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by Edna Healey


  Lancaster House 97

  Landseer, Sir Edwin 139–40, 154 CP18

  Lang, Archbishop: Coronation of George VI 292

  Langtry, Lillie 191, 198

  Lansdowne, Henry, 5th Marquess of 205

  La Roche, Sophie von, 46, 52–4

  Laroon the Younger: CPi

  Lascelles, Sir Alan 270, 276, 325, 340, 350–51

  Lascelles, Henry, Viscount 243

  Laski, Harold, 350

  Lawrence, Sir Thomas 60 P3

  Learmonth, Professor 330

  Lehzen, Baroness Louise 116–7, 120–21, 123, 124, 125, 129, 142–4

  Leicester House 28, 33

  Lely, Sir Peter 71

  Lennox, Lady Sarah 29

  Le Nôtre, André 11

  Lenthall, William 8, 15

  Leonardo da Vinci 7

  Leopold I, King of Belgium 114, 131–2, 133, 162, 198–9 P5

  influence on Victoria 117–20, 123, 125, 129–30, 142, i75, 177

  as Leopold of Saxe-Coburg 73–5, 78–9, 135

  Leopold II, King of Belgium 183

  Leopold III, King of Belgium 296

  Leopold, Prince (son of Victoria) 143, 176

  Leopold of the Belgians, Prince (1852) 156

  Leslie & Co 217

  Librarian of the Royal Library 383, 384

  libraries 24, 34, 108, 197

  Queen’s House 39–40, 42, 46, 47, 52, 72, 108, 153 CP9, CP10

  Royal Library 375, 383–4

  Lieven, Princess 80

  Lightbody, Helen 331, 339

  lighting 147, 308, 383

  electricity 196, 197–8, 287, 289

  gas 109, 169, 196, 198

  Lightwood, Douglas 304–5

  Lilley, Mrs (nurse) 150

  Lilley, Beatrice 326

  Lincoln, Earl of (1846) 157

  Liverpool, Earl of (PM) 86, 117

  Llewellyn, Sir William CP24

  Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness 357

  Lloyd, Christopher, x

  Lloyd George, David 238, 239, 240–41, 246, 256

  Logue, Lionel 282 London

  Duncannon’s plan for Westminster 105

  Nash’s grand scheme 86, 98, 101–2

  Londonderry, Lord 373

  Longford, Countess of, 171

  Lord Chamberlain 65, 66, 92, 346, 364, 365, 379–80, 382–3

  Lord Steward 66, 92, 125, 364

  Lorraine, Claude 52, 71

  Louis of Battenberg, Prince (Marquess of Milford Haven) 225–6, 312

  Louis Napoleon, (Napoleon III) 156–7, 162, 173, 226

  Louis XVIII, King of France 83

  Louis-Philippe, King of France 156, 162, 226

  Louisa, Princess (sister of George III) CP4

  Louise, Princess Royal (daughter of Edward VII) P10

  Louise, Queen of Belgium 117, 123

  Lupton, Roger 2

  Lutyens, Sir Edwin: Queen Mary’s Doll’s House 266–7

  Lyttleton, Lady 194

  MacArthur, Mary 236–8, 238n

  Macaulay, Thomas Babington 6, 12, 13, 20, 21, 121

  MacDonald, Margaret (‘Bobo’) 289, 310, 328, 339–40

  MacDonald, Ramsay 246, 247, 251–2, 253, 256–8

  MacDonald, Ruby 339

  MacEwan, Mrs Priscilla 44

  Mackenzie, James Stuart 40

  Maclise, Daniel 140–41

  MacMahon, Colonel (Private Secretary) 141

  Macmillan, Sir Harold 356

  Macy, William 182

  Magnus, Sir Philip 192–3, 194, 201, 204–5, 206

  Major, John 358–9, 381

  Mall, The 23, 37, 86, 114, 161, 163, 242, 392, 394

  altered 94, 216

  Mandela, Nelson 362 CP31

  Mantegna, Andrea 7, 9

  Mapledurham: St Margaret’s Church 112

  Maratta, Carlo 40

  marble 109, 159–60, 198, 216, 231–2

  Marble Arch 92, 99, 99/2, 101, 108, 111

  moved 93, 161–2

  Margaret, Princess ix, 311, 322, 333, 338, 347, 380

  birth 253–4

  childhood 258, 285, 286–90, 292, 315–16 CP26:

  during 2nd World War 295, 303, 310–11 P11, P13

  Elizabeth’s wedding 327–8, 329

  George VI’s illness and death 334, 338

  music 314–15, 316, 327–8

  Marie, Princess (daughter of Tsar Alexander II) 178–9

  Marie, Queen of Romania 225

  Marie Louise, Princess 266–7

  Marienbad, Bohemia 204, 205

  Marina of Greece, Princess (Duchess of Kent) 245, 258, 279, 352

  Marlborough House 47, 103, 361, 390

  Edward VII and Alexandra 190, 195, 199, 212–14

  George V and Mary 208, 213, 228, 229, 230

  Queen Mary, after death of George 264, 265, 276, 277, 288, 291, 341

  Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 363

  Marten, Sir Henry 310 –11

  Marx, Karl 162

  Mary, daughter of William IV and Mrs Jordan 112

  Mary, Princess (daughter of George III) 72, 79

  Mary, Princess Royal (daughter of Charles I) CP32

  Mary, Princess Royal (daughter of George V) 209, 243

  Mary, Queen 152, 184–9, 203, 246, 248, 262–3, 333 CP25

  after accession of George VI 286, 290, 291

  after death of George V 264–7, 271, 288

  after death of George VI 335–6, 341 P14

  in Buckingham Palace 213–14, 264–7, 271:

  reorganization 208, 219–32, 348–9

  Coronation 214–15 CP24

  Court protocol 250–53, 255

  death 263, 341

  Doll’s House 266–7

  during the 1st World War 233–42, 387

  during the 2nd World War 299, 307

  Edward and Mrs Simpson 260, 265, 271–4, 333, 335: abdication 276, 277, 283

  and Elizabeth II 203, 290, 292, 310–11, 324, 326–7

  Indian independence 324

  Silver Jubilee 258–9, 260–61

  suffragettes 218–19

  Mary, Queen, and William III see William III and Mary

  Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck 184, 185, 186, 234

  Mary MacArthur Holiday Homes for Working Women, 238n

  Master of the Household 364, 383, 386–7

  Maud, Queen of Norway P10

  May, Hugh 387

  Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Dukes of 30, 78, 152, 186

  Chelsea china service 44–5, 367 CP12

  Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augusta, Grand Duchess of 78, 152, 186–7, 190, 221, 235, 238

  Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (William Lamb) 104, 106, 124, 142, 152

  and Victoria 118, 124, 125–6, 127–9, 136, 349

  Mendelssohn, Felix 137–8, 372 P3

  Mensdorff, Count (Austrian Ambassador) 225

  Menuhin, Yehudi 372 CP33

  Meyer, Jeremy, and Mrs Meyer 60, 75

  Miéville, Sir Eric 281–2

  Milford Haven, Marquess of (Louis of Battenberg) 225–6, 312

  Millar, Sir Oliver, x, 141, 384–5, 386–7

  Milton Keynes New Town 356–7

  Mistress of the Robes 352–3

  model dwellings for workers: Great Exhibition 167, 167n

  Monck, Sir John 321

  Monckton, Sir Walter 275, 277, 278–9, 281, 295

  Monkswell, Lady, 184–5

  Montaudon Smith, Mrs (tutor) 311

  Montgomery, Bernard Law, ist Viscount (Field Marshal) 308–9, 311

  Moore, George 141

  Moore, Philip 351–2

  Morocco, Sultan of (1902) 199

  Morpeth, George, 7th Earl of Carlisle 157–8, 161

  Morrison, Herbert 333

  Morrison, Hon. Mary 353

  Mount-Stephen, Lady 203

  Mountbatten family 312–3

  Mountbatten of Burma, Louis, ist Earl 226, 283, 355

  during 2nd World War 304, 309, 318, 392

  and India 322–3, 324, 331–2
r />   and Prince Philip 312–13, 318–19, 327, 330, 344, 392

