The Diamond Queen

by Andrew Marr

  wedding dress ref 1

  at Windsor Castle during war ref 1

  As Queen

  and abdication issue ref 1

  anger felt towards after Diana’s death ref 1

  ‘annus horribilis’ ref 1, ref 2

  appointing of new prime ministers ref 1

  bestowing of honours ref 1

  charitable work ref 1

  Christmas Day broadcasts ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  clothes ref 1, ref 2

  Commonwealth tour (1953) ref 1, ref 2

  and continuity ref 1, ref 2

  Coronation (1953) ref 1, ref 2

  criticism of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  cuts cost of monarchy during period of public austerity ref 1

  and Diana’s death and funeral ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  eightieth birthday celebrations ref 1

  financing of Royal household and tax ref 1, ref 2

  firing of shots at Trooping the Colour

  (1981) ref 1

  foreign tours and state visits ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  gift exchange ref 1

  Golden Jubilee (2002) ref 1

  as head of the armed forces ref 1

  as head of the Commonwealth ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  as head of state ref 1

  meetings with foreign leaders ref 1, ref 2

  Mothers’ Union rally address (1949) ref 1, ref 2

  and press/media ref 1, ref 2

  protection of ref 1

  and public speaking ref 1

  reading of official papers ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  reform of monarchy ref 1, ref 2

  relationship with Blair ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  relationship with Churchill ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  relationship with Heath ref 1

  relationship with Macmillan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  relationship with Thatcher ref 1, ref 2

  relationship with Wilson ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  relationships and weekly audiences with prime ministers ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  and Royal Family documentary ref 1

  and Royal Yacht see Britannia (Royal Yacht)

  sense of duty ref 1, ref 2

  and separation/divorce of Charles and Diana ref 1, ref 2

  silence tactic ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Silver Jubilee (1977) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  and Suez crisis ref 1

  as Supreme Governor of the Church of England ref 1, ref 2

  titles debate ref 1, ref 2

  and Townsend episode ref 1

  and Windsor Castle fire ref 1

  Elizabeth, Queen see Queen Mother

  Empire Day ref 1, ref 2

  Empire Windrush ref 1

  Ernst of Hanover, Prince ref 1

  Esher, Lord ref 1

  Europe ref 1

  European Community

  Britain’s membership of ref 1

  Everest ref 1, ref 2

  expenses scandal, MPs ref 1

  Fagan, Michael ref 1

  Fairlie, Henry ref 1

  Falklands War (1982) ref 1

  Fawcett, Michael ref 1

  al-Fayed, Dodi ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fellowes, Sir Robert ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Ferguson, Sarah see York, Duchess of

  Fiji ref 1, ref 2

  First World War ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Firth, Colin ref 1, ref 2

  Fisher, Geoffrey (Archbishop of Canterbury) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Foot, Michael ref 1

  Ford, Edward ref 1

  Foreign Office ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Forster, E. M. ref 1

  Foster, Norman ref 1

  foxhunting ban ref 1, ref 2

  France ref 1, ref 2

  Franz-Joseph, Emperor ref 1

  Fraser, Hugh ref 1

  Fraser, Malcolm ref 1

  ‘Free Wales Army’ ref 1

  Freedland, Jonathan ref 1

  Freeman, Simon ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Freud, Lucian ref 1, ref 2

  Frogmore ref 1

  Gaitskell, Hugh ref 1

  Gandhi, Mahatma ref 1

  garden parties, royal ref 1, ref 2

  Garicano, Luis ref 1

  Garter Day ref 1

  Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert see Salisbury, Marquess of

  Geidt, Sir Christopher ref 1

  general elections

  (1974) ref 1

  (2010) ref 1

  General Strike (1926) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Gentleman, David ref 1

