61 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 10 October 1932, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
62 Duchess of York to King George V, 21 August 1929, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/86
63 Ibid.
64 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 17 November 1929, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
65 Ibid.; Duchess of York to Osbert Sitwell, 11 November 1929, Sitwell Papers
66 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 9 September 1929, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/143
67 Duke of York to King George V, 6 October 1929, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/100; Wheeler-Bennett, p. 250
68 Lady Helen Graham to Rev. J. I. McNair, 6 July 1929, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1929: 5 October
69 ADYH/MAIN/33/1929: 29 October
70 Princess Elizabeth to Duchess of York, n.d. [January 1930], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
71 Duchess of York to Nannie Beevers, 31 December 1929, private collection
72 Duke of York to Duchess of York, 6, 7, 8 January 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
73 Lady Strathmore to Beryl Poignand, 23 February 1930, Glamis Archives (CH)
74 Duchess of York to Nannie Beevers, 4 April 1930, private collection
75 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 11 March 1930, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
76 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 9 February 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
77 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 14 April 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/154
78 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 15 [April] 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
79 Duchess of York to Nannie Beevers, 4 April 1930, private collection
80 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 21 July 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/158
81 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 31 July 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/159
82 Dr Frank Neon Reynolds, letters to his wife, Reynolds Papers
83 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 5 August 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/161
84 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 5 August 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/160
85 Dr Reynolds to Mrs Reynolds, August 1930, Reynolds Papers
86 Dr Reynolds to Mrs Reynolds, [21] August 1930, Reynolds Papers
87 Lady Strathmore to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 26 August 1930, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW
88 Reported by Sir Clive Wigram in letter to Lady Wigram, 22 August 1930, RA AEC/GG/6
89 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 22 August 1930, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
90 Queen Mary to May Elphinstone, 25 August 1930, RA QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE
91 Colonel Herbert Spender-Clay to Rachel Bowes Lyon, 24 August 1930, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW
92 Asquith, The Queen, p. 168
93 Ibid.
94 Lady Strathmore to the Hon. David Bowes Lyon, 26 August 1930, Bowes Lyon Papers, SPW
95 Basil Brooke to Sunday Express, 24 August 1930; statement by Sir Henry Simson, 24 August 1930, RA ADYH/MAIN/070/Birth of Princess Margaret
96 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 25 August 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
97 Duke of York to Duchess of York, 25 August 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
98 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 22 August 1930, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
99 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 27 August 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/163
100 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 6 September 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/165
101 Duke of York and Princess Elizabeth to Duchess of York, 8 September 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
102 Duchess of York to Duke of York, 9 September 1930, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/70
103 Princess Elizabeth to Duchess of York, 10 September 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
104 Duchess of York to Duke of York, [12 September 1930], RA GVI/PRIV/RF/26/72
105 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 28 August 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/164
106 Duchess of York to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 10 September 1930, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 f. 186
107 Most Rev. Cosmo Lang to Duchess of York, 11 September 1930, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Lang
108 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 15 September 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/166; Duke of York to King George V, 29 September 1930, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/120
109 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 22 October 1930, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/169
110 Duchess of York to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 10 September 1930, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 f. 186
111 Duchess of York to Dr Varley, 17 December 1930, RA GVI/OUT
112 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1930: 25 December
113 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 26 January 1931, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/175
