Her Majesty (74 page)
Authors: Robert Hardman
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
Schneider, Nora
258
Scotland
13
,
28
,
42
,
56
,
122
,
136
,
205
,
293
Scottish Office
229
Scully, Alexander
233
Seraphin, Leon
9
Serjeants at Arms
161
Sewell, Brian
237
Shanks, Nicola
131
Shaw-Stuart, Sir Guy
239
Shawcross, William
46
,
50
,
60
,
89
,
271
Sherlock Holmes Museum, London
204
Shooter, Adrian
258
Shrewsbury, Earl of
238
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
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
12
n
Spencer, Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer
74
,
89
Spencer, Jonathan
3
,
139
,
233
,
246
,
256
Stanley, Brian
161
State Opening of Parliament
40
,
65
n,
117
n,
160–63
,
183
,
267
state visitors to UK
127
,
132
,
134
,
137–42
,
144
; Emir of Qatar
317
; Obama
2
,
11
,
63
,
117
,
139
,
140
m; 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
Sun
90
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
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
Tucker, William, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire
241–2
Turner, Graham
310
Uganda
305
United Arab Emirates
317
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
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
140
n; 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
59
n,
330
Vietnam War
22
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
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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
Warsaw, Poland
96
Way Ahead Group
24
,
25
,
84
,
99
,
273
Wazed, Sheikh Hasina
308
Wearne, Harold
32
Webb, Sidney
295
Wellington, Duke of
243
Wells, H.G.
236
Welsh Assemby
182
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
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