52. sitting calmly when a ball crashed: Jean Carnarvon interview.
53. “I never saw her scared”: Turner, p. 46.
54. “You know why you’re there”: Malcolm Ross interview.
55. “Left leg straight!”: Ibid.
56. “In every pub and club”: Dewar, ed., p. 17.
57. A poll in July 1981: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 357.
58. The first lady had met Charles: Prince Charles to Nancy Reagan, June 6, 2004, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library.
59. Nancy Reagan also endeared: Henderson, pp. 395–97.
60. “I have fallen in love”: Mary Henderson to Nancy Reagan, May 3, 1981, Reagan Library.
61. “in our best bib and tucker”: Josephine Louis interview.
62. “She was wonderful that day”: Ibid.
63. “little house in Windsor Great Park!”: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to Nancy Reagan, July 28, 1981, Reagan Library.
64. The atmosphere was exultant: BBC, “On This Day,” July 29, 1981, news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday.
65. “grow into it”: Daily Mail, Sept. 10, 1996.
66. It was a high-spirited occasion: Josephine Louis interview; Nicholas Haslam interview; confidential interview.
67. “Oh Philip, do look!”: Morrow, p. 7.
68. “I’d love to stay and dance”: Ibid.
69. “The Queen was so mad”: Josephine Louis interview.
70. she rapidly lost weight: Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story—In Her Own Words, p. 56.
71. down to a mere 110 pounds: Smith, p. 145.
72. “It was just impossible”: Paxman, p. 274.
73. “other side … jolly girl”: Dimbleby, p. 345.
74. Charles had Diana flown: Smith, p. 151.
75. “the Queen is the least self-absorbed”: Confidential interview.
76. “Regardless of how rude Princess Margaret”: Confidential interview.
77. “The Queen was always kind”: Lucia Flecha de Lima interview (Nov. 10, 1997).
78. “terrified”: Daily Mail, Sept. 10, 1996.
79. “the briskest, deepest, most correct curtsy”: Morrow, p. 40.
80. Although Diana wrote letters of gratitude: Jonathan Dimbleby interview (Dec. 10, 1997).
81. “She is pretty, soft and amusing”: Confidential interview.
82. “betrayed”: Confidential interview.
83. “despondent”: Smith, p. 155.
84. “That’s the most pompous thing”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 409.
FOURTEEN: A Very Special Relationship
1. “brought into stark focus”: The Queen at 80, Sky News, 2006. 310 “I definitely went there a boy”: Daily Telegraph, Feb. 13, 2010.
2. “We have ceased to be a nation in retreat”: Margaret Thatcher, speech to Conservative rally at Cheltenham, July 3, 1982, Margaret Thatcher Foundation Website.
3. “quiet two days”: New York Times, June 7, 1982.
4. “invariably lit up at the prospect”: Henderson, p. 434.
5. “the first country that I have visited”: Jimmy Carter, London, England, remarks on arrival at Heathrow Airport, May 5, 1977.
6. “I took a sharp step backwards”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 900.
7. The Queen had arranged: New York Times, June 8, 1982. 312 “that was what he needed”: Michael Fawcett interview.
8. “We had the feeling we had come”: Carolyn Deaver interview.
9. “It was surprisingly informal”: Nancy Reagan interview.
10. “bobbing when he should have remained’: Daily Mirror, June 9, 1982.
11. “Does it ride well?” Associated Press, June 8, 1982.
12. offered the first lady a running commentary: Nancy Reagan interview.
13. “charming … down-to-earth … she was in charge”: Daily Telegraph, Aug. 17, 1982.
14. the first American president: Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, p. 88.
15. “Are you enjoying yourself?”: Carolyn Deaver interview.
16. “much impressed by the way: United Press International, June 8, 1982.
17. “the conflict on the Falkland islands”: Daily Mirror, June 9, 1982.
18. “I suddenly saw this tiny figure”: Daily Telegraph, Aug. 17, 1982.
19. “It was a great relief”: Martin Bashir interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, Panorama, BBC, Nov. 20, 1995.
20. The Queen was among the first to visit: Morrow, p. 238.
21. “Get out of here at once!”: Ibid., p. 232.
22. “Tell me about it”: Shawcross, QEQM, p. 533.
23. “I am used to talking to people”: Confidential interview.
