1942 Japan captures Singapore, 143–4; Churchill faces criticism, 144; Baedeker Raids, 144; death of George, 147–9; news of El Alamein, 153–4; State Opening of Parliament, 153; news of Operation Torch, 155; Christmas broadcast, 157–60
1943 news of capture of Tunis, 167–8; North African tour, 168–70; visits Malta, 170; Logue requests more appointments, 171; Logue confirmed as Commander of Royal Victorian Order, 171–2; resignation of Hardinge, 172–4; holiday at Balmoral; Logue’s stomach ulcer operation, 175–7; State Opening of Parliament, 177; news of Italian Campaign, 181; Christmas, 181–3,195
1944 Logue requests more appointments, 195; St Paul’s School meeting, 198; conflict with Churchill over D-Day attendance, 198–9; D-Day speech, 196, 200–201, 202–3; V-1 attacks, 206; visits troops in France, 203–4; Logue invested as Commander of Royal Victorian Order, 204–5; visits bombed areas, 207; visits troops in Italy, 210–11; visits Netherlands and Belgium, 213; State Opening of Parliament, 213–14; disbanding of Home Guard, 214–15; Christmas broadcast, 215–19
1945 VE Day, 221, 222–6; addresses Parliament, 226; Truman’s visit, 227–8; general election, 228–9; debate over Duke of Windsor’s future role, 229; death of Myrtle Logue, 231; State Opening of Parliament, 232–4; Christmas broadcast, 234
1946 Philip asks for Elizabeth’s hand, 243; Logue’s séances with Bailey, 240–42
1947 South African tour, 244–5; Fennell asks for help with stammer, 238; wedding of Elizabeth and Philip, 242–4; birthday greetings from Logue, 237
1948 Logue made patron of College of Speech Therapists, 239–40; silver wedding anniversary, 247; birth of Charles, 247; suffers with arteriosclerosis, 245–6, 247; Australia and New Zealand tour cancelled, 246, 247; birthday greetings from Logue, 239, 246; Christmas broadcast, 239, 246–7
1949 undergoes right lumbar sympathectomy, 247–8; birthday greetings from Logue, 248; Christmas broadcast, 248–9
1951 Festival of Britain, 251; removal of left lung, 3, 251, 252; general election, 251; State Opening of Parliament, 252; birthday greetings from Logue, 253, 261; Christmas broadcast, 4, 250–51, 252–4
1952 letter from Logue, 254, 255; watches South Pacific at Drury Lane, 254; death, 4–6, 254–5, 257; funeral, 1–3, 6–7
George, Duke of Kent, 40, 63, 66, 126, 147–9, 226
Germany
1915 sinking of Lusitania, 31; Zeppelin raids on UK, 24
1916 Battle of Jutland, 39
1935 first blackout exercise, 24
1937 Duke of York’s visit, 65
1938 Munich Agreement, 16, 18, 26
1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 27, 30, 61, 137; invasion of Poland, 14–15, 17, 29; UK declares war, 14–17, 34, 36; torpedoing of Athenia, 31–2; Canada declares war, 31; French invasion of Saar, 33; U-47 attacks ships at Scapa Flow, 38; Battle of the River Plate; sinking of Admiral Graf Spee, 44, 54
1940 Altmark Incident, 54–5; invasion of Denmark and Norway, 69, 71, 88, 94, 101; invasion of Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, 70–71, 74–5; Battle of Dunkirk, 82–7, 92; Somme offensive, 92; capture of Paris, 92; Compiègne Armistice, 92–3; Battle of Britain begins, 101; preparations for Operation Sealion begin, 101; Operation Willi, 100; Operation Eagle Attack, 102; bombing of British cities, 104–29, 130–31
1941 bombing of Malta begins, 140; Afrika Korps dispatched, 145; bombing of British cities, 131–2, 135–6; invasion of Soviet Union, 137–9; war declared on US, 141
1942 Baedeker Raids, 144–5; Battle of Bir Hachim, 145; siege of Tobruk, 145; First Battle of El Alamein, 152, 153; offensive in Caucasus, 144; Soviet summer offensive, 152; attack on Stalingrad, 155; V-2 rocket test, 209; Second Battle of El Alamein, 153–4; Allies launch Operation Torch, 154
1943 terror raids on Britain, 162–4; surrender at Stalingrad, 155; Allied offensive in Tunisia, 165–8; Allied bombing of Hamburg, 194; Allied bombing of Peenemünde, 209; Italian surrender, 180–81; UK attack on Tirpitz, 180; sinking of Scharnhorst, 180; fighting at Italian Gustav Line, 181
