23 The Daily Telegraph 7 October 2002
24 Burrell p.391
25 Naden & Riddington p.221
26 The Daily Telegraph 7 November 2002
27 Peat Report para 2.67
28 ibid, para 2.67
29 Burrell p.327
30 ibid, p. 308
31 ibid, p.266
32 The Independent 9 March 1998
33 Metropolis 20 March 1998
34 The Times 23 October 1998
CHAPTER ELEVEN
MARGARET, MUSTIQUE AND MONEY - 2002
1 Vidal, Gore Point to Point Navigation Little Brown, 2006, p.212
2 Shawcross, William Queen Elizabeth Macmillan, 2009, p.899
3 ibid p.899
4 The Daily Telegraph 20 September 2009
5 Heald, Tim Princess Margaret Orion, 2008, p.291
6 The Daily Mail 26 June 2002
7 Mail on Sunday (Phillip Hall et al) Royal Rich Report Associated Newspapers, 2001, p.74
8 Christie’s press releases 13/14 June 2006
9 Christie’s press releases 13/14 June 2006
10 Royal Rich Report pp.74-77
11 Lacey, Robert Royal Little Brown, 2002, p. 194
12 Royal Rich Report p.76
13 Heald p.122
14 Warwick, Christopher Princess Margaret Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983 p 121 [in correspondence with the author, Warwick disputed whether Jocelyn Stevens’ remark could apply to anything other than planning “while on holiday”, although in an updated edition of his biography (Princess Margaret – A Life of Contrasts, 2002) he wrote that Princess Margaret was always a great planner and gave considerable thought to plans for her funeral]
15 Vidal, Gore Point to Point Navigation Little Brown, 2006, p.212
16 Heald, p.17
17 Royal Rich Report p.77
18 Field, Leslie The Queen’s Jewels Guild, 1987, p.158
CHAPTER TWELVE
FROM QUEEN MOTHER TO DAUGHTER - 2002
1 Vickers, Hugo Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Random House, 2006, p.499
2 Burgess, Colin Behind Palace Doors John Blake, 2006, p.268
3 Hardman, Robert Our Queen Hutchinson, 2011, p.88
4 Lacey, Robert Royal Little Brown, 2002, p.326
5 Marr, Andrew The Diamond Queen Macmillan, 2011, p.286
6 Shawcross, William Queen Elizabeth Macmillan, 2009, p.894
7 Dimbleby, Jonathan The Prince of Wales Warner Books, 1994, p.618
8 Bradford, Sarah, Elizabeth William Heinemann, 1996, p.482
9 Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation 1993
10 Dimbleby p.536
11 Fabian Commission, Report on the Future of the Monarchy Crowes, 2003, pp. 129-130
12 Royal Rich Report p.46
13 Shawcross p.545
14 ibid p.554
15 Nicolson, Nigel (ed) Diaries and Letters 1907-1964 Harold Nicolson Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, 2004, p.186
16 Lees-Milne, James Ancestral Voices Faber & Faber, 1984, p.122
17 Shawcross p.554
18 The Guardian 27 March 2007
19 Hugh Roberts op cit has established that Queen Elizabeth gifted one item of the Greville bequest, the Greville Ivy Leaf Clips, to Princess Elizabeth on her 21st birthday in 1947
20 Shawcross p.790
21 ibid, p.708
22 Vickers p.459
23 Haslam, Nicholas Redeeming Features Jonathan Cape, 2009, p.290 [Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd and Aitken Alexander Associates]
24 The Guardian 30 May 2002
25 Shawcross p.707
26 ibid, p.907
27 The Times 21 May 2002
28 Shawcross p.688
29 ibid, p.412
30 ibid, p.270
31 ibid, p.583
32 Email letter to author from Lucy Whitaker, Senior Curator of Paintings, Royal Collection Trust, 16 July 2014
33 Temple, Jon Living off the State Progressbooks, 2008 p. 176
34 Mullin, Chris Decline and Fall Profile 2011 pp.55-6
35 Email letter to author from Lucy Whitaker, op cit
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
A ROYAL CAR BOOT SALE - 2006
1 The Daily Telegraph 12 June 2006
2 De Courcy, Anne Snowdon Orion, 2009, p.366
3 The Sunday Telegraph 18 June 2006
4 Heald, Tim Princess Margaret Orion, 2008 p.299
5 Christie’s press release 13 June 2006
6 The Daily Express 23 June 2006