24. “Bloody ’ell, Ma’am”: Morrow, p. 232.
25. “Oh come on, get a bloody move”: Ibid., p. 233.
26. “The whole thing was so surreal”: Colin Burgess, Behind Palace Doors: My Service as the Queen Mother’s Equerry, p. 156.
27. “mostly shock and disbelief”: Confidential interview.
28. “dark ages”: Morton, p. 61.
29. she underwent therapy with two different professionals: Ibid., pp. 140–41.
30. “It was actually very emotional”: The Queen at 80, Sky News, 2006.
31. “for reasons of time and protocol”: Newsweek, Oct. 21, 1957.
32. She had raised the matter: Henderson, p. 273.
33. “What better time”: Time, March 14, 1983.
34. She expressly asked: Henderson, p. 485.
35. At one point Princess Margaret called: Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt interview.
36. “We said, ‘But she’s never been’ ”: Peter McKay interview.
37. “They sat on the first two seats”: Lucky Roosevelt interview.
38. “The Queen was visibly bothered”: Time, March 14, 1983.
39. Philip suffered his own indignity: Josephine Louis interview.
40. “Are you expecting trouble?”: Pete Metzger interview.
41. “Aren’t there any male supervisors?”: Time, March 14, 1983.
42. “Damned if I’ll turn off the light”: Lucky Roosevelt interview.
43. “The Annenbergs have more than the Queen!”: Carolyn Deaver journal, Feb. 27, 1983.
44. They sped off under umbrellas: Ibid.
45. “There was a lot of talk at the time”: Lucky Roosevelt interview.
46. “She said, ‘If we can get there, let’s go’ ”: Shawcross, Queen and Country documentary.
47. “I don’t know how happy she was”: Josephine Louis interview.
48. Even on the clearest day: Author’s observations.
49. She said little: Josephine Louis interview.
50. “Don’t be silly”: Nancy Reagan interview.
51. “That was so enjoyable”: Pamela Bailey interview.
52. “Damn it … I told them”: Time, March 14, 1983.
53. “We talked at length”: Nancy Reagan interview.
54. As they made their approach: Pete Metzger interview; Carolyn Deaver interview.
55. Ted Graber hurriedly dressed up: Nancy Reagan interview.
56. “I learned that night that she listened”: Carolyn Deaver interview.
57. At the end of the meal, she cracked open: Ibid.
58. “The Queen needs her tiara time!”: Ibid.
59. she has a kit with tools: Ibid.; David Thomas interview.
60. “puff sleeves decorated”: Hardy Amies, Still Here: An Autobiography, p. 119.
61. “I knew before we came”: Time, March 14, 1983. 321 “I know I promised Nancy”: Nancy Reagan interview.
62. Reagan expressed his fondness: Time, March 14, 1983.
63. In no time she had it installed: Michael Oswald interview; Associated Press, Oct. 11, 1984.
64. “sparkling”: Princess Margaret to Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Oct. 6, 1983, Reagan Library.
65. “It is a curious irony”: Confidential interview.
66. “debating about the past”: Margaret Thatcher radio interview with David Spanier of IRN (New Delh
i Commonwealth Conference), Nov. 29, 1983, Margaret Thatcher Foundation Website.
67. At a black-tie dinner: Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, p. 246.
68. On the final weekend: Time, March 14, 1983.
69. Philip had already stayed: Jean Carnarvon interview.
70. To take advantage: New York Times, Oct. 9, 1984.
71. He gave her a nomination: FitzGerald, p. 140.
72. When Elizabeth II landed: Catherine Murdock interview.
73. the Queen immediately changed: Lady Angela Oswald interview.
74. “It put everyone totally at ease”: Catherine Murdock interview.
75. The directors of Keeneland also staged: Ibid.
76. Each night the Farishes had dinner parties: Ibid.
77. “She felt very much at home”: Confidential interview.
78. “all attempts to destroy democracy”: Margaret Thatcher speech to Conservative Party conference, Oct. 12, 1984, Margaret Thatcher Foundation Website.
79. “sympathy and deep concern”: Associated Press, Oct. 12, 1984.
80. “Are you having a lovely time?”: Jean Carnarvon interview. 327 “boosted one’s morale”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 128.
81. “deep regret”: United Press International, Oct. 15, 1984. 327 Her only annoyance: Jean Carnarvon interview.