1944 Operation Steinbock launched, 194–5; Battle of Anzio, 184–91; Allied capture of Rome, 191; D-Day, 200–204; V-1 attacks on England, 205–7; Allied liberation of France, 208; Allied invasion of Netherlands, 208; V-2 attacks on England, 209–10
1945 liberation of Belsen, 24; Hitler’s suicide, 221; Battle of Berlin, 222; surrender in Netherlands and Denmark, 222; unconditional surrender, 221; Potsdam Conference, 227, 232, 233
Gibraltar, 169
Gilbert, Joan, 151
Gingell, Basil, 188
Glasgow Herald, 159
Glasgow, Scotland, 215
Gloucester, Duke of, see Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Goodman, Gilbert and Mabel, 50, 52
Gordon, John, 10, 80, 128, 159, 180, 187, 217, 254–5
Göring, Hermann, 102, 112, 119
Gort, Lord, see Vereker, John
Graham, Mary, 265
Grand Prix, 137
Grand Union Canal, 49
Grange house, Dulwich, 121
Grange Lane, Dulwich, 95
Gray, Bernard, 43
Great Eastern Railway, 205
Greece, 181, 244
Green Line Coach, 126
Green, Brian, 95
Greenwich, London, 35, 226
Grenadier Guards, 3, 4, 166, 190
Groom of the Robes, 116
grouse shooting, 28, 176, 223
Gruenert, Rupert, 17, 146, 235
Guards’ chapel, Westminster, 205
Guildhall, City of London, 131, 246
Gustav Line, 181, 184
Gustav V, King of Sweden, 102
Haakon VII, King of Norway, 88,91
Hackney Marshes, London, 115
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 140
Halifax, Earl of, see Wood, Edward
Hamburg, Germany, 194, 195
Hamilton, Emma, 211
Hammamet, Tunisia, 169
Hammersmith, London, 198
Hampstead Parish Church, London, 179
Hanover, Germany, 195
Hansell, Henry, 63
Hardinge, Alexander, 16, 27, 76, 99–100, 109, 115–16, 124–5, 139, 148, 172–4
Harley Street, London, 9, 11, 20, 27, 77, 129, 135, 149, 202, 237, 242, 254–5
Harrods, Knightsbridge, 237
Harrogate, Yorkshire, 36
Hartnell, Norman, 107–8
Harwell, Oxfordshire, 239
Haskins, Minnie Louise, 47–8
Hawker Hurricane fighter planes, 101
Hawkins, HMS, 204
Hayworth, Margaret, 31
Headlam, Cuthbert, 81
Heinkel bombers, 105
Henderson, Nevile, 14, 29
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 2, 40, 45, 46, 63, 97–8, 148
Herne Hill, London, 126
Hillman, William, 37
Hinde, Robert, 170
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 27,232
Hiroshima atomic bombing (1945), 228
Hitler, Adolf, 28, 30, 34, 37–8, 53, 56, 59, 60, 69
1937 meets with Duke of York, 65
1938 Munich Agreement, 16, 17
1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 27, 137; invasion of Poland, 14, 17, 29, 61; torpedoing of Athenia, 31
1940 invasion of Denmark and Norway, 69; invasion of Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, 71; Battle of Dunkirk, 84, 85; Battle of Britain launched, 101–2; preparations for Operation Sealion ordered, 101
1941 invasion of Soviet Union, 137–8; war declared on US, 141
1942 capture of Tobruk, 145; attack on Stalingrad, 155; Second Battle of El Alamein, 153
1943 Italian surrender, 180–81
1944 Battle of Anzio, 187; V-1 attacks on England, 205; V-2 attacks on England, 210
1945 suicide, 221
Hobsons Bay, 10
Holland, see Netherlands
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, ix
Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 259–60
Home Guard, 94–6, 120–22, 214–15
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Home Park, Berkshire, 116
Hong Kong, 141
Honor Oak Crematorium, London, 231
Hooper, Tom, vii, viii, x
Hopkins, Harry, 130
Hore-Belisha, Leslie, 57–9, 66
Horseferry Road, Westminster, 226
Horsley, Surrey, 203
Household Cavalry, 1, 2
Hull, East Yorkshire, 195
Humber river, 49
Hungary, 155
Hungerford Bridge, London, 23
Hurricane fighter planes, 101
Hyde, Robert, 214
Hyde Park, London, 1, 4, 6, 26, 214–15
Hyde Park, New York, 60
‘I’ll Walk Beside You’, 151
Iceland, 148
Imperial Crown, 1, 42, 124
India, 18, 19, 29, 144, 156, 231
Inskip, Thomas, 1st Viscount Caldecote, 41
Invergordon, Highlands, 39, 148
Ironside, Edmund, 69
Islington, London, 131
Italy
1940 offer to broker peace between UK and Germany, 85; war declared on UK and France, 92, 98, 145
1941 defeat of Tenth Army in North Africa, 145; defeat in Ethiopia, 140
1943 surrender of Pantellaria, 168–9; Allied invasion of Sicily, 180; Mussolini deposed, 180; unconditional surrender, 180; Salo Republic established, 210; war declared on Germany, 180; fighting at Gustav Line, 181
