125 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 16 December 1921, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/21
126 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [December 1921], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/22
127 Glamis Visitors Book, Glamis Archives
128 Vickers, pp. 47–8
129 Princess Margaret to Queen Elizabeth II, 8 March 1954, RA QEII/PRIV/RF
130 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC
131 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Beryl Poignand, n.d. [28 November 1921], Glamis Archives (CH)
132 Princess Mary to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 5 January 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
133 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 19 January 1922, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/23
134 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 22 January 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
135 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 25 January 1922, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/24
136 Duke of York to Prince of Wales, 2 February 1922, RA EDW/PRIV/MAIN/B/67
137 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 6 February 1922, Glamis Archives, Box 270; Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [7 February 1922], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/24
138 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Beryl Poignand, n.d. [6 February 1922], Glamis Archives (CH)
139 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 23 February 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/25
140 Longford, Queen Mother, p. 23
141 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [8 March 1922], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/26
142 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 8 March 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
143 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [12 March 1922], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/27
144 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 16 March 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
145 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 18 March 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/28
146 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 26 March 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
147 Hon. James Stuart to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 24 March 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
148 Vickers, p. 50
149 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Beryl Poignand, n.d. [May 1922], Glamis Archives (CH)
150 Queen Mary to Lady Strathmore, 6 May 1922, Glamis Archives
151 Lady Strathmore to May Elphinstone, 16 May 1922, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
152 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [16 May 1922], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/29
153 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to May Elphinstone, n.d. [12 May 1922], RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
154 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Beryl Poignand, n.d. [14 May 1922], Glamis Archives (CH)
155 Lord Gage to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 26 May 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
156 Lord Glenconner to Duchess of York, 7 May [1931], RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
157 Lord Davidson to Queen Elizabeth, 26 February 1952, enclosing account of conversation with Duke of York, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
158 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 12 January 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/21
159 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [26 July 1922], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/30
160 Information from Donald Gillies, biographer of Lord Inverchapel. Donald Gillies suggests that Clark Kerr may have met Lady Elizabeth first the previous autumn in Scotland, but if so there is no evidence of this in her papers
161 Archibald Clark Kerr to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 3 December 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
162 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to D’Arcy Osborne, [26] October 1922, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
163 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 12 September 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/31B
164 Duke of York to King George V, 30 September 1922, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/128; Duke of York to Queen Mary, 30 September 1922, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/28
165 ‘Chips’: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon, ed. Robert Rhodes James, Penguin, 1967, p. 483
166 Rev. Dr John Stirton, diary, RA AEC/GG/026
167 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 3 October 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/34
168 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 4 October 1922, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/29
169 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 7 November 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/36
170 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 8 November 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
171 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 27 November 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
172 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 30 November 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
173 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [6 and 7 December 1922], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/42–43
174 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 16 December 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
175 Lady Airlie to Lady Strathmore, draft, 23 December 1922, British Library, Add MSS 82763
176 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 25 December 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/47
177 Duke of York to Lady Airlie, 30 January 1923, British Library, Add MSS 82751
178 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 29 December 1922, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
179 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 30 December 1922, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/48
180 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Beryl Poignand, 2 January [1923], Glamis Archives (CH)
181 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, 4 January 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/49
182 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 4 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
183 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 5 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
184 Bradford, George VI, p. 137; Vickers, p. 58
185 Bradford, George VI, p. 137
186 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 5 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
187 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 8 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
188 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [8 January 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/50
189 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 11 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
190 Queen Mary to Lady Airlie, 9 January 1923, British Library, Add MSS 82748
191 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC
192 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 12 January 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/21
193 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 12 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
194 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 13 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
195 Lady Strathmore to May Elphinstone, 16 January 1923, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
196 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1923: 15 January; QM/PRIV/QMD/1923: 15 January
197 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Arthur Penn, n.d. [15 January 1923], Penn Papers
198 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 15 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
FOUR: A ROYAL WEDDING 1923
1 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 16 January 1923. RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
2 King George V to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 15 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
3 Queen Mary to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 15 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
4 Queen Mary to Lady Strathmore, 15 January 1923, Glamis Archives (CH)
5 Lady Strathmore to Queen Mary, 16 January 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC47/737
6 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 16 January 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/22
7 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to King George V, 17 January 1923, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/342
8 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Queen Mary, 17 January 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC 11/34
9 Lady Strathmore to May Elphinstone, 16 January 1923, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
10 Evening News, 17 January 1923
11 Charles Graves, The Bad Old Days, Faber & Faber, 1951, pp. 70–1
12 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 18 January 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
13 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 16–18 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
14 Prince of Wales to Duchess of York, 15 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
15 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Arthur Penn, n.d. [18 January 1923], Penn Papers
16 Lady Strathmore to Arthur Penn, 18 January 1923, Penn Papers
17 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to D’A
rcy Osborne, 17 January, 1923, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
18 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 19 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
19 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 20 January 1923. RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
20 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 151
21 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1923: 20 January; RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1923: 20–21 January
22 Queen Elizabeth to Charles, Prince of Wales, n.d. [1960s], Clarence House Archives, 10086–600
23 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1923: 20 January
24 Duke of York to Lady Leicester, 21 January 1923, Glamis Archives
25 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to May Elphinstone, n.d. [20 January 1923], RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
26 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Beryl Poignand, 21 January 1923, Glamis Archives (CH)
27 Michael Bowes Lyon to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 20 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/BL
28 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 1 February 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
29 Lord Gage to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 19 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
30 Archibald Clark Kerr to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 24 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
31 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 21 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
32 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 23 January 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/35
33 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 24 January 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
34 King George V to first Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, 27 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL (enclosed with letter from Lord Hardinge to Queen Elizabeth, 22 July 1937)
35 Queen Mary to Lady Strathmore, 25 January 1923, Glamis Archives
36 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 22 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
37 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 24 January 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
38 Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 187–8
39 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 23 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
40 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Queen Mary, 25 January 1923, RAQM/PRIV/CC11/36
41 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 26 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
42 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [25 January 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/51
43 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, n.d. [25] and 26 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
44 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 27 January 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
45 King George V to Prince George, 31 January 1923, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/152
46 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 4 February 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
47 Duke of York to Lady Strathmore, 30 January 1923, Glamis Archives
48 Lady Strathmore to Duke of York, 1 February 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/PAL/S/32
49 Duke of York to Lady Airlie, 30 January 1923, pencil copy by Lady Airlie, British Library, Add MSS 82751
50 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Beryl Poignand, 4 February 1923, Glamis Archives (CH)
51 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 6 February 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
52 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1923: 8 February
53 Laird, p. 72
54 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 8 February 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
55 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 9 February 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
56 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 11 February 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
57 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 12 February-2 March, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
58 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 5 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
59 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [13 March 1923], RA/GVI/PRIV/RF/26
60 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 14 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
61 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 13 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
62 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [13 March 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/54
