85. “Just come back from jogging?”: Daily Mail, Oct. 17, 2008.
86. “Lovely little thing isn’t it?”: The Times, Oct. 17, 2008.
87. During a shooting weekend: Confidential interview.
88. “At long last my grandparents are reunited”: Ashe Windham, “A Fitting Memorial to Queen Elizabeth,” Friends of the Castle of Mey Newsletter, April 2009. p. 5.
89. Elizabeth II was only scheduled: Elizabeth Anson interview.
90. “She knows every inch”: Charles Powell interview.
91. “few dogged bastions of republicanism”: The Times, April 29, 2011.
92. “I am very pleased to be in Kingston”: David Pogson, senior press officer, Buckingham Palace Press Office.
93. When the Queen was younger: Confidential interview. 489 To help prepare the Queen: Susan Cunliffe-Lister interview.
94. When the train pulled into the Hull station: Author’s observations.
95. “She has an amazing ability to scan”: Phil Brown interview. 490 She talked across the table: Author’s observations.
96. “was picking at her bread roll”: Maria Raper interview.
97. “SHE’S A ROYAL TONIC”: Hull Daily Mail, March 6, 2009.
98. “as a signal of the strong”: Daily Telegraph, Feb. 16, 2009.
99. The first lady even confided: Confidential interview.
100. “The Queen knows when she enters”: Brian Mulroney interview.
101. “frightfully funny”: Confidential interview.
102. After ten seconds, the Queen dropped: Daily Mail timed sequence of photos, April 3, 2009.
103. “It happened spontaneously”: Peter Wilkinson interview.
104. “unthinkable”: The Guardian, April 2, 2009.
105. “mutual and spontaneous display”: Confidential interview.
106. a ritual that invariably prompted: Confidential interview.
107. The Queen was a smiling icon: Author’s observations.
108. “no visible signs of flagging”: Sir Richard Gozney interview.
109. She had a four-hour stretch: Confidential interview.
110. “I have to be seen to be believed”: Longford, Elizabeth R, p. 5.
111. For her four-hour flight: Author’s observations.
112. In years past: Duncan, p. 19; Morrow, pp. 111, 118.
113. “Every word she says”: Kamalesh Sharma interview.
114. “The Commonwealth is very much her legacy”: Brian Mulroney interview.
115. “many of us would have left”: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 48.
116. She could discuss grazing rights: Bradford, p. 229.
117. or a particular leader’s fishing habits: Shawcross, Q and C, p. 201.
118. favorite hymns: Margaret Rhodes interview.
119. “Commonwealth psychotherapist”: The Times, April 16, 1986.
120. “doesn’t look at photographers”: Robin Nunn interview.
121. Elizabeth II was interested in seeing: Eric Jenkinson interview.
122. The Queen seemed unperturbed: Author’s observations.
123. filming for the monarchy’s website: Peter Wilkinson interview.
124. The schedule called for 4.5 minutes: Eric Jenkinson interview.
125. “I don’t have time to use it much!”: Author’s observations.
126. Pausing briefly: Eric Jenkinson interview.
127. “That was a seamless”: Confidential interview.
128. “I sometimes think”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
TWENTY-ONE: Long Live the Queen
1. “How kind they are to me!”: Lytton Strachey, p. 156.
2. “Three cheers for the Queen!”: Lacey, Monarch, p. 40.
3. “Her reputation now is as high”: Charles Powell interview.
4. “the largest flotilla”: Diamond Jubilee Foundation statement, April 5, 2011.
5. “oiled and manacled MPs”: The Guardian, April 5, 2011.
6. “ideas” year: Confidential interview.
7. “Republicanism isn’t even an esoteric”: The Times, Nov. 13, 2009. 501 In one movie theater after another: The Guardian, Nov. 12, 2011.
8. “On the whole she quite liked it”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
9. “redressing the economic balance”: Queen Elizabeth II Christmas Broadcast, Dec. 25, 1983, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
10. “the sheet anchor in the middle”: David Airlie interview.
11. She had first glimpsed: Daily Mail, May 10, 2010.
12. “constitutional obligation”: Ibid., July 29, 2010.
13. “It was important for Geidt”: Simon Lewis interview.
14. “I can’t keep the Queen waiting”: Ibid.
15. “a big generous offer”: Daily Mail, July 29, 2010. 503 “I said I couldn’t be totally sure”: Ibid.
16. the Queen’s treasurer took: Civil List Act of 1972, Report of the Royal Trustees, June 22, 2010 (Treasury Report), “Background Information and Review of Performance,” p. 6.
17. By 2009, yearly Civil List: Treasury Report, p. 33.
18. “careful housekeeping” HM Treasury, Budget Announcement on the Civil List for 2011, June 22, 2010.
