Phillips, Zara 28, 73, 196
Pimlott, Ben 3, 14, 20, 171, 310
Pittaway, Gary 8
Plunket, Lord 137
Poland 96, 189, 314
Ponsonby, Sir Frederick 189
Port of Spain, Trinidad 302–8
Portillo, Michael 177
Portsmouth Guildhall 38
Prada, Miuccia 41
Precey, Doug 248, 249
Prescott, John 177
Press Council 209
Press Office 14, 196, 198, 201, 209, 248, 249
Press Secretary 197–8, 205–17
Prince Philip Designer’s Prize 269n
Prince’s Trust 74–5, 116, 276, 328
Prince’s Youth Business Trust 75
Princess Royal (Princess Anne) 33, 71, 107, 135; birth 280; eventing 133; investitures 253; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; kidnap attempt 59, 277; marriages and divorce 23, 74, 90, 96, 215, 234; patronages 149, 286; personality 273, 277; relations with father 277; royal engagements 210, 216
Private Eye 44
Private Secretary 75, 76, 188–92, 215
Private Secretary’s Office 24–5, 84, 99, 191, 198, 209, 285
Privy Council 22, 130, 157–9
Privy Purse 88, 130
Privy Purse Charitable Trust 328
Privy Purse Office 78, 139–40
Prochaska, Frank 17, 328; Royal Bounty 288
Profumo, John 21
Qaboos, Sultan of Oman 318–20
Qatar 317
Queen, The (film) 103, 173
Queen and Country (documentary) 227
Queen at 80, The (documentary) 227
Queen in Australia, The (film) 194–5
Queen Mother at 100, The (ITV TV) 223–4
Queen’s Award to Industry 288
Queen’s Gallery 284
Queen’s Silver Jubilee Trust 328
Radio Times 207
Raini, Gillian 313
Ramsay of Mar, Captain Alexander 84
Reagan, President Ronald 16, 172
Reaseheath College, Cheshire 245–7, 249–51
Red Arrows 123
Rees, Martin, Baron Rees 71, 72
Rees, Merlyn 57
Reid, Sir Alan 36, 40, 111, 112, 130–31, 168, 328
Remembrance Sunday 329
Republic 30
republicanism 26, 29–30, 309–12
Restoration 72
Rhodes, Cecil 8
Rhodes, Sgt Footman Philip 259
Rhodesia 172
Rhys-Jones, Sophie, see Wessex, Countess of
Richard III Society 86
Richards, Lt-Col. Charles 123, 257
Rifkind, Sir Malcolm 64, 137, 163, 314, 333–4
Ritz Hotel, London 125–6
Roberts, Sir Hugh 263
Roberts, RSM Wayne 330
Robinson, Major Simon 134
Robinson, W, & Son 289
Rodriguez, Willie 305
Rolfe, Group Captain Hugh 233, 256, 257
Rollo, Lt General Sir William 257
Roman Catholicism 99, 323–4
Rose, Kenneth 130, 314; on honours system 253; on Queen Mary 41; on Queen’s Ministers 180; on Royal Household 37, 189, 209; on royal stare 43, 44; on Sir John Miller 132; on snub to Duke of Edinburgh 281
Ross, Lt-Colonel Sir Malcolm: as Comptroller 101, 138; and Diana’s funeral 102, 104–05; on New Labour era 180; on opening up of Buckingham Palace 48; on Queen’s workload 256; on royal investitures 63, 254, 257
Rostropovich, Mstislav 132
Roussin, Rene 127
Royal Air Force 53, 123, 331
Royal Albert Hall 41, 79
Royal Archives 247
Royal Arms 185
Royal Ascot 79, 123
royal charters 157, 158
Royal Collection 39, 48, 79, 140, 143, 259–64, 284
Royal Collection Trust 94, 260
Royal Commonwealth Society 305
Royal Company of Archers 136, 334
Royal Family:; alleged dysfunctionality 273, 275; celebrity status 75; change of name 234, 272, 281; charity work 85–6; Colonels-in-Chief 333–4; correspondence 248; extent of 84; finances 23, 74, 76–82, 87, 111–13, 186–7, 190; as Forces family 329, 330; inter-generational relations 97, 109, 118, 225; junior members 82–4, 216, 217, 218, 221, 312, 337; media and 83, 86–7, 196, 216, 225–6; official duties 84–5, 86–7; private lives 74, 82; Privy Counsellors 158n; and protocol 139, 246; public view of 197–8; relative freedom of 47; seating at state banquets 146; security 59–60; and social hierarchy 235–6; travel arrangements 62, 132–6; Way Ahead Group 24, 25, 84, 99, 273; see also Monarchy
Royal Family (TV documentary, 1969) 16, 22, 58, 89, 210–14
Royal Family Order 47