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 48, 372

  Muggeridge, Malcolm 373

  Mulberry Garden 3–5, 8, 16, 19, 22, 277n Pi

  Pleasure Garden 9–10, 11, 13

  The Mulberry Garden (play) 9

  Mulgrave, 3rd Earl of see Buckingham, John, ist Duke of

  Munchenhausen, Baron Adolphus von 30

  Munster, 5th Earl of 112

  Murray, Lady Augusta 76

  music 61–2, 136–8, 315–16, 327–8, 357, 364–5, 368, 369, 391–2

  concerts of Charles, Prince of Wales 371–2

  organ 48, 53, 71–2, 137–8, 169, 197 P6, CP8

  Queen’s House 41, 48, 51, 53, 61, 71–2

  Victoria and Albert 122, 136–7

  Music Room 95, 97, 108–9, 390

  Mussolini 245, 259, 291, 314

  The Nahlin (yacht) 272–3

  Naish, Mrs: joiner 43, 50, 51, 54

  Napoleon 1

  Table of the Grand Commanders 389

  Waterloo Vase 366

  Napoleon III, Emperor (Louis Napoleon) 156–7, 162, 173, 226

  Napoleonic Wars 69, 74, 92–3, 99, 108, 389–90

  Nash, John 83, 85–98, 100–102, 105, 107–8, 230–31, 304, 319–20, 389–90

  grand scheme for London 86, 98, 101–2

  National Gallery 85, 105, 385

  National Portrait Gallery 194, 198, 222

  National Relief Fund 235–6

  Nazism 245, 259, 291

  Needlework Guild: Queen Mary 235

  Nehru, Jawaharlal 322, 331–2

  Nelson, Horatio, and Trafalgar 69, 92–3, 389

  New Zealand: royal tours 361

  newspapers, on Edward and Mrs Simpson 271, 272, 273, 276

  Nicholas II, Tsar 225, 226, 349

  Nicolson, Harold, 243

  Nilsson, Birgit 372

  Nixon, William 91

  Nollekens, Joseph 42

  Norfolk, i6h Duke of (Earl Marshal) 340

  Normanby, John, Duke of see Buckingham, ist Duke of

  North, Frederick, 8th Lord North 63

  Northumberland, Duke of, (C1830) 103

  Norton, Eardley 46

  Norton, Mrs (mistress of Lord Melbourne) 136

  Norwich, ist Earl of (George Goring) 5 –11

  Norwich, 2nd Earl of 11

  nurses and governesses 209, 339

  O’Connor, Feargus 162–3

  Octagon Library, 39–40, 46, 47, 52, 72, 108, 153 CP9

  Octavius, Prince, 76, 388 CP7

  offices 92, 107–8, 154, 321

  official birthday: Trooping the Colour 368–9

  operations, surgical, at the Palace 201, 248–9, 331, 333–4

  Order of the Garter CPi, CP18, CP23

  organ 48, 53, 71–2, 137–8, 169, 197 P6, CP8

  Osborne House 152–3, 165, 167, 175, 176, 189, 191

  Ostade, Isack van 84

  Oxford University: Duke of Windsor 241

  Page, Walter 239

  pagodas 89, 179–80

  paintings see art(s)

