by Kitty Kelley
CHAPTER 9
Documents: Private scrapbook and diary entries of royal family friend. Memorandum from Debrett’s Peerage Limited on creation of title for elder daughter of Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
Articles: Newsweek, May 9, 1960; Time, March 30, 1962; Paris-Match; France Dimanche; Daily Mail, May 5, November 1, 1960; Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, May 4, 1960; London Times, February 27, May 7, 1960; the Times, January 13, 1960.
Interviews: Sarah Morrison (April 8, 1994); Carolyn Townshend (April 9, 1994); classmate of Antony Armstrong-Jones (April 9, 1994); Sir Osbert Stubbs (July 20, 1995).
Re: Royal portraits:
The royals spend a great deal of their time posing for painters. “A royal commission can mean a great deal to an artist,” explained Norman Douglas Hutchinson, who has painted the Queen, the Queen Mother, and the Duke of Edinburgh. “It’s not a privilege,” he explained on November 29, 1993, “but it can be a very good opportunity… because you can increase your commissions. It’s silly, really, but some people will pay anything to be painted by an artist who has painted royalty.”
The gifted painter, who describes himself as the bastard son of the Earl of Douglas, posed the Queen in the black dress and veil she wore to meet the Pope. “I wanted to paint her representing her Catholic subjects, and I got a lot of criticism for it.”
The artist asked Prince Philip to wear his blue velvet Garter robe for his portrait. “He finally agreed, but he fought me every step of the way. He resisted many things. And he’d want to talk everything through. ‘Why are you painting me in profile? This portrait is for the regiment. I should be in my regimentals,’ he said. He’s a tough man, difficult, and thoroughly unpleasant…. I told this to the Queen Mother when I painted her, and she, too, agreed. She said, ‘Philip can be quite tedious at times.’ ”
For the artist, the sittings with the Queen Mother were his most enjoyable. “She’s a delight,” said Hutchinson, “very kind, considerate, charming. Actually, she mesmerized me. She really did. And I’m a tough old bugger. It’s not easy to mesmerize me. But I was struck, awestruck, by her. I send her flowers every year on her birthday… and her lady-in-waiting sends me a letter back thanking me for the Queen Mother….
“She came to our first sitting in a tiara and with jewels galore. She expected me to paint her as the frilly and frothy lady she is. But I told her I wanted her in a plain, simple dress so I could dwell on her sweet face. She went and changed. When she came back, she said, ‘This is the dress I do housework in.’ ”
CHAPTER 10
Documents and records from presidential library of Lyndon B. Johnson regarding Churchill funeral; John F. Kennedy Library for documents regarding Kennedys’ 1961 visit to London; Mrs. Kennedy’s 1962 visit; Runnymede, May 1965; diaries of U.S. Ambassador David Bruce regarding Queen’s dinner in honor of President and Mrs. Kennedy.
Books: Royal Pursuit by Douglas Keay; Pointing the Way by Harold Macmillan, Harper & Row, New York, 1972; The Royal Encyclopedia, edited by Ronald Allison and Sarah Riddell, Macmillan Press, London, 1991.
Articles: “We’ve Got to Take a Sharp Look at the Present,” Buenos Aires Herald, March 24, 1962; “Britain’s Last Royal Family” by Malcolm Muggeridge, This Week, October 20, 1963; “Royal Press Office: Public Service or Public Relations?” by Kathy K. Demarest, Journalism Studies Review, July 1980; “Fitting Image” by Roy Strong, Sunday Times, May 30, 1993; “Kennedy and Macmillan Meeting Fruitful” by Drew Middleton, New York Times, June 6, 1961; “Meddle Trait Helps Charity,” Daily Telegraph, March 8, 1968.
Interviews: Henry Rogers (August 19, 1994); Evangeline Bruce (November 2, 1995); Jody Jacobs (June 4, 1995) on attending Merle Oberon party with Prince Philip.
Re: Queen’s attitude toward student unrest:
“She visited Warwick University in June 1970 during a student demonstration,” recalled Lilla Pennant (April 25, 1995). The Queen arrived for a luncheon while students were sitting-in in the chancellor’s office. The Queen had been warned about violence, but she was unconcerned…. She pushed plainclothes police aside, vetoed the seating that had been arranged for her, and placed herself next to four students she could talk to. Her bodyguards cowered in the background, but she was totally unafraid. She was bright and alert and interested. Vietnam was discussed, but the big issue among most of us was the “Free Mandela” movement.