19. In addition, Elizabeth II planned: Treasury Report, p. 61.
20. Charles spent £9 million: The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall Annual Review 2010 (PoW Annual Review), p. 40.
21. “so that my successors do not”: The Independent, Oct. 21, 2010.
22. “adversely high”: The Mail, Oct. 24, 2010.
23. Buckingham Palace has been losing: The Mail, July 5, 2010.
24. To recognize two of her ladies-in-waiting: Confidential interview.
25. “credit crunch couture”: The Times, Oct. 22, 2009.
26. her £1.3 million catering: Treasury Report, p. 33.
27. “We have no experts in royal history”: Confidential interview.
28. “We are not about demystifying”: Ibid.
29. “the space of young people”: Ibid.
30. which costs the British government: Daily Telegraph, May 30, 2010.
31. plus his £249,000: Daily Mail, July 12, 2010.
32. Government officials credited: Financial Times, May 23, 2010.
33. His lobbying for British industry: The Guardian, Nov. 29, 2010.
34. “It’s not about the power”: Daily Telegraph, Oct. 24, 2009.
35. Nevertheless, Andrew’s questionable associates: Buckingham Palace statement, July 21, 2011; BBC News, July 21, 2011.
36. She even won the approval: Daily Telegraph, Aug. 9, 2010.
37. employing eleven: Daily Mail, May 29, 2010; Financial Times, May 23, 2010.
38. “never does accept a penny … lick of the spoon”: Sunday Times, May 23, 2010.
39. “sincerely sorry”: The Independent, May 24, 2010.
40. The guest of honor was: Daily Telegraph, Aug. 1, 2010.
41. On August 2, 2010, Charles assumed: Ashe Windham interview.
42. He raised more than £110 million: PoW Annual Review, p. 24.
43. “He has made a full life”: Nancy Reagan interview.
44. “is high octane”: Confidential interview.
45. “He is probably an instinctively”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
46. “has no illusions”: Charles Anson interview.
47. “Camilla soothes things”: Anne Glenconner interview.
48. “You sense he maneuvers”: Confidential interview.
49. “that person is for or against”: Confidential interview.
50. “It is fair to say when he feels”: Patricia Brabourne interview.
51. When he goes to stay at Sandringham: Confidential interview.
52. he is known to eat a different meal: Roy Strong interview and confidential interview.
53. “as good if not better”: Confidential interview.
54. When Anne Glenconner’s sister got cancer: Anne Glenconner interview.
55. Charles has eleven: PoW Annual Review, pp. 54–5
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56. “There is nobody I admire more”: Malcolm Ross interview.
57. “revolution … mechanistic approach”: Daily Mail, Dec. 18, 2010.
58. “no separation between man and nature”: Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2010.
59. “huge oversimplification”: BBC News, June 6, 2000. 513 “we have been genetically modifying”: Ibid.
60. “the same argument that says”: The Guardian, July 2, 2011, excerpt from Vol. 3, The Alastair Campbell Diaries.
61. “were becoming unhelpful”: Daily Mail, July 18, 2010.
62. “She has allowed Prince Charles to work”: Malcolm Ross interview.
63. “It is not a cozy relationship”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
64. “That will be a defining moment”: Confidential interview.
65. allocating forty seconds to each: Malcolm Ross interview.
66. “hospital nurse or nanny”: Beaton, The Unexpurgated Beaton, p. 231.
67. Keeping eye contact: Author’s observations; Strong, pp. 313, 317.
68. “furiously writing letters”: Confidential interview.
69. In 2009–10 he personally wrote: PoW Annual Review, p. 45.
70. “privately delighted”: Lacey, Monarch, p. 391.
71. “Oh, that’s something I can’t do”: George Carey interview.
72. “unless I get Alzheimer’s”: Margaret Rhodes interview.
73. “But even then she wouldn’t retire”: Ibid.
74. “The principals don’t tweak”: Malcolm Ross interview.
75. “as the central church to her”: Confidential interview.
76. “It is better not to have to think”: Bloomberg News, Nov. 19, 2010.
77. “The settled rule and strong custom”: Kenneth Rose interview.
78. “We’ll see, won’t we?”: Daily Mail, Nov. 19, 2010.
79. “find ways to allow girls and women”: Speech opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, Oct. 28, 2011, Official Website of the British Monarchy.
80. “This is a matter for the government”: Confidential interview.
81. “defender of faith”: Sunday Times, Nov. 16, 2008. Jonathan Dimbleby wrote, “Prince Charles told me in 1994 that when he inherits the crown he wants to become ‘defender of faith.’ … This does not mean that he foresees any difficulty in swearing to become “defender of the faith.” … He sees no constitutional or spiritual contradiction in being both that and a ‘defender of faith.’ ”
82. “absolutely determined to be the defender of nature”: Vanity Fair, Nov. 2010.
