Elizabeth the Queen
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133. “like the sun”: Carey, p. 417.
134. “the senior royal lady”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
135. “a terrible wallop of grief”: Ibid.
136. “It was a huge thing”: Elizabeth Anson interview.
NINETEEN: Moving Pictures
1. “The British have lost the habit”: The Independent, Jan. 27, 2002.
2. In keeping with its “softly, softly”: Simon Walker interview.
3. Shipping magnate Jeffrey Sterling: The Times, March 14, 2002; Aug. 5, 2002.
4. A crucial part of the Palace strategy: Simon Walker interview.
5. Private polling and focus groups: Robert Worcester interview.
6. The Palace intentionally launched: Simon Walker interview.
7. “there was something truly pathetic”: Alastair Campbell, p. 618.
8. Afterward, Simon Walker suggested: Simon Walker interview.
9. “What a relief!”: Cherie Blair, p. 270.
10. “when she had been doing her professional”: Alastair Campbell, p. 619.
11. “Change has become a constant”: Daily Telegraph, May 1, 2002.
12. Only days earlier: The Guardian, April 24, 2002.
13. “an historic opportunity to bring”: Queen Elizabeth II speech during visit to Parliament buildings on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, Northern Ireland Assembly Website.
14. “It was important to have young support”: Simon Walker interview. 446 When Elizabeth II appeared: The Guardian, June 4, 2002. 446 who wore yellow earplugs: Ibid.
15. “50 extraordinary years”: The Independent, June 4, 2002.
16. “Deference may be inherited”: Ibid., June 5, 2002.
17. Fifty men who had been pages: Confidential interviews.
18. “The Queen coming to White’s”: Confidential interviews.
19. “People woke up and realized”: Charles Anson interview.
20. “have proved conclusively”: BBC News, June 5, 2002.
21. “The public felt the Queen was paying attention”: Robert Worcester interview.
22. “at length”: Burrell, p. 321.
23. He said that Diana’s mother: Ibid.
24. “he had taken some of the princess’s papers”: Buckingham Palace chronology of the Queen’s involvement in the Paul Burrell Case, Nov. 12, 2002, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
25. just one topic among many: Burrell, pp. 318–22; Report to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by Sir Michael Peat and Edmund Lawson QC, March 13, 2002 (Peat Report), p. 75.
26. Three years later: Burrell, pp 340, 342–43.
27. the Queen was briefed several times: Buckingham Palace chronology; Peat Report, p. 76.
28. she didn’t think his passing reference: Peat Report, p. 74.
29. “private”: Ibid., p. 76.
30. Philip and Charles were discussing: Buckingham Palace chronology, Peat Report, p. 74.
31. “on a false premise”: New York Times, Nov. 1, 2002.
32. “old woman being forgetful”: The Independent, Nov. 3, 2002.
33. “She was playing patience”: Confidential interview.
34. “anything improper or remiss”: Peat Report, p. 77.
35. The previous November: The Times, Nov. 8, 2002.
36. “She drove her own Range Rover”: Nini Ferguson interview.
37. which required arthroscopic surgery: Buckingham Palace announcements, Jan. 13, 2003, Jan. 14, 2003, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
38. “languishing indoors”: Queen Elizabeth II to Monty Roberts, Jan. 19, 2003.
39. had an identical operation: Buckingham Palace announcements, Dec. 9, 2003, Dec. 12, 2003, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
40. “They are about 14 hands high”: Michael Oswald interview.
41. Now she would go instead: Margaret Rhodes interview.
42. Her cottage in Windsor Great Park: Author’s observations.
43. “How would you like to live in suburbia?”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
44. Each Sunday the Queen takes the wheel: Ibid.
45. “This may sound impertinent”: Robert Salisbury interview.
46. “more understanding of the wonders”: Monty Roberts interview.
47. a handsome high-ceilinged room: Author’s observations.
48. “Oh tell Malcolm not to be so silly”: Malcolm Ross interview.
49. “Never have I seen anyone”: Annabel Goldsmith interview.
50. “Oh yes … Robert and I were in a nightclub”: Robert Salisbury interview.
51. Twenty-five years the Queen’s junior: Daily Mail, April 11, 2006.
52. “there is lots of jolly laughter”: Anne Glenconner interview.
53. “She has moved into the vacuum”: Confidential interview.
54. “Angela understands the Queen needs”: Confidential interview.
55. “I have heard that Damien Hirst”: Piers Allen interview.
56. “Angela will come up with something”: Confidential interview.
57. “As Bush arrives, we reveal Mirrorman”: The Mirror, Nov. 19, 2003.
58. Inside the paper were fourteen pages: Ibid.
59. “not nearly haughty enough”: Sunday Times, Nov. 23, 2003.
