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A King’s Story (memoir)
abdication crisis
Accession Council
Acheson, Dean
Adler, Larry
Airlie, Lady
Aitken, Max
Albert, Prince Consort
Alexander, Ulick
Alexandra, Queen (consort of Edward VII)
Alexandra of Greece, Queen of Yugoslavia
Alice of Battenberg, Princess Andrew of Greece
Alice, Princess, Duchess of Gloucester
Allen, George
and Edward’s memoir
Alsop, Susan Mary
Andrew, Prince of Greece
Anne, Princess, birth of
aristocratic marriage conventions
Astor, Lady
Athlone, Earl of
atomic bomb
Attlee, Clement
electoral success
on Herbert Morrison
relationship with the king
wartime deputy prime minister
on the atomic bomb
on Edward’s visits to Britain
and Edward’s desire for an ambassadorial role
perceived lack of charisma
and Philip’s British citizenship
in America
and the South African tour
and Edward’s Bahamas visit
and the Marburg Files
in Edward’s memoir
and the matter of HRH status for Wallis
adversarial relationship with Churchill
and the Korean War
Order of Merit
resignation
and Elizabeth II
Aureole (race horse)

Bagehot, Walter
Bagnold, Enid
Bahamas
Edward as governor general of
Edward revisits
Baldwin, Stanley
death of
Edward’s dislike of
reject’s Edward’s proposal of a morganatic marriage
Balfour, Jock
Balmoral
Baring, Sir Evelyn
Beaton, Cecil
Beaverbrook, Lord
friend and adviser to Edward
urges Edward to complete memoir
and the ‘King’s Party’
Bedaux, Charles
Bellaigue, Marie-Antoinette de
Benning, Osla
Bevin, Ernest
on monarchy
Foreign Secretary
and Edward’s desire for an ambassadorial role
and Philip’s British citizenship
and Edward’s Bahamas visit
and the Marburg files
and the Korean War
Binswanger, Ludwig
Black, Dorothy
Blackmar Gould, Bruce and Beatrice
Blenheim Palace
Blunt, Anthony
Bonar Law, Andrew
Book Publishers’ Representatives’ Association
Boothroyd, Basil
Bowes-Lyon, David, dislike of Philip
Brabourne, Lord
on Philip
Bracken, Brendan
Brandreth, Gyles
Bridges, Sir Edward
British Commonwealth
Broadlands, Hampshire
Brogan, Colm
Browning, Frederick
Brunt, Vera M.
Buckingham Palace
garden party
Buthlay, Major George
Butler, Rab
Byng, Lord
Byrnes, James F.

Cameron, James
Capstick, Chief Inspector John
Cassell & Co.
Chadwick, Owen
Chamberlain, Neville
Channon, Henry ‘Chips’
on the Elizabeth (Queen Mother)
on the king
on Philip
on a potential match between Elizabeth and Philip
on Elizabeth II
on the royal wedding
on Churchill
on the king’s failing health
refuses loan of house to Elizabeth and Philip
on the popularity of the royal family
on the young royal couple
on Edward’s visits to Britain
re-election
on the Festival of Britain
on the king’s death
on Edward’s attendance at the king’s funeral
criticises Edward as a ‘chatterbox’
on the coronation
Charles I
Charles II
Charles, Prince
birth of
Queen Mother’s fondness for
early life
Charteris, Martin
on Philip
on Mountbatten as an intriguer
private secretary to Elizabeth II
on Truman’s meeting with Princess Elizabeth
on Churchill’s affection for Elizabeth II
on the coronation
Cherwell, Lord
Christmas radio broadcasts
Churchill, Winston
and Princess Elizabeth’s twenty-first birthday broadcast
electoral defeat
VE Day
advisor and friend to the king
on the atomic bomb
on Edward’s desire for an ambassadorial role
on the drawbacks of an out-of-control duke
unable to assist the Windsors
on the rise of Hitler and fascism
suspicions about Soviet Union
‘iron curtain’ speech
guest at La Croë
history of World War II
and the Marburg files
and the royal wedding
and Philip
and king’s failing health
and the ‘King’s Party’
grandstanding and rhetoric
ill health
strokes
royal family preference for
adversarial relationship with Attlee
and the Korean War
on Edward’s memoir
on the Festival of Britain
and the king’s declining health
electoral success
reaction to king’s death
broadcast on the king’s death
relationship with Elizabeth II
on Edward’s proposed BPRA speech
derided by Edward as ‘Cry Baby’
counsels Edward not to attend coronation of new queen
and Mountbatten
on retention of House of Windsor name
reluctance to retire
affection for Elizabeth II
depressed state
bust of
Order of the Garter
and the coronation
Chuter Ede, James
Civil List grant
Clarence House
renovations
Clark Kerr, Archibald
Clifford, Bede
clothes rationing
Coats, Peter
Coe, Robert
Colefax, Lady Sybil
Colville, Jock
on Philip
speechwriting
on Churchill’s reaction to king’s death
on the House of Windsor
on Churchill’s depressed state
on Churchill’s acceptance of the Order of the Garter
on the coronation
communism
Conroy, Sir John
Conservative Party
and the Festival of Britain
electoral success
Constantine I, King of Greece
Cooper, Diana
n Cooper, Duff
coronation of Elizabeth II
preparations for
televised
rehearsals
weather
Handel’s coronation anthem
coronation of George VI
Coward, Noel
Cranborne, Lord
Crawford, Marion (‘Crawfie’)
on Elizabeth’s post-war life
The Little Princesses (memoir)
and Philip
and the match between Elizabeth and Philip
on Margaret’s character
and the South African tour
on the royal wedding
and Elizabeth’s pregnancy
on the birth of Charles
on king’s failing health
grace-and-favour home
leaves royal service
marriage
exclusion from royal family circle
CVO award
on Wallis
suicide attempt
widowhood
perceived treachery of
Creech Jones, Arthur
Cripps, Stafford
Cromer, Lord
The Crown and the People (memoir)
Curzon, Lord