63 Jock Smith to Louis Greig, 19 March 1923, RA ADYH/MAIN/8
64 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 21 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
65 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 23 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
66 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 24 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
67 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 28 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
68 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, [2 April 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/59
69 Archibald Clark Kerr to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 31 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
70 Gordon George to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 17 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
71 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 29 March 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
72 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [29 March 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/57
73 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to Duke of York, n.d. [31 March 1923], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/58
74 Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, 1 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
75 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 4 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
76 Laird, p. 53
77 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 5–7 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
78 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 10, 11 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
79 Graphic, 21 April 1923, and Wedding Number
80 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to D’Arcy Osborne, 12 April 1923, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
81 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [28 June 1923], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
82 Laird, p. 57
83 Correspondence between Lord Stamfordham and H. R. Boyd, April-May 1923, RA PS/PSO/GV/C/O/1852/1–2
84 Gunter & Co. Ltd to Sir Derek Keppel, 13 February 1923, RA MRH/GV/FUNC/039/2A/01
85 Lord Cromer to Sir Frederick Ponsonby, 9 April 1923, RA LC/LCO/SPECIAL/1923/GVI WEDDING/20
86 Lady Strathmore to Sir Douglas Dawson, n.d. [21 April 1923], RA LC/LCO/SPECIAL/1923/GVI WEDDING/20
87 Lady Strathmore to Sir Douglas Dawson, 17 April 1923, RA LC/LCO/SPECIAL/1923/GVI WEDDING/20
88 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 13–20 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
89 Laird, p. 51; Morning Post, 19 April 1923; RA ADYH/MAIN/8/1923
90 Daily Telegraph, 26 April 1923
91 Laird, p. 49; Morning Post, 24 April 1923
92 Laird, p. 50; The Times, 24 April 1923
93 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 22 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
94 H. H. Asquith, Letters to a Friend, Geoffrey Bles, 1934, vol. 2, pp. 50–1
95 Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton, diary, 23 April 1923, private collection
96 RA QM/PRIV/DIARY/1923: 23 April
97 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 23 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
98 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 24 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
99 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 25 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
100 Dundee Advertiser, 22 February 1923, quoted in Laird, p. 49
101 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, diary, 25 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
102 RA QM/PRIV/DIARY/1923: 26 April
103 Lord Stamfordham to Sir John Baird, 18 April 1923; Lord Stamfordham to Rear Admiral Hugh Watson, 23 April 1923, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/38428/3–4
104 Laird, p. 55
105 The Times, 27 April 1923; Yorkshire Post, 27 April 1923; Laird, p. 58
106 Will Thorne to Lord Stamfordham, 23 April 1923, RA PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/38428/8
107 Asquith, Letters to a Friend, vol. 2, pp. 52–3
108 Duff Cooper, Diaries 1915–1952, ed. John Julius Norwich, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005, pp. 174–5
109 Memorandum and list, n.d., in RA LC/BP/Marriage of the Duke of York/1, 2
110 RALC/LCO/SPECIAL/1923/GVI WEDDING/2
111 Morning Post, 27 April 1923
112 Descriptions from Illustrated London News, quoted by Laird, pp. 59–60
113 Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton, diary, 26 April 1923, private collection
114 Ibid.
115 Laird, pp. 63–4
116 Lady Strathmore to Beryl Poignand, 10 May 1923, Glamis Archives (CH)
117 Laird, p. 65
118 RA F&V/WED/1923/GVI/MENU
119 RA ADYH/MAIN/1/G; Daily Telegraph, 26 April 1923
120 Duff Cooper, p. 175
121 Laird, p. 67
122 Ibid.
123 Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, 26 April 1923, Glamis Archives (CH)
124 Duchess of York, diary, 26 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
FIVE: DUCHESS OF YORK 1923–1924
1 Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, n.d. [27 April 1923], Glamis Archives
2 Ibid.
3 Lady Strathmore to Duchess of York, 27 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/BL
4 Duke of York to Lady Strathmore, 28 April 1923, Glamis Archives
5 Lady Strathmore to Duke of York, 1 May 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/PAL/S/33
6 Duke of York to King George V, 27 April 1923, RA GV/PRIV/AA61/155
7 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 27 April 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/40
8 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 28 April 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
9 King George V to Duke of York, 29 April 1923, quoted in Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 154–5
10 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 155
11 Duchess of York, diary, 27–29 April 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
12 Duchess of York, diary, 3 May 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
13 Duchess of York, diary, 7 May 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
14 Duchess of York, diary, 8 May 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
15 Duchess of York to Beryl Poignand, 22 May 1923, Glamis Archives (CH)
16 Duchess of York, diary, 16, 17 May 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
17 Duchess of York, diary, 18–22 May 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
18 Duchess of York, diary, 23–25 May 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
19 Dowager Lady Bradford to Queen Mary, 4 June 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC47/750
20 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 25 May 1923, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/42
21 Duchess of York, diary, 5 July 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
22 Duchess of York to Lady Strathmore, n.d. [18 October 1923], Glamis Archives, Box 270
23 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 16 June 1923, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
24 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [28 June 1923], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
25 Owen Chadwick, Britain and the Vatican during the Second World War, Cambridge University Press, 1986, p. 14
26 Duchess of York, diary, 4 July 1923, RA QEQM/PRIV/DIARY/3
27 Hardinge, p. 39
28 Helen Hardinge, diary, quoted in Vickers, p. 72
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