CHAPTER 11
Articles: “Mother of All Our Misfortunes” by Simon Hoggart, the Guardian, April 20, 1996; “The Misfortunes of a Princess” by Anne Steacy with Jeremy Hart, McLeans, November 9, 1987; Private Eye, August 10, 1973, July 2, 1971, December 5, 1969; “The Royal Black Sheep” (two-part series) by Andrew Duncan, Look, May 19, 1970; Vogue, May 1993; two-part New Yorker profile on the Queen by Anthony Bailey, April 1977. Notes in the Spectator; the Times, December 18, 1967; “Defying Tradition” by Howell Raines, The New York Times Magazine, February 21, 1988.
Interviews: Lester Hyman (July 25, 1995); Carolyn Townshend (April 9, 1994); Stephen Birmingham (July 14, 1994); confidential source (April 8, 1994); Bevis Hillier (April 20, 1994); William C. Brewer (January 1, 1995); Felicity Green (April 10, 1994); Audrey and Tony Charles (April 10, 1994); James Whitaker (May 5, 1995); Anthony Holden (May 5, 1995); Roger Law (March 10, 1996).
Re: Engagement of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips:
The art director of a London advertising agency recalled having to scrap a year-long project on army officer recruitment because of Palace sensitivity. The ad campaign was scheduled to run the day after the Queen announced her daughter’s engagement to Captain Phillips. One of the photographs featured showed several officers standing next to a fleet of tanks. It wasn’t the photo that caused concern; it was the headline that went with it: “One Day, My Boy, All This Could Be Yours.”
CHAPTER 12
Articles: “Shame & Fortune” by Angela Levin, Daily Mail, June 12, 1993; Profile on the Queen by Graham Turner, Daily Telegraph, March 19, 1996; Time, December 1, 1980; the Times, November 26, 1980; “Princess Diana” by Georgina Howell, Vogue, May 1993; “Britain Pays Respects to Lord Mountbatten” by Bonnie Angelo; Time-Life News Service, September 5, 1979.
Interviews: John Barratt (November 21, 22, 23, 1993); Carinthia West (April 14, 1994); Adam Shand Kydd (April 19, April 21, 1994); Spencer family relative (March 9, 1996); Lady Colin Campbell (May 10, May 11, 1995).
Re: Diana’s relationship with the press:
During her courtship, Lady Diana Spencer sought to help James Whitaker ingratiate himself with the Prince of Wales. She suggested the reporter write Charles a sympathy note on the death of his horse Allibar. On February 24, 1981, Charles was moved enough to respond:
Dear Mr. Whitaker,
I was most touched to receive your very kind and most understanding letter. It was altogether a miserable business as I had become very fond of that old horse and the prospects were so exciting for the future.
However, fate intervenes in strange ways.
Thank you so much for writing as you did.
Your sincerely,
Charles
Re: Diana’s reported virginity and physical ability to deliver an heir:
Nigel Dempster reported in the Daily Mail (February 1981) that Diana had undergone a physical examination by the Palace to determine whether or not she could bear children. “She has been pronounced physically sound to produce children.” The Palace said the story was “preposterous.” So did Diana. Five years later, when Dempster was working on a book with Peter Evans for G. P. Putnam’s Sons, he backed off the story. In a fax to his coauthor, Dempster said:
“Given the fact that both Diana and Sarah Spencer vehemently deny the story about the fertility test, and that you directly name Pinker [the royal gynecologist], who is in a position to make a denial, would you please alter the passage so that you take in the story as being around at the time but then quote either Diana or Sarah as being scandalised and or horrified at such a suggestion. I feel that you could suggest that t
his was a rumor put about by old, disgruntled flames of Prince Charles in an attempt to discredit Diana, or some such ruse.
“What we must guard against is antagonising any member of the Spencer family who might then be seduced by a rival newspaper to rubbishing the book.”
Re: Mystery woman who boarded the royal train days before the July 1981 wedding of Charles and Diana:
“We were sitting in the Knightsbridge barracks when that story broke,” recalled Robin Knight-Bruce (May 11, 1995). “Andrew Parker Bowles walked in and we all knew that Charles had been with Camilla and not Diana on the royal train. We started pounding the table. He went so angry. Puce in the face. He picked up a plate of lunch and stormed out of the room. Everyone laughed….”