7 Christie’s press release 13 June 2006
8 Heald p.301
9 The Sunday Telegraph 14 January 2007
10 Royal Rich Report p.66
11 ibid, p.99
12 The Independent 18 June 2006
13 Christie’s press release 14 June 2006
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
THE PRINCESS’S “LOVE” CHILD – 2006-2008
1 Brown v Executors of the Estate of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and others (2007) EWHC 1607 (Fam) para 25
2 The Daily Mail 5 March 2005
3 Ridley, Jane Bertie – The Life of Edward VII Vintage, 2013 p. 147
4 Brown v Executors of the Estate of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and others
[2007] EWHC 1607 (Fam) – this section based on the above ruling and evidence
5 Robertson, Geoffrey The Justice Game Chatto & Windus, 1998, p.348
6 The Daily Telegraph 28 June 2007
7 Heald, Tim Princess Margaret Orion, 2008 pp.265-6
8 The Guardian 28 March 2007
9 [2007] EWHC 1607 op cit conclusion para 69
10 [2008] EWCA Civ 56 8. Brown v Executors of the Estate of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and others – this section based on the above ruling
11 The Mail on Sunday 20 October 2008
12 The Daily Telegraph 9 February 2008
13 The Express on Sunday 17 January 2008
14 The Guardian 11 January 2008
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
THE STORMING OF THE PALACE - 2008
1 The Guardian 9 February 2008 (quoted from a 2006 speech in the House of Commons)
2 ITN 8 February 2008
3 Hansard 8 February 2008
4 Aaronovitch, David Voodoo Histories Jonathan Cape 2009, p.259
5 ibid, p.259
6 quoted in The New Statesman 7 August 2000
7 Hansard 12 January 2009
8 ibid, 12 January 2009
9 Hansard 22 January 2009
10 The Times 24 January 2009
11 The Express on Sunday 1 February 2009
12 FTT Info Rights Case No. EA/2010/0119 (para 26)
13 The Guardian 21 December 2013
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF ALICE AND MEN – 2008-2009
1 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester The Memoirs of Princess Alice Collins, 1983 p.33
2 Hardman, Robert Our Queen Hutchinson, 2011, p.85
3 Russell, Peter Butler Royal Hutchison, 1982, p.76
4 Princess Alice p. 107
5 ibid, p.109
6 Frankland, Noble Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980, p. 123
7 Princess Alice p.174
8 Princess Alice p. 174
9 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Memories of Ninety Years Anova Books, 1991, p. 173
10 Frankland, p 250
11 Field, Leslie The Queen’s Jewels Guild, 1987, p.62 + p. 81
12 Frankland p.283
13 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Memories of Ninety Years Anova Books, 1991,p.92
14 Royal Rich Report p.80
15 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester The Memoirs of Princess Alice Collins, pp. 193-4
16 Vickers, Hugo, Behind Closed Doors Hutchison, 2011, p.61
17 Cannadine, David The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy Penguin, 2005, pp.260-2
18 Telephone conversation between the author and David Pogson (Buckingham Palace Communications O
ffice) 7 August 2014
19 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Memories of Ninety Years Anova Books, 1991 p.201
20 Royal Rich Report p.80
21 The Guardian 1 November 2004
22 The Sunday Times 29 January 2006
23 The Sunday Times 29 January 2006
24 Russell p. 165
25 ibid p. 172
26 The Daily Mail 5 November 2005
27 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Memories of Ninety Years Anova Books, 1991 p.156
28 Royal Rich Report p.80
29 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester The Memoirs of Princess Alice Collins, p.250
30 ibid, p.193
31 The Sunday Times 29 January 2006
32 The Daily Mail 30 August 2004
33 Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester The Memoirs of Princess Alice Collins, p.105