1944 Battle of Anzio, 184–91; Allied capture of Rome, 191–3; Allied advance in north, 208; George VI visits troops, 210–11; Allied advance in north, 211–13
Jacob, Ian, 41
Japan, 27, 141, 143–4, 152, 181, 224, 225, 227, 228, 232
Jennings, Charles, 132
‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ (Bach), 151
Jodl, Alfred, 221
John, King of England, 125
John, Prince of the United Kingdom, 63
Josing, Norway, 54
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 88
Junkers bombers, 105
Karelia, 61, 62
Kelly, HMS, 41
Kennedy, Joseph, 60
Kennington Oval, Lambeth, 226
Kensington, London, 11, 18, 112
Kent, Duke of, see Edward; George
Kenya, 5–6, 156, 165, 230
Kesselring, Albert, 181, 186, 187, 189
KGB (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti), 61
Kiev, Ukraine, 139
Kilmorie Road School, Lewisham, 122
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 197, 240
King’s College, London, 36
King’s Company, Grenadier Guards, 3
King’s Speech, The (2010 film), vii-x, 262
King’s Speech, The (Logue and Conradi),x, 262
Kingston, London, 126
Kipling, Rudyard, 46
Knightsbridge, London, 237
Kriegsmarine, 38
Kuban steppe, 144
Labour Party, 70, 228, 251
Lampson, Miles, 28, 30
Lanesborough House, Knightsbridge, 26
Lang, William Cosmo Gordon, 1st
Baron Lang of Lambeth, 48
Langsdorff, Hans, 44
Langwell Estate, Highland, 148
laryngitis, 246
Lascelles, Alan ‘Tommy’
1939 Christmas broadcast, 44–5
1940 bombing of Buckingham Palace, 111, 116; George Cross speech, 116
1941 news of Japanese attacks, 141
1943 resignation of Hardinge, 173;
holiday at Balmoral; Logue’s
stomach ulcer operation, 175, 176
1944 D-Day, 196, 197, 198, 199; visits troops in France, 204; letter from Hyde on King’s stammering, 214
1945 VE Day, 221, 222, 223; debate over Duke of Windsor’s future role, 229
1947 Fennell asks for help with stammer, 238
1952 death of King, 4
Lascelles, Henry, 4th Earl of Harewood, 44
Latvia, 61
Learmouth, James, 245, 247
Leavesden Hospital, Hertfordshire, 136, 146, 156
Lebensraum, 138
Lebrun, Albert, 43
Leeds, Yorkshire, 36, 50, 51
Leese, Oliver, 211
Lehmann, John, 233
Leigh, Vivien, 169
Leipzig, Germany, 209
Lend-Lease, 130
Leningrad, Russia, 138
Leopold III, King of Belgium, 84, 86
Leveson-Gower, Rose, Countess
Granville, 9
Liberal Party, 71, 73
Libya, 145, 169, 170
Liège, Belgium, 213
Lincoln, Abraham, 158
Linn, Molly, 162
Lisbon, Portugal, 99, 100–101
Lithuania, 61
Little Sisters of Mary, 230
Liverpool Street Station, London, 106
Liverpool, Merseyside, 106, 113, 123
Lloyd George, David, 69–70
Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), 94
Lockheed Hudson Mk II aircraft, 54
Logue, Alexander, 258
Logue, Alexandra ‘Sandra’, 35, 52, 87, 187
Logue, Anne, 179, 189, 242, 258
Logue, Antony
1924 arrival in London, 10
1939 blackout regulations introduced, 24–5; cinemas re-opened, 34; begins studies at King’s College in Leeds, 36; Christmas break, 50
1930 big freeze, 51
1941 joins Scots Guards, 136, 146;
meets George VI at Sandhurst, 136
1942 dispatched to Ayrshire with Scots Guards, 156; Christmas, 160
1943 visits parents at Beechgrove, 164; Tunisian Campaign, 164–7, 239; meets up with Gordon, 180; congratulates Valentine on wedding, 179, 188
1944 Battle of Anzio, 184, 187, 188–91; promoted to captain, 191; capture of Rome, 192, 193; advance in northern Italy, 208, 211–13
1945 death of mother, 231; begins studies at Queen’s College, Cambridge, 235
1948 hospitalized with illness, 239
1949 graduation from Cambridge, 239
1952 works as barrister, 257; Christmas, 258
2001 death, viii
Logue, Elizabeth, 258
Logue, Herbert, 152
Logue, Josephine, 19, 35, 87, 137, 146
Logue, Laurie
1924 arrival in London, 10
1939 outbreak of war, 19–20, 32; birth of Alexandra, 35
1940 big freeze, 52; accepted into Royal Corps of Signals, 87
1941 considered for officer training, 137; promoted to Lieutenant, 146
1942 birth of Robert, 137; posted to Nairobi, 156; letters from family, 156, 157, 160
1943 news of London terror raid, 164; parents figure out location, 165