  George Cross ref 1

  George Medal ref 1

  George I, King of England ref 1

  George I, King of Greece ref 1

  George III, King ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  George V, King ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  bad press ref 1

  changes name to Windsor ref 1, ref 2

  character traits ref 1, ref 2

  charitable public work and visits to industrial areas ref 1, ref 2

  and constitutional crisis (1910) ref 1

  criticism of closeness to German relatives ref 1, ref 2

  cutting off of Tsar Nicholas II and family ref 1, ref 2

  establishing of Order of the British Empire ref 1

  fall from horse ref 1

  and First World War ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  German visit (1913) ref 1

  influence of Stamfordham on ref 1

  reform and reshaping of monarchy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Silver Jubilee (1935) ref 1

  George VI, King ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  and appeasement policy ref 1

  becomes King and feelings on ref 1, ref 2

  cancer diagnosis ref 1

  character traits ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  and Churchill ref 1, ref 2

  coronation ref 1

  death ref 1, ref 2

  early criticism of ref 1

  fatherhood and upbringing of daughters ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  health problems ref 1

  impact of being king on ref 1

  influence on Princess Elizabeth ref 1

  lifestyle before becoming king ref 1

  marriage ref 1

  naval training ref 1

  and Prince Philip’s marriage proposal to Princess Elizabeth ref 1, ref 2

  and Second World War ref 1, ref 2

  South African visit (1947) ref 1

  speech defect and loathing of public speaking ref 1, ref 2

  United States visit ref 1

  Ghana, Queen’s visit (1961) ref 1

  Gibbs, Sir Humphrey ref 1

  Gilbey, James ref 1

  Gillard, Julia ref 1

  Gladstone, William ref 1

  Glamis Castle (Angus) ref 1, ref 2

  Glenconner, Lord (Colin Tennant) ref 1, ref 2

  Gloucester, Duke of ref 1

  Golden Jubilee (2002) ref 1

  Goodman, Arnold ref 1

  Gordonstoun ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Goschen, Sir Edward ref 1

  Grand National ref 1, ref 2

  Greece ref 1, ref 2

  Green, Robert L. ref 1

  Greening, Sir Paul ref 1

  Grenadier Guards ref 1

  Grenfell, Joyce ref 1

  Grigg, John see Altrincham, Lord

  Guardian ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Gulf war ref 1

  Hackney, Rod ref 1

  Hahn, Kurt ref 1

  Hailsham, Lord ref 1, ref 2

  Haines, Joe ref 1

  Halifax, Lord ref 1

  Hamilton, Willie ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  My Queen and I ref 1

  Hanoverians ref 1

  Hardie, Kier ref 1, ref 2

  Hardy, T
homas ref 1

  Harry, Prince ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hartnell, Norman ref 1, ref 2

  Heath, Edward (Ted) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Henley Regatta ref 1

  Hennessy, Lord Peter ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Henry VIII, King ref 1, ref 2

  Henson, Josiah ref 1

  hereditary peers ref 1

  Heseltine, Michael ref 1, ref 2

  Heseltine, Sir William ref 1, ref 2

  Hess, Myra ref 1

  Hesse, Cecile ref 1, ref 2

  Hesse, Christoph, Grand Duke of ref 1, ref 2

  Hesse, Don ref 1

  Hesse, Sophie ref 1

  Hewitt, James ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Heywood, Jeremy ref 1

  Hillary, Edmund ref 1

  Hirohito, Emperor ref 1

  Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Friedel ref 1

  Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Margarita ref 1

  Holden, Anthony ref 1

  Holmstrom, John ref 1

  Holyroodhouse, Palace of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Home, Lord see Douglas-Home, Alec

  honours system ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Hood, Stuart ref 1

  Hope-Wallace, Philip ref 1

  Houghton, Douglas ref 1, ref 2

  Household Cavalry

  IRA bomb attack (1982) ref 1

  Howard, John ref 1

  Howard, Philip ref 1, ref 2

  Hughes, Emrys ref 1

  Hughes, Ted ref 1

  Hume, Rosemary ref 1

  Huntingdon, Countess of ref 1

  Hurd, Lord Douglas ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Hussey, Lord ref 1