Royal Festival Hall 70
Royal Household 39, 65, 116–48, 214; bodyguards 136; Book Club 118, 121, 131; chefs 9, 126–9; confidentiality agreements 225; departments 39, 117; diversity 129; education and training 124, 125, 130, 282; equerries 119; Film Club 131; footmen 123–4, 125, 282; hospitality 116, 117, 119; hostility towards Duke of Edinburgh 282; Internet presence 39, 125, 129, 201, 263; intranet 131; ladies-in-waiting 203, 218, 237; link with Armed Forces 330; live-in members 121; and media 207; modernisation 11–12, 34, 39, 41, 75–82, 113, 119–24, 129, 130, 192, 247, 282–3; pay 125, 129; recruitment 124, 125, 126, 129; staff facilities 33–4, 118, 120–22, 129–30, 146; staff welfare fund 121; union membership 129; see also under individual departments and posts
Royal Kennels, Sandringham 268
Royal Library 140
Royal Lodge 91
Royal Marines 82
Royal Marriages Act 157
Royal Maundy 324–7
Royal Mews 80, 131–6, 138, 142, 247, 250; car fleet 134–6; and State Opening of Parliament 161, 162
Royal Mint 72; Advisory Committee 270
Royal National Lifeboat Institution 8–9
Royal Navy 62, 276, 279
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 85
Royal Scottish Academy 290
Royal Society 70–73
Royal Stud, Sandringham 268
Royal Train 58, 124, 208, 245, 248, 250
Royal Variety Performance 59
Royal Victorian Order 237
royal visits 25, 65, 111–12, 115, 138, 269, 314–18; Australia (1868) 59; (1954) 194–6, 312, 321; (1963) 22, 214; (2002) 46; Britain: awaydays 241, 244–52, 269; Silver Jubilee tour (1977) 56–7; Canada(1964)61, 167, 314; (2011) 55; China (1986) 292; Commonwealth (1953–4) 5–6, 7, 20, 32, 194, 207, 214; (2003) 52; Eastern Europe (1996) 96, 314; Germany (2004) 62n; Ghana (1961) 61, 167; Gulf States 317–20; India and Pakistan (1992) 89; (1997) 179–80; Ireland (2011) 2, 11, 42, 52–3, 57, 314, 315–16; Italy (2000) 41; Lord Lieutenants and 240; Maldives (1972) 302; Mediterranean tour (1980) 37, 66; Nepal (1961) 316; New Zealand (1963) 214;(1970)214, 293; (2011) 312–13; Russia (1994) 52, 96, 98; (2004) 66; South Africa (1947) 50, 114, 143–4, 148, 280, 321; (1995) 53, 97, 114, 315; South Korea (1992) 90–91; Trinidad and Tobago (2009) 302–05; Thailand (1996) 99; USA (2007) 51; Zambia (1979) 168
Royal Visits Advisory Committee 111
Royal Welsh Regiment 329–30
Royal Windsor Horse Show 46
Royalty Protection team 59, 136
Ruffles, Philip 71
Russell, Clare, Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire 239
Russia 52, 66, 96, 98, 289
Rwanda 297, 301
St George’s Chapel, Windsor 106
St George’s House, Windsor 294
St James’s Palace 79, 94, 97, 101, 110, 197, 225, 254
Saltoun, Lady 84
Sandhu, Professor Bhupinder 299
Sandringham, Norfolk 48, 95, 118, 122, 169, 192; Duke of Edinburgh and 265–8, 288, 289; Estate 265–6, 267–8, 288; Museum 266; open to public 268; Royal Pigeon Loft 48, 268; Sheep Dip 265, 267; shooting 266; Wood Farm 267; York Cottage 235
Sarkozy, Nicolas, President of
France 51, 306
Saunders, Colette 249, 250
Schneider, Nora 258
Schroders 76, 79
Scotland 13, 28, 42, 56, 122, 136, 205, 293
Scottish National Party 28, 182
Scottish Office 229
Scottish Parliament 42, 181, 182
Scully, Alexander 233
Seago, Edward 269–70, 290
Secretariat 193, 247–9
Seraphin, Leon 9
Serjeants at Arms 161
Sewell, Brian 237
Shanks, Nicola 131
Sharma, Kalamesh 301, 308
Shaw-Stuart, Sir Guy 239
Shawcross, William 46, 50, 60, 89, 271
Shea, Michael 68, 216–17
Sherlock Holmes Museum, London 204
Shooter, Adrian 258
Shrewsbury, Earl of 238
Shulman, Alexandra 201, 213
Shulman, Milton 213
Shuttleworth, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire 243, 244, 252
Shuttleworth, Mark 115
Silver Jubilee (1977) 23, 56, 87, 109, 191, 216