60. “our man’s exposé of Windsor”: The Mirror, Nov. 20, 2003.
61. “a highly objectionable invasion”: Daily Express, Nov. 25, 2003.
62. he timed publication: The Guardian, Nov. 21, 2003.
63. all of which had an improvised feel: Ibid., Nov. 29, 2003.
64. “She was unruffled”: George W. Bush interview.
65. “It was like old friends week”: Catherine Fenton interview.
66. “Whatever did you do that for, man?”: Tony Blair, p. 305.
67. Debate over the ban consumed: The Spectator, Sept. 11, 2010.
68. “absurd”: Tony Blair, p. 306.
69. “play politics with him”: The Guardian, July 2, 2011, excerpting Power and Responsibility: The Alastair Campbell Diaries, Vol. 3, 1999–2001, by Alastair Campbell.
70. “Fox hunting is just vermin control”: News of the World, April 8, 2001.
71. he later acknowledged: Tony Blair, p. 305.
72. “She is a countrywoman”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
73. In her own quiet way, the Queen lobbied: Confidential interview.
74. “one of the domestic legislative measures”: Tony Blair, p. 304.
75. “allowed a compromise proposal”: The Spectator, Sept. 11, 2010.
76. Her appearance at the two Golden Jubilee concerts: People, June 17, 2002.
77. “Camilla never whines”: Confidential interview.
78. “It’s just two old people”: The Times, April 9, 2005, April 10, 2005.
79. “Her decision assuredly had nothing”: Ibid., April 8, 2005.
80. “I have two very important announcements”: Sunday Times, April 10, 2005.
81. “There was a huge roar of approval”: Ibid.
82. “my darling Camilla”: The Times, April 11, 2005.
83. “I’m going on Larry King”: Confidential interview.
84. Princes William and Harry kissed: Daily Telegraph, April 11, 2005.
85. “a better understanding”: Clarence House press release, Nov. 26, 2005.
86. “pushed … quite stubborn”: BBC interview with Prince William, Nov. 19, 2004.
87. “I want to express my admiration”: Marr, The Queen at 80 documentary.
88. “There in one of the archways”: Confidential interview.
89. “Is it all right if I touch her?”: Confidential interview.
90. “That was unusual for the British”: Charles Powell interview.
91. “darling mama”: The Times, April 21, 2006.
92. “I understand you think”: Robert Tuttle interview.
93. In that spirit, she joined: Daily Express, March 17, 2006. 464 “just smiled back”: Daily Telegraph, March 31, 2006.
94. “Prince Philip has experience�
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95. “She was most interested”: Ibid.
96. When the BBC proposed: Interview with Rolf Harris, January 2006, Royal Insight, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
97. “We made the Queen a Hollywood star”: Stephen Frears interview.
98. a lifelong republican whose newfound admiration: Helen Mirren interview.
99. “What is brilliant”: Frances Campbell-Preston interview.
100. “I gather there’s a film”: Graydon Carter interview with Tony Blair, June 24, 2009, VF.com.
101. “Because it showed why”: Confidential interview.
102. One of Elizabeth II’s friends gently ribbed: Confidential interview.
103. “I suppose it depends on your point of view”: Monty Roberts interview.
104. “rang true”: Nancy Reagan interview.
105. Palace officials were delighted: Confidential interview.
106. “You know, for fifty years and more”: Helen Mirren Oscar acceptance speech, Feb. 25, 2007.
TWENTY: A Soldier at Heart
1. Leibovitz was surprised to learn: Annie Leibovitz, At Work, p. 189.
2. “She came all the way by herself!”: Ibid., pp. 186–87.
3. “I don’t have much time”: Ibid., p. 189.
4. “Less dressy!” Ibid.
5. “feisty”: Ibid.
6. “an appropriate mood”: Ibid., p. 184.
7. “The Queen examined them closely”: Washington Post, April 5, 2007.
8. “Do you play football too?”: Kevin Sullivan interview.
9. “You should have some things like that!”: Daily Telegraph, May 5, 2007.
10. Now her new bloodstock adviser: Michael Oswald interview.
11. “Nobody pays any attention”: Confidential interview.
12. Anticipating the Queen’s interest: Amy Zantzinger interview.
13. “She gave me a look”: CBS News, March 31, 2009.
14. “it was sad that security was so tight”: Confidential interview.
15. “So glad to see you”: Frolic Weymouth interview.
16. “the sweetest thing”: Laura Bush, Spoken from the Heart, p. 390.
17. “vital wartime alliance”: White House Press Office transcript of remarks by President Bush and Queen Elizabeth II at a White House state dinner, May 7, 2007.
18. “It was the perfect retort”: George W. Bush interview.
19. “a lacuna”: Tony Blair, p. 608.