114 Nicolson, George V, pp. 580–1
115 Graves and Hodge, pp. 254–5
116 King George V to Duke of York, 30 September 1931, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/147
117 Wheeler Bennett, pp. 257–9; Rose, George V, pp. 376–7
118 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1931: 28 October
119 Ibid.
120 Ibid.
121 Graves and Hodge, p. 297
122 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [January 1932], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
123 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 16 September 1931, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/184
124 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 22 October 1931, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/189
125 Patrick Hodgson to George Aylwen, 1 October 1931, RA ADYH/MAIN/41
126 Lord Mayor of Cardiff to Lady Helen Graham, 30 October 1931, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1932/12
127 W. C. R. Martin to Lady Helen Graham, 18 February 1932, RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1932: 16 February
128 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, n.d. [January 1932], RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
129 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 19 August 1931, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
130 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 16 September 1931, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/184
131 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 21 September 1931, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/186
132 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 22 September 1931, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11; Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 8 December 1931, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/190
133 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 21 October 1932, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/204
134 Jane Roberts, Royal Landscape, Yale University Press, 1997, p. 321
135 Duke of York to King George V, 29 April 1932, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/154
136 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 259
137 Roberts, Royal Landscape, p. 329
138 Wheeler-Bennett, pp. 259–60
139 Christopher Hussey, ‘Royal Lodge’, Country Life, 1 July 1939
140 Miss B. Hankey to Duchess of York, n.d. [May 1932], RA QEQM/PS/GEN/1932/Blaina
141 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 31 July 1932, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
142 Duchess of York to King George V, 5 August 1932, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/158
143 Ibid.
144 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 19 May 1932, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
145 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 24 May 1932, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
146 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 10 October 1932, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
147 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 21 October 1932, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/204
148 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 30 November and 20 December 1932, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
149 D’Arcy Osborne to the Duchess of York, 26 January 1933, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne
150 Note by the Duchess of York on letter from Lady Londonderry to Lettice Bowlby, 27 July 1934, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1934/Women’s Employment Federation
151 Lady Helen Graham to Lady Ruth Balfour, 30 November 1934, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/1934/National Council of Women
152 Most Rev. Cosmo Lang to Duchess of York, 27 December 1932, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Lang
153 Duchess of York to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 7 January 1933, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 f. 169
154 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 5 February 1933, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
155 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 19, 30 January 1933, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/209, 210
156 Correspondence with Miss Thelma Evans of Rozevale Kennels, Reigate, RA ADYH/MAIN/070
157 Marion Crawford to Duchess of York, 21 November 1932, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD
158 Dermot Morrah, Princess Elizabeth, Odhams Press, 1950, p. 50
159 K. M. Murphy to Duchess of York, 5 April 1934, RA QEQMH/PS/GEN/Linguaphone Institute
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60 Marion Crawford to Lady Cynthia Colville, n.d. [8 November 1937], RA QM/PRIV/CC14/62a
161 Ibid.
162 Ibid.
163 See Marion Crawford, The Little Princesses, Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1950, pp. 53, 97 for Lady Cynthia Colville’s letters to Marion Crawford relaying Queen Mary’s questions and comments
164 Queen Mary to Owen Morshead, 26 March 1941, RA QM/PRIV/CC48/957
165 Owen Morshead to Queen Mary, 25 July 1941, RA QM/PRIV/CC48/975
166 Information from the family of the Vicomtesse de Bellaigue
167 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 29 December 1935, 6, 13, 27 May 1939, 27 June 1944, RA QEII/PRIV/RF, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD
168 Notes by Duchess of York, n.d. [1931–6], RA QEQM/PRIV/PERS
169 Duchess of York to Most Rev. Cosmo Lang, 12 January 1934, Lambeth Palace Library, Lang Papers 318 f. 174
170 ADYH/MAIN/51/1934: 16 February
171 QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1934: 21 February
172 Captain Lionel Scott to Harold Campbell, 7 July 1934, RA ADYH/MAIN/53/1934: 5–6 July
173 Duchess of York to Osbert Sitwell, 15 July 1934, Sitwell Papers
174 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Robin Mackworth-Young, 3 May 1976, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/140
175 Duchess of York to Hon. Richard Molyneux, 19 June 1931, 29 December 1935, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/46, 74
176 Duchess of York to Hon. Richard Molyneux, 18 August 1934, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/71
177 RCIN 403396
178 Queen Elizabeth to Sir Robin Mackworth-Young, 3 May 1976, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/140
179 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 28 July 1934, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
180 Duchess of York to Osbert Sitwell, 2 August 1934, Sitwell Papers
181 King George V to Duchess of York, 7 August 1934, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
182 Duchess of York to King George V, 6 August [misdated July] 1934, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/188
183 Duchess of York to King George V, 28 October 1934, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/200
184 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 6 August 1934, RA QM/PRIV/CC11/225
185 Duchess of York to Duke of Kent, 27 August 1934, RA QEQM/OUT/GDK
186 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1934: 19 September
187 Duchess of York to Beryl Poignand, 21 September 1934, Glamis Archives (CH)
188 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 9 November 1934, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
189 The Times, 30 November 1934
190 Lord Strathmore to Miss Cavie, 7 December 1934, Glamis Archives
191 Daily Telegraph, 30 November 1934
192 Duchess of York to King George V, 18 March 1935, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/215
193 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1935: 6 May
194 Nicolson, George V, pp. 669–72
195 Prochaska, Republic of Britain, pp. 207–8
196 Ibid., p. 208
197 Nicolson, George V, p. 669
198 Prochaska, Republic of Britain, pp. 208–9
199 Nicolson, George V, pp. 662–8
200 Käthe Kübler to Duchess of York, 1 April 1933, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
201 Queen Elizabeth, conversations with Eric Anderson, 1994–5, RA QEQM/ADD/MISC. See also Vaughan Jones, Daily Express, 18 August 1946
202 D’Arcy Osborne to Duchess of York, 7 February 1934, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne
203 D’Arcy Osborne to Duchess of York, 14 March 1935, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne
204 Nicolson, George V, p. 665; Rose, George V, p. 388
205 Sir Eric Phipps to King George V, 12 September 1934, RA PS/PSO/GV/C/P/586/200
206 Sir Clive Wigram to Sir Eric Phipps, 16 January 1935, RA PS/PSO/GV/C/P/586/216, quoted in Nicolson, George V, p. 666
207 Rose, George V, p. 387
208 Ibid., p. 389
209 Norman Hartnell, Silver and Gold, Evans Bros, 1955, pp. 90–1
210 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1935: 6 November
211 Sir Ian Malcolm to Duchess of York, 9 April 1935, RA ADYH/MAIN/58/1935: 30 November
212 Sir Basil Brooke to Sir Ian Malcolm, 24 July 1935, RA ADYH/MAIN/58/1935: 30 November
213 Sir George Clerk to Sir Basil Brooke, 5 November 1935, RA ADYH/MAIN/58/1935: 30 November
214 Sir George Clerk to Sir Clive Wigram, 2 December 1935, RA PS/PSO/GV/C/P/1273/67
215 Duchess of York to D’Arcy Osborne, 10 January 1936, RA QEQM/OUT/OSBORNE
216 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 264
217 Princess Margaret to Duchess of York, 17 December 1935, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
218 Jean Bruce to Duchess of York, 22 December 1935, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD
219 Alah Knight to Duchess of York, 24 December [1935], RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD
220 Duchess of York to Princess Elizabeth, 29 December 1935, RA QEII/PRIV/RF
221 Princess Margaret to Duchess of York, 1 January [1936], RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
222 Duchess of York to Princess Elizabeth, 6 January 1936, QEII/PRIV/RF
223 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 27 December 1935, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/18
224 Duchess of York to King George V, 30 December 1935, RA GV/PRIV/AA62/241
225 Duchess of York to Dick Molyneux, 29 December 1935, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/74
226 Owen Morshead to Paquita Morshead, 14 January 1936, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/1 (Morshead Papers)
227 Rose, George V, p. 400
228 Hon. Jean Bruce to Duchess of York, 10 January 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/CHILD
229 RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1936: 16 January
230 Alan Lascelles to Joan Lascelles, 16 January 1936, CAC LASL 4/2/1
231 Alan Lascelles to Joan Lascelles, 18 January 1936, CAC LASL 4/2/4
232 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/22
233 Queen Mary, diary, RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 19 January