83. “obviously it would be nice”: Daily Telegraph, Nov. 13, 2008.
84. “active … to speak out on matters”: Sunday Times, Nov. 16, 2008.
85. “fully accepts that as king”: Daily Mail, Nov. 17, 2008.
86. “in a different way than my predecessors”: Vanity Fair, Nov. 2010.
87. “Of course they really shouldn’t”: Ibid.
88. “curious mixture of the traditional and the radical”: Tony Blair, p. 146.
89. “One of the main purposes of the monarchy”: Kenneth Rose interview.
90. “appalling old waxworks”: Paxman, p. 181.
91. “With a bit of luck, he will be old enough”: Robert Salisbury interview.
92. “Life changes overnight when you inherit the throne”: David Airlie interview.
93. “not spoiled or stubborn”: Confidential interview.
94. “he will have to shake the bloody hand”: Andrew Roberts interview.
95. “Whilst the vast majority”: Daily Telegraph, March 8, 2010.
96. “command the same respect”: Daily Mail, Nov. 30, 2010.
97. An ICM research poll: Time, Nov. 22, 2010.
98. Before his visit, polls consistently showed: The Mail on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010.
99. “My grandmother once said”: New Zealand Herald, March 19, 2011.
100. “He came, he saw, he charmed”: Herald Sun, March 20, 2011.
101. “He would likely lose the resources”: As part of the Sovereign Grant bill passed by Parliament in October 2011 to change the funding of the royal family, Duchy of Cornwall revenues will be given to an heir to the throne who is not the Duke of Cornwall, enabling a firstborn daughter to receive that significant inheritance for the first time.
102. “There is no question in Prince William’s mind”: Sunday Telegraph, Nov. 27, 2010.
103. “The future could not be more optimistic”: Malcolm Ross interview.
104. “We get along really well”: BBC interview, Nov. 19, 2004.
105. “He learns a lot by osmosis”: Confidential interview.
106. “They don’t want to be Hello magazine princes”: Confidential interview.
107. “With William and Harry we are easing into that”: Confidential interview.
108. Even more significant was the Queen’s assertiveness: Confidential interview.
109. “He is not only wise”: Charles Anson interview.
110. “sleeping rough”: Associated Press, Dec. 22, 2009.
111. “These kinds of events are much more fulfilling”: Sunday Times, Dec. 27, 2009.
112. “I had the piss taken out of me”: Sunday Telegraph, Jan. 24, 2010.
113. “loving and caring”: Tom Bradby interview with Prince William and Catherine Middleton, ITV, Nov. 16, 2010.
114. “absolutely delighted”: Confidential interview.
115. “had a little chat”: Bradby interview, ITV, Nov. 16, 2010.
116. “They have been practicing long enough!”: BBC News, Nov. 16, 2010.
117. “a great cheer … banging of the table”: Daily Telegraph, Nov. 16, 2010.
118. “big, beer-loving lug”: Ibid., Dec. 26, 2010.
119. Kelly was a Canadian management consultant: CTV, Dec. 30, 2010.
120. “From the pit to the Palace”: Malcolm Ross interview.
121. “We’re both down-to-earth”: Prince William and Catherine Middleton photocall interview, St. James’s Palace, Nov. 16, 2010.
122. “great, loving boyfriend”: Bradby interview, ITV, Nov. 15, 2010.
123. The Queen was deeply involved: Confidential interview.
124. Even the Queen and Prince Philip had an allocation: Ibid.
125. she arranged for Angela Kelly’s staff: Margaret Rhodes interview.
126. For more than ninety minutes, Elizabeth II mingled: Author’s observations.
127. “Usually when members of the royal family”: Confidential interview.
128. “Come on, you two”: Author’s observations.
129. “And everyone was so friendly”: Confidential interview.
130. She spent nearly a half hour: Author’s observations.
131. but had resumed her daily outing: Confidential interview.
132. “It is absolutely natural”: Daily Telegraph, May 1, 2011.
133. “deeply unpretentious”: BBC News, April 21, 2011.
134. “You are beautiful”: Daily Mail, April 30, 2011.
135. “Well, are you happy?” The Mail on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
136. “amazing”: Daily Mail, April 30, 2011.
137. They were also being followed by 400 million: The Times, April 30, 2011.
138. 237 tweets per second: The Independent, May 1, 2011.
139. “for the nation to come together”: The Times, April 30, 2011.
140. “the team of the future”: Daily Mail, April 29, 2011.
141. where the springtime floral decorations included: Confidential interview.
142. “The venue was palatial”: Sunday Telegraph, May 1, 2011.
143. During a visit with her: New Zealand Herald, April 27, 2011.
144. a thoughtful gesture that she mentioned: Confidential interview.
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