Her Majesty (68 page)

Alice of Battenburg, Princess
275
n,
278
,
279
,
280
,
294–4

All Saints, Windsor Great Park
323
,
325

Allison, Ronald
59
; as BBC royal correspondent
215
; on Canadian republicanism
311
; on Colville
209–10
; on Heath
171
; on Mobutu visit
137
; as Press Secretary
215
,
170
,
191
; on Queen
57
,
63
; on royal diary
32
; on Royal Yacht
65–6

Almond, Paul
161

Althorp, Northamptonshire
105
,
234

Althorp, Viscount
86

Altrincham, Lord (John Grigg)
21
,
39
,
208
,
237

ambassadors: British
137
,
175
; foreign
133–4
,
156
,
193
,
211
,
233

Amies, Hardy
41

Anderson, Ailsa
197

Anderson, Douglas and Deirdre
200

Anderson, Sir Eric
98
,
200

Andrew, Prince,
see
York, Duke of

Andrew of Greece, Prince
278
,
279
,
291

Andrew of Greece, Princess,
see
Alice of Battenburg

Andrews, Marion
258

Anglesey
110

Anne, Princess,
see
Princess Royal

Annenberg, Walter
211–12

Anson, Charles: on junior royals
97
,
99
; on modernisation
25
; as Press Secretary
217
,
221
; on Queen
35
,
45
,
322
; on royal finances
87
,
88
; on Thatcher
171
,
172
; and TV documentaries
219
; on Windsor fire
91

Anstee, Nick, Lord Mayor of London
9
,
10

Antarctica
290
,
309

Archer, Jeffrey, Baron Archer
180

Argyll, Duke of
239

Armstrong-Jones, Antony,
see
Snowdon, Lord

Arsenal Football Club
141

Ascot Racecourse
37–8
,
79
,
123

Ashbrook, Viscount
249
,
250

Asprey, Helen
110

Association of British Car Manufacturers
134

Association of Lord-Lieutenants
242
,
243

Astronomer Royal
71

Attenborough, David
213

Attlee, Clement
177

Australia
29
,
31
,
248
,
311
,
336
; art
290
; cancelled tour (1949)
206
; floods (2011)
312
,
313
; republicanism
59
,
309–311
,
312
; royal tours
6
,
22
,
32
,
46
,
54
,
194–6
,
207–08
,
293
,
312
,
321

Australian Daily Mirror
196

Automobile Association
284
awaydays
241
,
244–52
,
269

Bagehot, Walter
16
,
17
,
18
,
45
;
The English Constitution
15
,
160

Bagnall, Frank
195

Bagwell-Purefoy, Jeremy
255
,
257

Bailey, David
199

Baker, James
218

Balmoral Castle
95
,
99
,
102
,
220
; family life at
16
,
64
,
154
,
155
,
173
,
211
,
212
; Ghillies’ Ball
37
,
130
; Prime Ministerial visits
154–5
,
173
; Prince Philip and
265
,
266
; Princess Royal’s wedding
96
; staff facilities
122
,
124

Barbour, Margaret
200

Bartley, Derek
259

Bateman, H.M.
37

Bayliss, Mary, Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire
239

BBC
195
,
209
,
324
; Coronation coverage
207
; Diana’s
Panorama
interview
98
,
196
,
221–2
; Events Department
224–5
; News
198
,
224
; Queen’s Christmas broadcast
221
; Radio Five Live
152
; relationship with monarchy
208
,
221
,
222–4
; royal charter
157
; royal correspondents
152
,
215
,
221
; royal documentaries
212
,
218–20
,
226
; Sports Personality of the Year
73
; TV satire
209

Beaton, Inspector Jim
59
n

Beatrice, Princess
74
,
84

Beavis, Alan
258

Beckham, David
109

Bedford, Dowager Duchess of
289

Belfast, Northern Ireland
60

Bellisario, Ray
208

Benn, Tony
212

Bercow, Sally
168

Betfair
38

Bhumibol, King of Thailand
99

Bigge, Sir Arthur
189

Birdwood, Lt-Colonel Gordon
228
,
229
,
231
,
232
,
233

Birkenhead, Lord
167

Birthday Parade
59
,
70
,
84
,
133
n,
298
,
331

Biyase, Nduna
115

Black Wednesday (1992)
173

Blahnik, Manolo
200

Blair, Cherie
152
,
153
,
277

Blair, Tony
108–09
,
200
; audiences with Queen
153
,
188
; Balmoral visits
154
; Cabinet reshuffle (2003)
184
; on Charles
332–3
,
337
; and class system
238
; constitutional reforms
181–5
; and Diana’s funeral
101
,
103
,
179
; memoirs (
A Journey
)
101
,
104
,
152
,
154
n,
174
,
277
,
300
; on monarchy
15
,
30
; on Princess Royal
277
; on Queen
34
,
37
,
322
; relations with Palace
168
,
173
; and Royal Yacht
177–8
,
179