234 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 241
235 Hardinge, p. 59
236 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 20 January
237 Rose, George V, p. 403
238 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 27 January
239 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 28 January
240 Arthur Penn to Duchess of York, 22 January 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Penn
241 Rose, George V, p. 406
TEN: ABDICATION 1936–1937
1 Laird, p. 160
2 Channon, Diaries, p. 53
3 Kenneth Rose, Kings, Queens and Courtiers, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985, p. 73
4 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 202
5 Ibid., p. 203
6 Bradford, George VI, pp. 178–9
7 Ibid., pp. 179–80
8 Ziegler, Edward VIII, pp. 227–8
9 Bradford, George VI, p. 183
10 Ibid., p. 190
11 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 233
12 Rose, George V, p. 392
13 Airlie, p. 197, quoted in Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 199
14 Ziegler, Edward VIII, pp. 236–7
15 Ibid., p. 243
16 Ibid.; Sir Alan Lascelles to A. G. Allen, 19 April 1956, CAC LASL 3/9/7
17 Owen Morshead, note, 20 December 1936, RA AEC/GG/12/OS/1
18 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 247
19 Ibid., p. 245
20 Helen Hardinge, diary, Hon. Lady Murray Papers
21 Francis Watson, Dawson of Penn, Chatto & Windus, 1950, p. 285
22 Kenneth Clark to Duchess of York, 28 March 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
23 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 11 March 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/24
24 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 10–12 April
25 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 21 May 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/26
26 RA QM/PRIV/QMD/1936: 25 May; Morning Post, 26 May 1936
27 Duchess of York to Dick Molyneux, 12 June 1936, RA QEQM/OUT/MOLYNEUX/79
28 D’Arcy Osborne to Duchess of York, 5 June 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL/Osborne
29 RA QEQMH/PS/ENGT/1936/7
30 RA ADYH/MAIN/060/9 June 1936
31 Roger Lumley to Sir Basil Brooke, 21 July 1936, RA ADYH/MAIN/060/1936: 28 July
32 Duchess of York to Duff Cooper, 3 August 1936, CAC, Duff Cooper papers; Duff Cooper to Duchess, 14 August 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/PAL
33 Duke of York to C
lare Vyner, 3 August 1936, Vyner Papers
34 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 9 August 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
35 Helen Hardinge, diary, 28 March 1936, Hon. Lady Murray Papers
36 Lord Wigram, memorandum, 13 March 1936, RA PS/PSO/GVI/C/019/315
37 Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Airlie, 25 February 1936, British Library, Add MSS 82766
38 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 281
39 Ibid., p. 291
40 Hardinge, pp. 101–3
41 Ziegler, Edward VIII, pp. 266–72, 273–5
42 Ibid., p. 273
43 Helen Hardinge, diary, 25 November 1936, Hon. Lady Murray Papers
44 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 274
45 Ibid., pp. 282–6
46 Ibid., p. 287
47 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 14 September 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/31
48 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 13 August 1936, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
49 Edward W. Watt, Lord Provost, to Sir Basil Brooke, 11 August 1936, with marginal notes by the Duke of York, RA ADYH/MAIN/060/23 September 1936
50 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 19 September 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/32
51 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 288 (see also Bradford, George VI, p. 225)
52 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 287, quoting Sir Walter Monckton
53 Ibid., pp. 287–8, quoting Sir Alan Lascelles
54 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 13 August 1936, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
55 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 13 October 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/35
56 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 11 October 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/34
57 Ibid.
58 Queen Mary to Duchess of York, 14 October 1936, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF
59 Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 291
60 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 277
61 Ibid.
62 Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 21 October 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/36
63 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 22 October 1936, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
64 Rev. Alan Don, diary, 24 November 1936, Lambeth Palace Library, MSS 2864
65 Duchess of York to King Edward VIII, 29 October 1936, RA EDW/MAINA/3024
66 Duke of York to Queen Mary, 6 November 1936, RA QM/PRIV/CC12/38
67 Queen Mary to Duke of York, 8 November 1936, RA GVI/PRIV/RF/11
68 Wheeler-Bennett, p. 280
69 Ibid., p. 281
70 Duff Cooper, p. 229
71 Queen Mary to Lord Wigram, 15 July 1938, commenting on King Edward VIII’s letter to her of 20 November 1936, quoted in Ziegler, Edward VIII, p. 324
72 Ziegler, Edward VIII, pp. 323–4
73 King Edward VIII to Queen Mary, 20 November 1936, RA EDW/ADD/ABD/1, quoted in ibid., p. 324
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