CHAPTER 13
Articles: “Princess” by Robert Lacey, Good Housekeeping, September 1982; “Our Princess,” Daily Express, October 28, 1981; Time, August 3, 1981; “A New Princess of Wales Walks in Royal Footsteps” by Antonia Fraser, Life, April 1981; Newsweek, May 18, 1981; the Irish Independent, May 9, 1981; “How Diana Will Wreck the Windsors” by A. N. Wilson, Evening Standard, March 2, 1993.
Interviews: John Pearson (February 13, April 30, 1995); John Teenan (April 25, 1994); Philip Benjamin (April 26, 1994); David Hume Kennerly (March 25, 1996); Victoria Mather (March 26, July 12, 1994); Taki Theodoracopulos (November 2, 1993); Richard Dalton (January 17, 1997).
CHAPTER 14
Documents: Personal letters released by the Presidential Library of Ronald Reagan: In a letter to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, dated June 18, 1982, thanking them for their hospitality at Windsor Castle, Reagan expressed U.S. support for the U.K. invasion of the Falkland Islands:
“The news of your victory in the South Atlantic was received with happiness and relief here. We are glad that you have upheld the principle that armed aggression cannot be allowed to succeed, and in addition, that young men of the United Kingdom and Argentina will no longer be under fire.”
Articles: American Spectator, May 1992; Financial Times, November 11, 1985; Peregrine Worsthorne, the Spectator, December 5, 1987; “The British Have Landed and Washington Is Taken,” Francis X. Clines, New York Times, November 10, 1985; “Saturday Night Fever,” Cyndi Stivers, US, December 16, 1985.
Interviews: Gordon Graham (April 18, 1994); Roberta Klein (April 20, 1994); White House state dinner guests; Christopher Ogden (October 30, 1993); mistress of Vic Chapman (April 9, 1994).
CHAPTER 15
Articles: Time, November 1, 1982, August 4, 1986; People, August 4, 1986, September 21, 1987; Life, September 1986; the Times, August 13, 1990; Newsweek, July 22, 1991; News of the World, July 23, 1986; “A Tabloid Royal-Watcher Bites Back at the Palace’s Poodle” by James Whitaker, the Times, December 6, 1992; Buenos Aires Herald, November 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 1992; Daily Mirror, Howard Sounes, April 17, 1996; “Andrew and Fergie,” Douglas Keay, Good Housekeeping, April 1987; Geoffrey Levy, Daily Mail, October 13, 1989.
Interviews: Nicholas Monson (May 1, 1995); officer, Coldstream Guards (May 2, 1995); Dame Barbara Cartland (May 1, 1995); Jocelyn Gray (May 11, 1993, April 14, 1994); Stephen Maitlin (November 27, 1993); Lindka Cierach (November 29, 1993); Sue Townsend (April 19, 1994); Peter Kazaris (March 31, 1993).
Re: Arrest of Sarah Ferguson in New Orleans:
Talbot Church, an author who acknowledged many hours of informal interviews with the Duke and Duchess of York for his book, The Royal Love Birds, wrote about Sarah’s trip to the United States with Charlotte Eden. According to his account, the two young women were caught in a police raid on a brothel in New Orleans.
“We were hauled out of bed in the middle of the night by two enormous men in uniform and taken down to the police station, where we were photographed and fingerprinted,” Sarah’s traveling companion told the author. “I was speechless, but Fergie was tremendous and managed to convince them at last that they’d made the most frightful mistake. All the same, it’s rather mortifying to think that one’s mug shot will be forevermore on file in a New Orleans police station. And that of the Queen of England’s future daughter-in-law, too.”
In 1995, a detective with the New Orleans Police Vice Squad said that such a raid was “a routine bust” and the young women were not involved in solicitation. Their arrest records were expunged.
CHAPTER 16
Articles: The Economist, April 27, 1996; “The Prince of Petulance,” by Lynda Lee-Potter, Daily Mail; “A Groom with a View,” Who, September 14, 1992; McLean’s, November 9, 1987; “Love on the Rocks,” People, June 29, 1992; The Washington Post, March 2, 1993; the Guardian, August 2, 1994; Profile on Elizabeth Longford by Anne de Courcy, Daily Mail, March 30, 1993.
Interviews: Una Mary Parker (April 7, April 11, 1994); head of Scotland Yard (April 22, 1994); Nicholas Haslam (April 7, 1994); Ross Benson (March 22, 1994); Noreen Taylor (May 5, 1995).