Singapore Changi Airport 46
Sissons, Peter 224
Slovo, Gillian 146
Smith, John 95
Smith, Katherine 251
Snowdon, Lord (Antony Armstrong-Jones) 169, 170, 236
Sofia, Queen of Spain 68
Somerville, Philip 199, 251
Sophie, Princess George of Hanover 276
South Africa 50, 53, 97, 114–16, 143–4, 148, 170, 280, 315, 321
Sovereign Grant in, 111, 112, 113, 187
Soviet Union 61
Speakman, Private William 12n
Spencer, Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer 74, 89
Spencer, Jonathan 3, 139, 233, 246, 256
Stanley, Brian 161
State Opening of Parliament 40, 65n, 117n, 160–63, 183, 267
state visitors to UK 127, 132, 134, 137–42, 144; Emir of Qatar 317; Obama 2, 11, 63, 117, 139, 140m; unwelcome guests 137, 255; Zuma 114–15, 116–17, 127, 142–8
Steele, Lindsay 123–4
Stirling Castle 64
Stirrup, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock 146
Stocker, Fusilier Shaun 329
Strathclyde, Lord 233
Straw, Jack 30, 50, 52, 174; and Freedom of Information Act 248; as Lord Chancellor 184; on multiculturalism 320–21; on religion 323, 324
Succession to the Crown Bill 180
Suez crisis (1956) 20, 21, 167
Sun 90
Sunday Times 86, 95, 98, 216–17
Sunninghill Park 83
Supreme Court 185
Swan Upping 138
Swaziland 305
Sydney, Australia 6, 32, 59, 100, 222
Talbot, Godfrey 209
Tambo, Oliver 144
Tame, Mary 259
Taylor, Elizabeth 292
Taylor, Mike 121
terrorism 57, 58, 60, 62, 135, 158, 172, 203
Thailand 99
Thames Valley University 31, 124
That Was The Week That Was (BBC TV) 209
Thatcher, Margaret, Baroness Thatcher 89, 233, 252; and Blunt scandal 190; and Civil List 80, 81, 191; and Commonwealth 301, 309, 313, 315; Order of the Garter 88, 108–09; relations with Palace 56, 167, 171–3, 184, 216–17
Time Team 196
Times, The 27, 85, 92, 95
Timmins, Connie 233
Topolski, Feliks 291
Tower of London: Jewel House 160, 263
Townend, Sarah 230–31
Townsend, Loch 195–6
Townsend, Group Captain Peter 20, 208, 293
Treasury 78, 80–81, 88, 93, 111, 168, 177, 178, 186
Trevor-Morgan, Rachel 8
Trinidad and Tobago 302–05
Trinity College, Oxford 64
Trooping the Colour 207, 331
Tucker, William, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire 241–2
Turner, Graham 310
Twitter 39, 201
Uganda 305
United Arab Emirates 317
United Nations 30, 51, 300
Upper Volta dam 61
USA: 9/11 57; and Africa 61; invasion of Grenada 172; Presidential visits to UK 139; royal visit (2007) 51; Watergate 18–19, 311
Valiant, HMS 280
Vanuatu 302, 308
Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household 65, 155, 161
Victoria, Queen 3, 32, 138, 264, 331; and Albert’s role 281; assassination attempts 59; and Church of England 323; Diamond Jubilee 2; diary 140n; Empire of 13, 307; funeral 105; image of 48; investitures 257, 259; in old age 55; personality 271; philanthropy 328; Privy Council meetings 158; Queen Victoria’s syndrome 2; and Royal Collection 260; State Openings of Parliament 161; unpopularity 337; withdrawal from public life 56
Victoria of Prussia, Princess 235
Victoria Cross and George Cross Association 59n, 330
Vietnam War 22
Vine, Jenny 203, 204
Virginia, USA 51
Wales 58
Wales, Prince of (Prince Charles) 3, 25, 29, 31, 53; as artist 291; attacks on 59, 116, 135; birth and childhood 33, 98, 280; and Camilla 98, 106–07, 225; charity work 74–5, 276, 333; and Commonwealth 313; and constitutional reforms 182; and Diana’s death 101, 103, 105; Dimbleby book/film 98; as Duke of Cornwall 246; education 71, 200, 213, 311; environmental and agricultural interests 71–2, 73, 97, 245, 268, 284, 332; family descent 235; as father 222; finances 76; as future monarch 333–7; and government 332–3, 335; as heir apparent 52, 332; helicopter emergency landing 62; hunting 