Blount, Air Commodore John
62

Blumenthal, Heston
287

Blunt, Anthony
39
,
190–91

Bodley-Scott, Sir Ronald
59

Bogdanor, Professor Vernon
164
,
188

Bolland, Mark
225

Bombay, India
175–6

Bond, Jennie
221

Bonici, Sonia
39
,
202–4

Boothroyd, Basil
190
,
279

Bowater, Sir Noel, Lord Mayor of London
5
,
6
,
7

Brabourne, Lady Doreen
53
n

Brabourne, Lord John
211
,
282

Bradford, Sarah
3
,
14
,
41
,
216

Bradford Telegraph & Argus
198

Bradshaw, Sue
233

Braemar Highland Gmaes
154

Brandreth, Gyles
47
,
177
,
270
,
275
,
282

Briggs, David, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire
245
,
249
,
250

Brighton bombing (1984)
172

Brindley, May
327

Britain: anti-Establishment movement
21–2
; Armed Forces
62
,
329–31
; class system
236–8
; constitutional monarchy
19
,
164–6
; devolution
28
; foreign policy
313
,
316–17
; immigration
320–21
; multiculturalism
13–14
,
320
; New Labour’s constitutional reforms
181–5
; religion
13–14
; republicanism
29–30
,
31
; sense of nationhood
18
; social attitudes
233–4
; support for monarchy
31

Britannia
, Royal Yacht
16
,
56
,
87
,
219
,
302
; decommissioned
175–8
,
191
; informal atmosphere aboard
65–6
; royal tours
6
,
10
,
20
,
53
,
68–9
,
176–7
,
178
,
317
; Sunday prayers
323
; trade receptions
175–6

British Association for the Advancement of Science
287

British Empire
13
,
114
,
299

British Empire Medal
253

Bromley-Davenport, Sir Bill, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire
245

Brooke, Peter
92

Broomhead, Steven
249
,
251

Brown, Gordon
51
,
108–09
; as Chancellor
178
; relations with Palace
185–6
;
resignation
149–51
,
164
,
166

Brown, Sarah
150–51

Browning, Lt General Sir Frederick ‘Boy’
283
,
291

Bryant, Chris
294

Buchanan, Elizabeth
43
,
62
,
276

Buckingham Palace
32
,
56
,
166
; 1844 Room
157
,
158
; balcony appearances
84
,
97
,
167
,
331
; Ballroom
140
,
141
,
147–8
,
330
; Belgian Suite
139
; Billiard Room
160
,
161
; Bow Room
139
,
143
; Duke’s personal library
291
; finances
79
; flagpole
101
,
102
; garden café
40
,
262
; garden parties
228–33
,
238
; gardens
196
,
232
,
330
; Grand Hall
143
; hospitality
11
,
114
,
115–16
,
119
,
126
,
140
; intranet
131
; IRA plan to attack
60
; Jubilee concerts
27–8
,
40
,
115
; kitchens
128–9
,
145
; luncheons and dinners
284
; Music Room
147
; opened to public
24
,
40
,
48
,
95
,
260
,
262
; Picture Gallery
116
,
143
; Private Audience Room
152
; Quadrangle
142
,
149
,
150
,
151
,
152
,
162
; receptions
198–201
,
230
,
246
; recreational facilities
33–4
,
118
; Regency Room
139
,
161
; South Drawing Room
147
; staff,
see
Royal Household; staff wing
120–21
; state banquets
140–41
,
144–8
,
210
,
218
; state visits
138–9
,
142–8
; swimming pool
33
,
118
,
139
; White Drawing Room
114

Burgess, Fusilier Jonathan
330

Burrell, Paul
225

Burton, Sarah
109

Business in the Community
335

Buthlay, Major George
206

Butler, Jan
232

Butler, R.A. ‘Rab’
20

Cabinet Office
164
,
165–6

Caernarvon, Wales
58

Calame, Wing Commander Andrew
150
,
151
,
257–8

Callaghan, James, Baron Callaghan
49
,
153
,
169
,
188

Callas, Maria
85

Cambridge, Duchess of (Catherine Middleton)
264
,
336–7
; family background
235
; media and
225
,
226
; official engagements
84
; wedding
2
,
4
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
53–4
,
108

Cambridge, Duke of (Prince William)
9
,
51
; birth and childhood
74
; and Charles’s second marriage
107
; and death of Diana
101
,
105
; as future monarch
336–7
; honeymoon
11
; honorary poistions
70
,
71
,
72
; on Ireland visit
11
,
53
,
315
,
316
; media and
225–6
; military career
53
,
55
,
62
,
73
,
110
,
330–31
,
337
; on Queen
1
,
11
,
32
,
35
,
45
,
51
,
52
,
53
,
338
; on Prime Ministerial audiences
154
; private life
110
,
337
; relationship with Harry
110
; on role of Duke of Edinburgh
268
,
287
; at Royal Society
70–73
; royal tours and visits
54
,
55
,
307
,
312–13
,
320
; staff and office
109–11
,
197
; wedding
2
,
4
,
11
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
53–5
,
73
,
107–09
,
110
,
132
,
139