  Pakistan founded 324

  ‘Palace in Pimlico’ 100

  Palace Steward’s Department 346–7

  Palace of Westminster 1–2, 4, 16–17

  Houses of Parliament 103–4, 105: House of

  Commons 306; House of Lords 215, 215n, 218, 346; Reform Bills 102, 115, 127, 178

  Parliament and the monarch 354–9

  Parliament and Palace, Privy Counsellors 39–60

  Westminster Hall 262, 306

  Palace of Whitehall see Whitehall Palace

  Palmerston, Henry, 3rd Viscount 156, 164

  Pankhurst, Emmeline 219

  Pantheon, Oxford Street 44

  Papendiek, Charlotte, 52, 55, 59–62, 66, 68–9 P3

  Papendiek, Christopher 55, 59, 68–9

  Parker &, Perry: chandeliers 109

  Parker, Michael 331, 335, 344

  Parker, Samuel 93, 97, 108

  Parliament see Palace of Westminster

  Passage Room 41

  pavilions 94, 94/7, 152, 152/2, 319–20

  Pearl Harbor 307

  Peat, Michael, of Peat Marwick McLintock x, 378–80, 381, 382

  Peel, Sir Robert 99, 127–8, 151, 153–4, 157

  Pembroke, Earl of (1901) 193 Pembroke, Lady, and George III 33

  Pennethorne, James 101–2, 165–6, 169, 320

  Pepys, Samuel 10, 13 –14, 20, 148

  Persia: visit of the Shah (1873) 178

  personal standards of Elizabeth II 361

  Peter, King of Yugoslavia 310, 311–12

  Phillip, Lt Colonel, 54

  Picture Gallery 19, 112–13, 139, 196, 230–31, 387, 388 CP33

  uses 156, 255–6, 372

  see also art(s); Queen’s Gallery

  pillars 95, 96, 108, no-11, 169, 203, 389–90

  Pinchback: clock case 46

  Piper, John 299–300

  Pitt the Elder (1st Earl of Chatham) 63

  Pitts, William 97–8 Planché, James CP18

  Plunket, Patrick (later Lord Plunket) 347–8

  Ponsonby, Caroline 124

  Ponsonby, Fritz 243

  Ponsonby, Henry 177, 349–50

  Ponsonby, John William (Viscount Duncannon) 103, 104–7, 109–10, 349

  Pope, Alexander 21, 26

  Pope-Hennessy, James 223, 236, 237–8

  popes: paintings 7, 40

  Porden, William: on Nash 88–9

  porphyria: George III 62

  Portland, Duke of 193, 231

  Portland stone 216–7, 217n

  Potsdam Conference 318

  Poussin, Nicolas 40

  Powys, Mrs Philip Lybbe, 47–8

  Prime Minister: Tuesday audience with the Queen 354–9

  held at Macmillan’s bedside in hospital 356

  Private Secretary 349–52, 354–5, 358, 360, 383

  Privy Council 134, 359–60

  Privy Purse

  Elizabeth II 373, 374, 375–6

  George III 49–50

  Probyn, Sir Dighton 193

  Profumo scandal 356

  Property Services Agency 379

  Pudney, John, 147

  Punchy 159, 172 Pyne, W. H. 71, 230 CP6

  Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing

  Service 239

  Queen Mary’s Doll’s House 266–7

  Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild 235

  Queen’s Breakfast Room 41, 43, 71–2

  Queen’s Dressing Room 47

  Queen’s Gallery x, 348, 384–5

  Queen’s Guard 370

  Queen’s House 37–55

  alterations to Buckingham House 37–50

  cost 48–50

  called ‘Queen’s House’, xvi, 34

  during Regency 70–2, 75–6

  George III 51–5, 64 CP5

  household, court life 32–3, 50, 64–6, 68–70

  troops quartered during Gordon Riots 63

  see also Buckingham House (before George III); Buckingham Palace (after George III)