20. “some good information”: Robert Hardman, Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work, p. 170.
21. “tremendously respectful of the royal family”: Simon Lewis interview.
22. “what works and what doesn’t”: Hardman, p. 170.
23. “she’ll be talking about things”: Ibid.
24. When the Queen was with friends: Anne Glenconner interview.
25. “brought a certain amount of heavy weather”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
26. “With the absence of her mother and sister”: Confidential interview.
27. When he was away: Margaret Rhodes interview.
28. “They are not physically demonstrative”: Confidential interview.
29. “His approach is much more restless”: George Carey interview.
30. “not a sweet old Darby and Joan”: McDonald, The Duke documentary.
31. “I don’t read the tabloids”: Paxman, p. 237.
32. After Philip took one too many: Daily Express, May 2, 2010.
33. “on Her Majesty’s instruction”: Tony Parnell interview.
34. “incredibly stupid birds”: McDonald, The Duke documentary.
35. “Her taste was very modest”: Tony Parnell interview.
36. “He wore a cap like a taxi driver”: Frolic Weymouth interview.
37. “That speech contained more jargon”: Chris Mullin, A View from the Foothills: The Diaries of Chris Mullin, p. 429.
38. The Queen appeared in the same double strand: Daily Mail, Nov. 19, 2007.
39. “Let us love one another”: BBC News, Nov. 19, 2007.
40. “a life where duty spoke”: Daily Telegraph, Nov. 20, 2007.
41. As they had with his older sister: Daily Mail, April 21, 2008.
42. Since the invasions: Gen. Charles Guthrie interview.
43. “The royal family has pride and joy”: Ibid.
44. Once she helpfully sent: Ibid.
45. “Do the Welsh Guards have new uniform”: Johnny Martin-Smith interview.
46. “The Queen has an eagle eye”: Confidential interview.
47. “wouldn’t read a three-volume history”: Charles Guthrie interview.
48. “You could tell her what you thought”: Ibid.
49. “She knew we had too many regiments”: Jonathan Powell interview.
50. Speaking to one of the army chiefs: Confidential interview.
51. “It is a traditional thing to do”: Charles Guthrie interview.
52. despite the well-documented fact: Smith, p. 212.
53. He was determined: Daily Telegraph, Feb. 28, 2008.
54. Army Chief of Staff Sir Richard Dannatt vetoed: Prince Harry deployment update, PrinceofWales.gov.uk, May 15, 2007.
55. “turn to the right and carry on”: BBC News interview with Prince Harry, Feb. 28, 2008.
56. They decided to deploy Harry: Sky News, Feb. 28, 2008.
57. “I think she’s relieved”: BBC interview with Prince Harry, Feb. 28, 2008.
58. “ ‘mucking in’ with every other soldier”: Daily Telegraph, Feb. 29, 2008.
59. “All my wishes have come true”: Ibid.
60. “it’s very nice to be sort of a normal person”: BBC News interview with Prince Harry, Feb. 28, 2008.
61. an opsimath, she calls herself: Bennett, p. 48.
62. “had a much better bite at the carrot”: Ibid. 482 “by analysis and reflection”: Ibid., p. 113. 482 “Oh do get on!”: Ibid., p. 49.
63. “offered yet another reason to think warmly”: New York Times Book Review, Sept. 30, 2007.
64. “It was shared, it was common”: Bennett, p. 31.
65. “It’s very informal”: Mark Collins interview.
66. At the invitation of a conservation group: Confidential interviews.
67. The following July she watched: BBC News, July 20, 2009.
68. She even started taking: Daily Mail, Dec. 17, 2009; Daily Telegraph, Feb. 8, 2010.
69. “We have seen less of them”: Confidential interview.
70. The children of her longtime friends: Confidential interview.
71. When one of her bridesmaids: Elizabeth Longman interview; Freddy Van Zevenbergen interview.
72. “a wall”: Daily Telegraph, June 21, 2008.
73. “I’ve done it!”: Ibid., June 19, 2008; Ian Balding interview.
74. “I wouldn’t have been invited”: Helen Mirren interview.
75. “I expect you think”: The Guardian, Nov. 24, 2006.
76. “For Prince Philip and me”: BBC News, Nov. 12, 2008.
77. “All her programs are done with great cleverness”: Malcolm Ross interview.
78. “she instantly spots it”: Confidential interview.
79. “Why did no one see it coming?”: The Guardian, Nov. 18, 2008.
80. “The general feeling is she is more approachable”: Confidential interview.
81. Philip began writing letters: Daily Mail, April 17, 2009.
82. Elizabeth II eventually took up cell phones: The Times, Oct. 17, 2008.
83. At the suggestion of Prince Andrew: Daily Telegraph, April 1, 2009.
84. “a great googler”: Confidential interview.