133, 332; interventions in public affairs 248, 332–4, 335; investiture as Prince of Wales 22, 58, 210, 332; investitures 253; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; marriage breakdown 89–91, 98, 196; marries Diana 23, 28, 74, 108, 174; and media 221, 222; patronages 321, 333; personality 275; relations with Blair 174; relations with father 275–6; religious views 334; role of 176, 332; and Royal Collection 260; royal engagements 100, 178, 216, 222, 245, 246; Royal Navy career 276; on royal vocation 275; separation and divorce 26, 96, 97, 99, 221; speeches 58; staff of 97, 109, 117–18, 147, 197, 225, 248; state banquets 146
Walesa, Lech 16
walkabouts 214–15
Walker, Air Vice-Marshal Sir David 145, 148; as Master of the Household 119–20, 122–3, 125, 198; on Queen 34, 36
Walsh, John 235
Warren, Philip 247, 250, 251
Warsaw, Poland 96
Way Ahead Group 24, 25, 84, 99, 273
Wazed, Sheikh Hasina 308
Wearne, Harold 32
Webb, Beatrice 236, 295
Webb, Sidney 295
Wellington, Duke of 243
Wells, H.G. 236
Wells, Rachel 254, 255
Welsh Assemby 182
Welsh Guards 142, 281n
Wessex, Countess of (Sophie Rhys-Jones) 84, 106, 231, 232, 276
Wessex, Earl of (Prince Edward) 16, 186, 213; birth 21; education 311; Estonian throne offered to 96–7; future Duke of Edinburgh 276, 285; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82–3; relations with parents 276; royal duties 84, 231, 232; wedding 106, 276
Westminster, Duke of 250
Westminster Abbey 4, 5, 84, 105, 144, 298, 325
Wheaton, Ray 114, 147–8, 259
Whitaker, James 221
Whitehead, Sherri 331
Whitlam, Gough 309
Wigram, Sir Clive 189
Wilkinson, Peter 250
Willetts, David 72
William, Prince, see Cambridge, Duke of
Williams, Gareth, Baron Williams of Mostyn 180, 187
Williams, Jane 146
Williams, Dr Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury 13, 147; on Charles as defender of faiths 334; on Queen’s multiculturalism 320; on Queen’s religious faith 35–6, 322, 323
Williams, Royston and Anne 330
Wilson, Sir Harold 22, 59, 169–70, 192, 212
Wimbledon Tennis Championships 51, 58, 248
Windsor 106n, 107
Windso
r Castle 56, 59, 87, 106, 219, 236, 240; banquets 36, 317; Duke of Edinburgh and 265, 266; farm and stud 36, 43; finances 79; fire and restoration 24, 48, 91–3, 100, 175, 260, 284; investitures 255–6; kitchens 127; Queen Mary’s Dolls House 328; staff facilities 129–30; visitors 259, 263, 302, 317
Windsor Great Park 141, 266–7
Winskill, Air Commodore Archie 66
Winston, Robert, Lord Winston 298
Witchell, Nicholas 152
Woman’s Own 207
Wood, Tanya 305
Woodard, Sir Robert 176
World War I 234
World War II 40, 51, 59, 60, 234, 255, 265, 279, 295, 329
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 284, 286, 289, 294, 316
Worsley, Dr Lucy 264
Year with the Queen, A (BBC TV) 226
Yeomen of the Guard 136, 138, 231, 326, 327, 334
York, Duchess of (Sarah Ferguson) 47, 74, 75, 99, 107; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; scandals 89, 90, 192
York, Duke of (Prince Andrew) 61; birth 21; on changing monarchy 2, 12; divorce 26, 74, 90, 99, 221; on Duke of Edinburgh 268; education 311; on family relations 274; home 83; and It’s a Royal Knockout 82; on legacy 338; on monarchy as long game 17–18; patronages 286; personality 277–8; on Queen 35, 46, 47, 51, 193; on royal finances 112, 113; as royal lightning conductor 107; Royal Navy career 62, 268–9, 276; as trade ambassador 17, 276; wedding 23, 74; and Windsor Fire 91
Yorke, Dwight 304
YouTube 39, 201
Zambia 168, 178
Zimbabwe 172, 301
Zuma, Jacob, President of South Africa 114–16, 127, 137, 139, 142–8, 308
Zuma, Nkosazana 116, 146
Zuma, Thobeka Madiba 142, 148
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