82. But she took five-mile walks: Ibid.; Tad Bartimus, “Queen Elizabeth Visits Wyoming,” American West, March/April 1985.
83. Meals were simple American fare: Time, Oct. 22, 1984.
84. “Queen-sized fillette cut”: Catherine Murdock interview.
85. “because I have never tasted them”: Bartimus, “Queen Elizabeth Visits Wyoming,” American West, March/April 1985.
86. “What kind of salad dressing”: Catherine Murdock interview.
87. she handed out gifts: Ibid.
88. “looking at beautiful thoroughbreds”: Queen Elizabeth II to Ronald Reagan, Oct. 14, 1984, Reagan Library.
89. “closed off”: Morton, p. 51.
90. “monstrous carbuncle”: Dimbleby, p. 384.
91. “catastrophe … time bomb”: Strong, p. 361.
92. “The Queen could not be more pleased”: The Sun, April 12, 1984.
93. “Horlicks … bitter”: Andrew Neil interview (May 6, 1998).
94. she memorably danced: Prince Charles to Ronald Reagan, Nov. 11, 1985, Reagan Library.
95. “in her clever way”: The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, p. 712.
96. “touched perhaps by the sadness”: Lees-Milne, Diaries, 1984–1997, p. 93.
97. Most of the bluegrass breeders: Washington Post, May 29, 1989.
98. “Suddenly from the bushes to the left”: Anne Glenconner interview.
99. “felt favored and blessed”: Sarah, the Duchess of York, with Jeff Coplon, My Story, p. 108.
100. “I was robust and jolly”: Ibid., p. 107.
101. “She’s very sharp and clever”: Wyatt, Vol. 3, p. 410.
FIFTEEN: Family Fractures
1. The Queen purportedly took issue: Sunday Times, July 20, 1986.
2. “astute political infighter”: Ibid.
3. “It was like a scene out of Trollope”: Confidential interview.
4. “Margaret Thatcher was very upset”: Charles Powell interview.
5. “ordinary people”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 133.
6. “commiserated with each other”: Turner, p. 181.
7. He was more distraught: Confidential interview.
8. an appointment that raised eyebrows: The Times, Oct. 20, 2009.
9. There had been press reports: Wyatt, Vol. 1, p. 167.
10. The Queen had encouraged Canadian: Brian Mulroney interview.
11. “moral obligation”: Ibid.
12. Thatcher eventually compromised: Mulroney, p. 404.
13. “She never expressed her views”: Confidential interview.
14. To shield its informant: The Times, Oct. 20, 2009.
15. “misinterpreted”: Daily Telegraph, Oct. 19, 2009.
16. “crucial parts”: The Times, Oct. 20, 2009.
17. The press secretary’s colleagues: Confidential interviews.
18. “I think he has megalomania”: Wyatt, Vol. 1, p. 173.
19. “He personally didn’t go for Margaret Thatcher”: Angela Oswald interview.
20. “Don’t worry, dear”: Pimlott, p. 514, citing interview with Sir John Riddell.
21. “Well, I can’t do anything”: Wyatt, Vol, 1, p. 178.
22. “deliberate act by the Queen”: Shawcross, Q and C, pp. 133–34.
23. “Now Kenneth”: Brian Mulroney interview.
24. “How is the emotional one?”: Mulroney, p. 466.
25. “There was no doubt”: Brian Mulroney interview.
26. “I think Mr. Deng would be rather happier”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 176.
27. “didn’t move a muscle”: Shawcross, Queen and Country documentary.
28. “The British press went nuts”: Confidential interview.
29. “puncture the balloon”: McDonald, The Duke documentary.
30. “I don’t know why he has the gift”: Confidential interview.
31. “My only claim to fame”: Austin American-Statesman, May 21, 1991.
32. including a gold bracelet: Daily Telegraph, Jan. 12, 2011.
33. In 1982 he began driving: McDonald, The Duke documentary.
34. “energy saving”: Ibid.
35. “Sometimes I would take an idea”: Confidential interview.
36. One of his favorite photographs: David Airlie interview.
37. “Do you really want to be”: Confidential interview.
38. “enormously practical … extremely businesslike”: BBC interview with David Airlie: transcript, Feb. 21, 1994.
39. “to sit on it and think”: Ibid.
40. “The reason why she moves”: Ibid.