CHAPTER 17
Articles: Palm Beach Daily News, March 2, 1988; People, March 21, 30, 1988; International Express, September 14– 20, 1994; Daily Mail, February 2, 1991; TV Guide, November 3, 1995; Press Association reports, June 24, 1992; “Duchess Tells of Addict Friends” by Lin Jenkins, Daily Telegraph, November 24, 1988; the Mail on Sunday, January 8, 1996; “The Fall of the House of Windsor” by Stuart Reid, American Spectator, May 1992; “Diana Brought to Hell” by Georgina Howell, Vanity Fair, September 1988.
Correspondence with Norman Mailer (October 24, 1994); Jane Moore, Group Legal Advisor of Reed International Books (July 6, 1995); Sarah Ferguson at National Press Club, December 7, 1994; confidential interview with Sarah Ferguson’s personal adviser (March 24, 1993); Giles Gordon (November 25, 1993; April 19, 26, 1994); Taki Theodoracopulos (November 12, 1993); Christopher Gulken, February 3, 1997.
CHAPTER 18
Articles: “Don’t Shoot the Duchess” by Vicki Woods, Harpers & Queen, 1993; “John Bryan, The Duchess and Me” by Elizabeth Kaye, Esquire, June 1995; “Fergie’s Friend Arrested,” Daily Express, May 12, 1994; New York Observer, August 10, 1992; Daily Mirror, August 20, 21, 25, December 10, 1992; USA Today, June 22, 1992; “The Uses of the Monarchy” by Meg Greenfield, The Washington Post, December 13, 1992; Press Association, August 19, 1992; Hello!, December 1994; People, October 30, 1995; the Times, April 17, 1996.
Interviews: Sarah Ferguson with Diane Sawyer, ABC-TV, Prime Time Live; Rosie Boycott (April 27, 1993; April 25, 1995; May 31, 1995).
CHAPTER 19
Articles: People, June 17, 1991; Glenys Roberts’s profile on the Duke of Edinburgh, Telegraph Sunday Magazine; Newsweek, August 23, 1993; Evening Standard, June 6, 1992; Who, September 14, 1992; National Review, September 14, 1992; the Sunday Times, November 29, 1992; “Annus Horribilis,” Alan Hamilton, London News, 1993; Max Hastings, the Spectator, September 19, 1992; New York Times, July 30, 1991, and June 2, 1992; “Building a Better Prince,” William Tuohy, Los Angeles Times Magazine, May 6, 1994.
Interviews: John Barratt (November 23, 1993); Francis Wheen (November 23, 1993); Christopher Hitchens (November 23, 1994); Robin Knight-Bruce (May 11, 1995); Michael Cole (November 15, 1993); Andrew Neil (September 12, 1994); Taki Theodoracopulos (November 12, 1993); confidential source with Philip’s WWF party (March 15, 1996).
Re: Security precautions for the royal family:
“This became an issue,” said the head of the Royalty and Diplomatic Squad, “in July 1982 when Michael Fagan broke into Buckingham Palace and entered the bedroom of the Queen.” The intruder climbed over the railings of Buckingham Palace, scaled a fifty-foot drainpipe, and broke in through a bedroom window. “This was a breakdown in security. No question. Afterward, we had to survey the procedures in all the royal houses throughout the country, and the report was debated in Parliament…. There is no question but that the police did not do their job properly…. The benign assumption that no one would want to harm ‘our dear Queen’ accounted for the lax security. We’ve tightened things up, but we’ll never go the way of the Americans at the White House with sharpshooters in the trees a
nd heat sensors and metal detectors. The Palace has none of that and will never have… that.”
The man sent from the Diplomatic Police Group to review security measures said he talked to the Queen about the 1982 break-in. “You don’t interview the monarch,” he said deferentially. “You ask a few questions.” He admitted that he did not ask the Queen where her husband was during the break-in. “The question was not necessary,” he said.
Even when summoned, the staff did not appear immediately. “We had to change our shirts and comb our hair,” said a member of the royal household. “It would be improper to appear otherwise in the presence of the monarch.”
Re: The royal family’s relationship with British press:
The following list, amusingly compiled, was published to educate visitors:
The Times Read by the people who run the country.
Daily Mirror Read by the people who think they run the country.
Guardian Read by the people who think they should run the country.
Morning Star Read by those who think another country should run this country.
Daily Mail Read by the wives of the people who run the country.
Financial Times Read by people who own the country.
Daily Express Read by the people who think the country should be run as it used to be run.