34 The Daily Telegraph 3 January 2014
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHARLES’S CASH COW - 2010-2014
1 The Sunday Times 12 December 2010
2 The Daily Telegraph 13 April 2014
3 Mullin, Chris Decline and Fall Profile 2011, p.208
4 Holden, Anthony Charles - A Biography Bantam Press, 1998 p.334
5 Hoey, Brian At Home with the Queen HarperCollins, 2002, p.68
6 The Daily Mail 14 March 2014
7 The Sunday Times 12 December 2010
8 Paxman, Jeremy On Royalty Viking, 2006, p.275
9 Time Magazine 24 October 2013
10 Dimbleby, p.294
11 Public Accounts Committee Report on the Duchy of Cornwall 2013 oral evidence questions 169-70 HC 475
12 Duchy of Cornwall Annual Financial Statement 26 June 2014
13 Dimbleby, pp. 563-4
14 Holden, Anthony Charles - A Biography Bantam Press, 1998, p.225
15 See Public Accounts Committee Report on the Accounts of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster 2005, HC 313
16 The Independent 14 June 2013
17 Public Accounts Committee Report on the Duchy of Cornwall 2013 oral evidence question 41
18 Dispatches Channel Four 1 July 2013
19 Public Accounts Committee Report on the Duchy of Cornwall 2013 oral evidence question 54
20 ibid, recommendation no 5 p.6
21 ibid, oral evidence question 223
22 ibid, question 103
23 ibid, question 176
24 Email to author from Patrick Harrison, Press Secretary and Special Advisor, Clarence House, 9 July 2014
25 Public Accounts Committee Report on the Duchy of Cornwall 2013 oral evidence question 102
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
SOVEREIGN GRANT OR SOVEREIGN GREED? – 2011-2013
1 Hansard 14 July 2011 (all subsequent quotations taken from this Sovereign Grant debate unless stated)
2 Marr, Andrew The Diamond Queen Macmillan, 2011, p.295
3 The Financial Times 1 July 2011
4 ibid, 2 July 2011
5 Hansard 30 June 2011
6 The Mail on Sunday 10 July 2011
7 National Audit Office Report on the Sovereign Grant HC 722 2013, p.15
8 Public Accounts Committee Report on the Sovereign Grant 2014, HC 665, 2014 oral evidence question 7
9 ibid, oral evidence
CHAPTER NINETEEN
THE DUKE’S FAREWELL - 2014
1 Independent on Sunday 13 December 1992, Fiammetta Rocco “A Strange Life – Profile of Prince Philip”
2 The Sunday Times 10 December 2013
3 The Express on Sunday 11 November 2007
4 Ziegler, Philip Mountbatten, HarperCollins, 1988 p. 101
5 Royal Rich Report p.55
6 Brandreth, Gyles Philip and Elizabeth Century, 2004, p. 159
7 Eade, Philip Young Prince Philip HarperCollins, 2011, p. 117
8 Brandreth, p.83
9 ibid, p.83
10 ibid, p.206
11 Eade, p.177
12 ibid, p.190
13 Dean, John HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Robert Hale, 1954, pp. 35-6
14 Heald, Tim The Duke, A Portrait of a Prince Hodder & Stoughton, 1991, p. 118
15 op cit. Independent on Sunday, Fiammetta Rocca
16 Brandreth, p.181
17 Hall, Phillip Royal Fortune Bloomsbury, 1992, p. 134
18 Brandreth, p.276
19 Royal Rich Report, p.55
20 Goodman, Jean Seago – A Wider Canvas Erskine Press, 2002, p.236
21 Hardman, Robert Our Queen Hutchinson, 2011, p.290
22 ibid, p.290
23 ibid, p.291
CHAPTER TWENTY
A NATION MOURNS - 2022
1 The Sunday Times 12 December 2010
2 ibid, 12 December 2010
3 ibid, 12 December 2010
4 Lacey, Robert Royal Little Brown, 2002, p.237
5 The Sunday Times 12 December 2010
6 Hugh Roberts who also had access to the royal jewellery collection for his work The Queen’s Diamonds makes a further distinction between the Queen’s “personal jewellery” and the “heirlooms of the Crown” although when he examines individual pieces of jewellery he does not specify which category they fall into.
7 The Sunday Times 12 December 2010
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