41. After he had spent six months: David Airlie interview.
42. the press reported that his father: The Guardian, Jan. 8, 2010.
43. “They always try to make him out”: Wyatt, Vol. 1, p. 309.
44. “It was a disaster”: Ibid., p. 492.
45. “cold, drafty, and expensive”: James Murray interview.
46. The two queens took walks: June Webster interview; Helen Markham interview.
47. After dinner he played: Confidential interview.
48. “stripped naked”: Strong, p. 430.
49. In 1985 Diana had taken up: Smith, p. 197.
50. in November of the following year: Ibid., p. 212.
51. “warmth … understanding and steadiness”: Dimbleby, p. 481.
52. the tension was obvious enough: Sunday Times, Sept. 24, 1988.
53. “civilized space”: Penny Thornton, With Love from Diana, p. 52.
54. “new Diana”: Smith, p. 234.
55. Sarah was expected to live: Ibid., p. 239.
56. “bad royal”: Sarah, the Duchess of York, p. 148.
57. “crass, rude, raucous, and bereft”: Ibid., p. 155.
58. For a number of years”: People, April 24, 1989.
59. She was linked: Ibid.
60. as well as Camilla’s husband: Daily Mail, June 22, 2007.
61. “darling … affectionate terms”: People, April 24, 1989.
62. At the end of 1988 she had been reading: Monty Roberts interview.
63. “advance-and-retreat”: Monty Roberts, The Man Who Listens to Horses: The Story of a Real-Life Horse Whisperer, p. xxxi.
64. The Queen sent: Monty Roberts interview.
65. She invited some two hundred guests: The description of Roberts’s demonstration at Windsor Castle and the reactions from the royal family are drawn from author’s interview with Roberts and from his autobiography.
66. “I saw a mind open up”: Monty Roberts interview.
67. “knew every move”: Ibid.
68. “getting it right”: Ibid.
69. In 2011 she rewarded Roberts: The Mirror, June 11, 2011.<
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70. He offered to buy the horse: FitzGerald, p. 149.
71. The anger at Henry Carnarvon: Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2002.
72. “If you don’t make some sort”: Phil Dampier and Ashley Walton, What’s in the Queen’s Handbag and Other Royal Secrets, p. 107; Ian Balding interview.
73. “loud and sustained applause … swept off his Panama”: Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2002.
74. “The Queen has done something”: Wyatt, Vol. 2, p. 81.
75. By then, she had countermanded: Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2002.
76. “Sonny Ramphal … was sitting in London”: Brian Mulroney interview.
77. “in charge of our own destiny”: David Airlie interview.
78. “give much more dignity and continuity”: Margaret Thatcher statement to the House of Commons on the Civil List, July 24, 1990.
79. She was in Paris at the time: Charles Powell interview.
80. “She’s a very understanding person”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 138. 353 “The Garter tends to go”: Charles Powell interview.
81. “very patriotic”: Wyatt, Vol. 2, p. 403.
SIXTEEN:
Annus Horribilis
1. “I couldn’t pin down a difference”: Confidential interview.
2. “had a lot in common”: Seitz, p. 320.
3. “The Queen is rather formal”: George H. W. Bush interview by email, Aug. 25, 2009.
4. “freedom’s friend”: Boston Globe, May 15, 1991.
5. “we had a good laugh”: George H. W. Bush interview.
6. “The first thing I noticed”: George W. Bush interview by email, Jan. 18, 2011.
7. “No, Ma’am … God Save the Queen”: Ibid., Jan. 19, 2011.
8. “I teased her that it was her folks”: George H. W. Bush interview. 358 “left even the Secret Service”: New York Times, May 15, 1991.
9. “No wonder I cannot feel a stranger”: Washington Post, May 15, 1991. 358 “I do hope you can see me today”: Dallas Morning News, May 17, 1991.
10. “How are you doin?”: Washington Post, May 16, 1991.
11. “It’s the American way”: United Press International, May 15, 1991. 359 “What a waste”: Benedicte Valentiner interview.
12. “She was standing stock still”: Ibid.
13. “grazing happily”: Queen Elizabeth II to Ronald Reagan, July 15, 1990, Reagan Library.
14. “If you’ve got two-thirds”: E II R documentary.
15. “I am an amazing woman!”: Houston Chronicle, May 23, 1991.
16. Once again she could indulge: Ibid.
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