
Yuill, Graham 340–1, 384
Zanuck, Darryl F. 104, 146
Ziegfield Follies 52, 71
Ziegler, Philip 2, 86, 226, 267, 314, 351, 368, 371, 372, 374, 383
Zoological Society 306
Zuckerman, Sir Solly 129, 301, 302, 307, 309, 319–26
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