  Hyndman, Henry ref 1

  ICI ref 1

  India ref 1

  independence of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  industry ref 1, ref 2

  inflation ref 1

  Ingham, Bernard ref 1

  Institute of Economic Affairs ref 1

  IRA ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Ireland ref 1

  Queen’s visit (2011) ref 1, ref 2

  see also Northern Ireland

  It’s a Royal Knockout ref 1

  Jacob, Lieutenant General Sir Ian ref 1

  Jagger, Mick ref 1

  Jamaica, Queen’s Visit to ref 1

  James, Henry ref 1

  James II, King ref 1

  Janvrin, Lord Robin ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Jay, Antony ref 1, ref 2

  Jenkins, Roy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jephson, Patrick ref 1

  John Paul II, Pope, death of ref 1

  Jones, Michael ref 1

  Joynson-Hicks, Sir William ref 1

  jubilees ref 1, ref 2 see also individual events

  Julius, Anthony ref 1

  Justice (newspaper) ref 1

  Keating, Paul ref 1

  Kelly, Angela ref 1, ref 2

  Kelly, HMS ref 1

  Kenny, Enda ref 1

  Kent, Duke of ref 1, ref 2

  Kenya ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Kerr, Sir John ref 1

  Khan, Hasnat ref 1

  Khrushchev, Nikita ref 1

  Kilmuir, Lord ref 1, ref 2

  King, Cecil ref 1

  King, Mackenzie ref 1

  Kinnock, Neil ref 1

  Knatchbull, Timothy ref 1, ref 2

  Knight, Andrew ref 1

  Labour Party ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4 see also New Labour

  Lacey, Robert ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Laing, Sir Hector ref 1

  Laird, Dorothy

  How the Queen Reigns ref 1

  Lansbury, George ref 1

  Lascelles, Sir Alan ref 1

  Lascelles, Tommy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Legge-Bourke, Tiggy ref 1, ref 2

  Leo X, Pope ref 1

  Leslie, Ann ref 1, ref 2

  Liberal Democrats ref 1

  Liberal Party ref 1

  Lincoln, Abraham ref 1

  Llewellyn, Roddy ref 1, ref 2

  Lloyd George, David ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Logue, Lionel ref 1, ref 2

  London Gateway project ref 1

  London School of Economics ref 1

  Longford, Lady ref 1

  Lord Chamberlain ref 1

  Maastricht Treaty ref 1

  McAleese, Mary ref 1

  Macarthur, Mary ref 1

  MacDonald, Ramsay ref 1, ref 2

  McGregor, Lord ref 1

  Macgregor, Neil ref 1

  Machin, Arnold ref 1

  Mackenzie, Kelvin ref 1

  Macleod, Iain ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  McMahon, Thomas ref 1

  Macmillan, Harold ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  election as Conservative Party leader ref 1

  and Prince Philip ref 1

  relationship with Queen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  resignation and choice of Douglas-Home as successor ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mail on Sunday ref 1

  Major, John ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Makarios, Archbishop ref 1

  Manchester Evening News ref 1

  Mandela, Nelson ref 1, ref 2

  Manley, John ref 1

  Margaret, Princess ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  affair with Roddy Llewellyn ref 1

  burning of Queen’s Mother’s correspondence ref 1

  character and behaviour ref 1, ref 2

  death ref 1, ref 2

  and Heath ref 1

  ill-health ref 1

  and island of Mustique ref 1

  marriage to Snowdon and divorce ref 1

  royal duties ref 1

  and royal finances issue ref 1, ref 2

  and Townsend affair ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Marlborough, Duke of ref 1

  Marlborough House ref 1

  Marriage Act (1836) ref 1

  Marten, Henry ref 1

  Martin, Kingsley ref 1

  Mary, Queen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14