  Queen’s Sitting Room 284–5

  Queen’s Ware 44–5

  Queen’s Work for Women Fund 235–6, 238n

  radio broadcasts 258–9, 261–2, 296, 306–7

  Duke of Windsor 277, 278, 283

  RAF flypast, Trooping the Colour 368

  Ramphal, Sonny 361–2

  Ramsay, Allan 38, 42, 388 CP2

  Raphael 15

  cartoons 7, 36, 41, 52, 170

  Red Cross 235, 239

  Redgrave, Richard 385

  Reform Bills (1832+) 102, 115, 127, 178

  Regency Act (1765, 1812) 67, 70

  Regency period 70–81

  Regent Street 86, 88

  Regent’s Park 86

  Reid, Sir James 180

  Relief Clothing Guild 235

  Rembrandt 387

  Reni, Guido 52

  Repton, Humphrey 94

  Reynolds,
Sir Joshua 42, 60, 84

  Rhédey of Kis-Rede, Claudine, Comtess de 186, 229

  Ricci, Marco 36, 40

  Richmond Palace in, 51

  Riding School 85, 238

  Roberts, Hugh x, 383–4

  Roberts, James 140 CP19

  Robertson, Steve 304–6

  Rogers (friends of Wallis Simpson) 276

  Roman Catholicism 7, 16, 19, 21, 99, 135

  George III 30, 31, 63–4, 67

  Roosevelt, Eleanor 294, 307–9, 318, 342–3 P11

  Roosevelt, Franklin 294–5, 307

  Rose, Kenneth 220, 248, 249, 257

  Ross, Charles 97–8

  Royal Academy 41–2, 112

  Royal Chef 347

  Royal Collection 138–40, 375, 383, 384–91

  see also art(s)

  Royal Collection Enterprise 384

  Royal Collection Trust 384

  Royal Household (esp. Victoria), 141, 144–52, 178

  Duke of Windsor 268–9, 274

  Edward VII 193–4

  Elizabeth II 346–9, 359, 375–6, 379–82, 393:

  affairs of state 349–54

  George III 32–3, 50, 64–6, 68–70

  Royal Library 375, 383–4

  see also libraries

  Royal Marriages Act (1773) 68

  Royal Mews 16, 86, 383 P7

  Royal Palaces: ownership 375, 379–80

  Royal Pavilion, Brighton ix, 44, 46, 73, 109, 154, 157, 231–2

  George IV 82–3, 87, 89, 107: before accession 44, 46, 70, 89

  Royal Philatelic Collection 203, 212–3, 375, 383

  Royal School of Embroidering Females 44

  Royal Titles Act (1953) 360

  royal tours 294–5, 322, 323–4, 330, 334, 335, 352, 353

  Royal Trustees 378–9

  Royal Yachts 199, 201, 204, 347, 381

  Rubens, Peter Paul 7, 8–9, 41, 71

  Rush, Richard 77–8

  Russell, John, 1st Earl 125, 157, 174

  Russell, Lady John 152

  Russian Revolution, and George V 253

  Rutherford, Jessica, ix

  St George’s Chapel, Windsor, monarchs’ death 79, 99, 175, 194, 208, 336, 369

  St James’s Palace 2–3, 4, 16–17, 22, 103, 236, 370, 384

  functions 114, 199, 327, 328, 360

  George III and Charlotte 31–2, 34, 41, 51, 55–6, 71

  George IV 92

  Prince of Wales 375–6

  weddings in the Chapel Royal 74, 135, 171

  see also York House

  St James’s Park 2, 4, n-12, 16–17, 22–3, 86, 89, 93–4 P1

  new palaces planned 33, 84–5

  St Laurent, Mme de 76, 79, 119

  St Paul’s Cathedral 188, 258, 309, 311

  Salisbury, 3rd Marquess of (Robert Cecil) 204, 248

  Saloman, Peter 61–2

  Saloon

  Buckingham House 36–7, 43

  Queen’s House 38–9, 41, 71, 72, 78

  Samuel, Sir Herbert 256–7

  Sandringham 345, 352, 375, 376

  Edward VII 204, 206, 211, 212–13

  George V 188, 208, 210–11, 212–3, 261, 262: before accession 185, 188, 203; radio broadcasts 258–9, 261–2

 

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