and Windsor Castle fire, 189

Elphinstone, Lady, 26, 71

Eugenie, Princess, 144, 177, 221

Fagan, Michael, 167–8

Fayed, Dodi, 198, 199, 202–3, 277

Fellowes, Jane, 165, 202, 213

Fellowes, Sir Robert, 165, 192, 206, 212, 213

Festival of Britain, 82

Fisher, Archbishop Geoffrey, 257, 262

George I, King of Greece, 27, 33, 47

George II, King, 12

George II, King of Greece, 53, 65–6

George V, King, 23, 26, 28, 31–2, 40, 47, 104, 124

death of, 38, 42

and Romanovs, 33

and Simpson’s relationship with son, 37

George VI, King, 23, 60–1, 66, 69–70, 172, 208, 242

becomes king, 38–9

on Charles, 104

and Charles’s birth, 100

and children’s education, 38

confidence of, in Elizabeth, 45

coronation of, 43

death of, 86–9

and Elizabeth’s socialising, 60–1, 69

at Elizabeth’s wedding, 13

and grandchildren’s name styles, 102

health of, 78, 80, 82, 83–4, 85–6

letter of, to Elizabeth, 14–15

North American tour by, 43

Philip admitted to royal family by, 12

Philip described by, 62

Silver Jubilee of, 38

tantrums of, 40

George, Prince (Philip’s uncle), 8, 48, 101

George, Prince (William’s son), 275

global warming, 265–6

Great Exhibition, 82, 125, 127, 128

Hahn, Kurt, 51, 52–3, 54–5, 124, 131, 231

Hamilton, Lewis, 246, 248

Harry, Prince, 195, 279–80

birth and christening of, 170–1

and Diana’s death, see under Diana, Princess of Wales

Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 25, 38

Hitler, Adolf, 8, 52, 278

Holloway, Laurie, 233–4

Hussey, Lady Susan, 210

IRA, 168–9, 206, 266

Janvrin, Sir Robin, 198, 199, 208, 210

Jenkins, Katherine, 249

Kennard, Lady Gina, 105, 118, 143

Kennedy, John F., 152

Kent, George, Duke of, 25, 38, 66, 206

Khrushchev, Nikita, 153

Kirkwood, Pat, 134–5

Knight, Clara ‘Allah’, 26, 41–2, 44, 258

Lascelles, Tommy, 18, 19, 61, 90, 100, 182

Laurence, Timothy, 177–8, 259

Lennon, John, 153–4

Leopold, King of the Belgians, 126, 142

Lightbody, Helen, 101–2, 105, 108, 109, 144

Linley, David, Viscount, 184–5

Lloyd George, David, and Romanovs, 32

Longman, Lady Elizabeth, 15–16

Louis of Hesse, Prince, 151, 278

McCorquodale, Sarah, 165, 202, 213

MacDonald, Margaret ‘Bobo’, 12, 17–18, 44, 46, 252–4

and Commonwealth tour, 85

Mabell, Countess of Airlie, 25, 26, 27

Magpie, HMS, 81–2, 103, 128, 227

Major, John, 189–90, 192

Mandela, Nelson, 152–3

Mann, Rt Revd Michael, 94, 176, 266–7, 269, 270

Margaret, Princess:

and Anne’s education, 117

Charles’s godmother, 100–1

death of, 273

and Diana’s funeral, 218

on Elizabeth’s future role, 39–40

at Elizabeth’s wedding, 13, 15

failed marriage of, 160, 171

flirtatious nature of, 46

and king’s death, 87

and music, 233–4

and Philip, 69

and Philip’s love life, 134

Philip’s sparring with, 181

and practical jokes, 43

Queen’s relationship with, 181

and religion, 258

and Townsend, 46, 180, 181–4

wedding of, 184

Windsor loved by, 60

and WW2, 43–4

Margarita, Princess, 97, 102

Mary, Princess Royal, 25

Mary, Princess, Viscountess Lascelles, 26

Mary, Queen Consort, 26, 28, 37–8, 100, 106

Silver Jubilee of, 38

Meldrum, Bill, 233

Milford Haven, Dowager Countess of, 34, 60, 75, 101

Milford Haven, 2nd Marquis of (George), 49, 50, 53

Milford Haven, 3rd Marquis of (David), 12, 16, 49, 51, 60, 75, 78, 101

Mountbatten, Lady Edwina, 30–1, 189

Mountbatten, Lord Louis ‘Dickie’, 7, 17, 39, 53, 54, 59, 66, 70, 80–1, 120, 278

Anne’s godfather, 102

death of, 206, 266–7

name change of, 124

wedding of, 30–1

Mountbatten, Lady Pamela, 5, 6–7, 15, 16, 18, 90, 104

and Commonwealth tour, 85

and king’s death, 87

Nahum, Baron, 78, 96, 133, 134–5

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 153

Nicholas II, King of Russia, 28–9, 32, 39

Olga of Greece, Queen Mother, 30

Olympics (2012), 275

Parker Bowles, Camilla, see Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

Parker, Eileen, 12–13, 64, 78–9, 92, 105, 107–10 passim

Parker, Mike, 12, 19, 64, 66–7, 74–5, 79, 80, 81, 89, 132–3, 281

becomes Philip’s private secretary, 91

and Charles’s birth, 99–100

and Commonwealth tour, 85, 86

and king’s death, 87, 88

and Philip’s birthday, 97

resigns, 133–4

Paul, King of Greece, 76, 82, 155

Pearce, Joe, 253

Peter, King of Yugoslavia, 65–6

Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh:

abdominal operation on, 221

Admiralty and college jobs of, 77

admitted to royal family, 12

and Albert, see Albert, Prince

and art, 237–9

artery problem of, 236

becomes British subject, 71

birth of, 29–30

bladder infection of, 255, 274

in car crash, 76

and carriage driving, 224, 226, 228–9

and Charles’s birth, 99–100

christening of, 30

and conservation, 232, 266, 268–9, 281

and cooking, 250–2

and coronation, 93–4, 96, 131

and cricket, 230–1

at Dartmouth, 55, 62

and design, 239

and Diana, see under Diana, Princess of Wales

and Dome, 273

education of, 50, 51–3, 54–5

at Edward’s birth, 148

and Edward’s Marines decision, 172–4

and engineering, 239–40

entertaining by, 241–53

family background of, 27–8, 123–5