1944 dispatched to Mogadishu; suffers with dysentery, 190, 230
1945 returns home, 230; returns to work at Lyons, 235; death of mother, 231
1952 runs engineering shop in Nottingham, 257; Christmas, 258
Logue, Lionel, vii-xiii, 3
1924 arrival in London, 10–11
1926 begins working with George, 9, 11–12, 261
1929 publication of Darbyshire’s The Duke of York, 150
1932 moves into Beechgrove House, 18
1937 preparations for Coronation, 64; made Member of Royal Victorian Order, 171
1939 blackout regulations introduced, 24–5; outbreak of war, 8–9, 14, 17–21, 29–30, 32; Antony begins studies at King’s College in Leeds, 36; Hillman comes for dinner, 37–8; State Opening of Parliament, 41–2; birthday greetings to George, 44; Christmas broadcast, 44–5, 49; Christmas break, 49–50; New Year’s Eve, 50
1940 big freeze, 51–4; news of Altmark Incident, 55; fined for chopping down tree, 55; garden turned over for vegetable growing, 56; basement let out to tenants, 56; Empire Day speech, 76–81; Laurie accepted into Royal Corps of Signals, 87; joins Home Guard, 95; welcomes Australian troops, 97; becomes air raid warden, 111; bombing of Buckingham Palace, 110–11; Georg
e Cross speech, 115–18; congratulates Princess on Children’s Hour speech, 119; Dornier shot down, 121; works as air raid warden, 123; State Opening of Parliament, 123–4; Christmas, 124–8
1941 New Year’s Day letter from Crichton-Miller, 129; bombs hit Sydenham, 131–2; asks for suspension of rent payments, 132–3; receives cheque from George, 133–4; State Opening of Parliament, 139–40
1942 writes to Rupert, 146–7; Duke of Kent’s death, 148–9; appears on On My Selection, 150–52, 231; news of El Alamein, 153–4; Christmas broadcast, 157–60
1943 German terror raid, 164; Antony comes to visit, 164–5; encourages George to take more appointments, 171; confirmed as Commander of Royal Victorian Order, 171–2; resignation of Hardinge, 173–4; operation on stomach ulcer, 175–6; convalescence at Westgate-on-Sea, 177; receives letters from patients, 177–8; wedding of Valentine and Anne, 179
1944 Antony writes from Anzio, 188–9, 190; encourages George to take more appointments, 195; D-Day speech, 196, 200–201, 202; investiture as Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 204–5; elected fellow at College of Speech Therapists, 205; stays with Bettinson in Worcester, 207; Antony writes from Italy, 208, 211–13; State Opening of Parliament, 213–14; disbanding of Home Guard, 214–15; congratulates Princess on HMS Vanguard speech, 215; Christmas, 215–19
1945 Laurie returns home, 230; sixtyfifth birthday, 229; VE Day, 222–6; starts working with Astor, 229–30; prostate operation, 230; death of Myrtle, 231–2
1946 hospitalized with illness, 235; writes to Rupert, 235–6; séances with Bailey, 240–42
1947 sells Beechgrove House, 237; moves to Princes Court, Knightsbridge, 237; begins working with Fennell, 238; birthday greetings to George, 237
1948 made patron of College of Speech Therapists, 239–40; success of Fennell’s treatment, 239; Antony hospitalized with illness, 239; collapses, 246; George suffers with arteriosclerosis, 245–6; birthday greetings to George, 239, 246
1949 George undergoes right lumbar sympathectomy, 248; Antony’s graduation, 239; birthday greetings to George, 248; letter from Adeane, 248–9
1951 writes to Elliott, 262–3; birthday greetings to George, 253; hospitalized, 253
1952 congratulates George on Christmas broadcast, 254; death of George, 254–5; letter to Queen Mother, 255–6; receives gift from Elizabeth II, 256; Prince Alfred College alumni dinner, 256; Christmas, 258
1953 taken ill, 258; works with Oerton, 258–9; death, 259; funeral, 259–60
Logue, Myrtle, viii, xi, xii, 30, 31
1924 arrival in London, 10
1932 moves into Beechgrove House, 18
1937 Coronation of George VI, xi
1939 blackout regulations introduced, 25; outbreak of war, 19, 30, 31, 32–3, 34; birth of Alexandra, 35; Antony begins studies at King’s College in Leeds, 36; Hillman comes for dinner, 37–8; news of Scapa Flow attack, 38; news of Winter War, 62; Christmas break, 49–50; New Year’s Eve, 50
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