Dadd, F.J.
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Dalton, Hugh
and the king
on the cost of the royal wedding
on the birth of Charles
Dalton, John
de Courcy, Kenneth
confidant of Edward
suggests that the Edward establish a regency
suggests that the Windsors return to Britain
on the Windsors’ absence from the royal wedding
on Britain’s decline
on the king’s failing health
on Philip
on Churchill
marriage
Dean, John
debutantes
Dewey, Thomas E.
Díaz y Salas, Doña Marie Teresa
divorce in Britain
Dixon, Sir Pierson
Donahue, James ‘Jimmy’, Jr
friend of Edward and Wallis
viciousness
wealth
Edward’s opinion of
homosexuality
Driberg, Tom
Dudley, Lady
Dudley, Lord
Duncan, Sir Patrick
Dunhill, Sir Thomas

Eden, Anthony
Ednam Lodge, Sunningdale
theft of Wallis’s jewellery from
Edward VII
Edward, Prince, Duke of Kent
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Eldon, Lord
Eliot, T.S.
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth, Queen (Queen Mother)
correspondence with Queen Mary
VJ Day
antipathy towards Edward
correspondence with Eleanor Roosevelt
relations with Philip
ambivalence over the match between Elizabeth and Philip
and the South African tour
correspondence with May Elphinstone
correspondence with Lascelles
correspondence with Philip
and the engagement announcement
and the royal wedding
concern over king’s health
correspondence with Elizabeth
and birth of Charles
correspondence with Marion Crawford
and Marion Crawford’s memoir
correspondence with Lady Astor
correspondence with D’Arcy Osborne
correspondence with Margaret
stoicism
blames Edward for king’s unhappiness
informs Queen Mary of king’s death
and king’s death
dislike of ‘Queen Mother’ title
adjusts to altered status
radio broadcast after king’s death
leaves Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth II, Queen
death of
dedication to service
loving relationship with the king
concern over king’s health
Philip’s courtship of
South African tour
twenty-first birthday public address
VE Day
honorary degrees
post-war activities
meets Philip
sexual naivety
correspondence with Marion Crawford
correspondence with Queen Mary
gifts to
determination to marry Philip
engagement announcement
wedding preparations
wedding dress
wedding day
honeymoon
correspondence with Queen Mother
early married life
pregnancies
birth of Charles
correspondence with May Elphinstone
and Marion Crawford’s memoir
at Clarence House
modern marriage
Mothers’ Union address
naval wife
public reserve
in Malta
birth of Anne
love of horse racing
radio broadcasts
Trooping the Colour
Canadian tour
meets Truman
Kenyan trip
relations with Edward
informed of king’s death
Accession Council
and Churchill
coronation
political sympathies
representative of modernity and progress
Elphinstone, May
Empire Day
Everest ascent

Festival of Britain
Field, Leslie
‘The Firm’
Fisher, Geoffrey, Archbishop of Canterbury
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Fitzgerald, Marietta
Flower, Desmond
Ford, Sir Edward
Fort Belvedere, Surrey
Franks, Sir Oliver
Frayn, Michael

Gandhi, Mahatma
Garbett, Cyril, Archbishop of York
Gaulle, Charles de
general elections
1945
1950
1951
George II of Greece
death of
George III
George IV
George, Prince, Duke of Kent
George V
memoir
Harold Nicolson’s biography of
George VI, King (‘Bertie’)
belief in duty
declining health
reluctant king
loving relationship with Lilibet
South African tour
irascibility
VE Day
Churchill as friend and adviser
on Churchill’s electoral defeat
speeches
in wartime
and Clement Attlee
fear of socialism
and Truman
warm relationship with Roosevelt
on use of the atomic bomb
VJ Day
exhorts his subjects to work for peace and community
and Edward’s visits to Britain
correspondence with Queen Mary
correspondence with Edward
and Edward’s desire for an ambassadorial role
coronation of
approval of Philip
and Philip
reluctance to allow Elizabeth’s engagement
constitutional role
political marginalization
correspondence with Lascelles
on the foundation of the United Nations
political acumen
naval service
and Elizabeth’s engagement
public opinion of
concern over Britain’s economic and social problems
discomfort with public speaking
assassination attempt
and the Marburg files
coins ‘The Firm’ nickname
and Elizabeth’s wedding
correspondence with Elizabeth
operations
stammer
heavy smoker
love of Balmoral
arteriosclerosis diagnosis
cancels Australia and New Zealand tour
on custom of witnessing royal births
Christmas radio broadcasts
on the monarchy
and the abdication crisis
and Elizabeth’s life in Malta
and the matter of Wallis’s HRH status
anger with Edward
and Edward’s memoir
contempt for Wallis
and the Korean War
anxiety and depression
opens the Festival of Britain
lung cancer
coronary thrombosis
death of
public mourning for
funeral of
and Edward’s financial allowance
offers Order of the Garter to Churchill
Gibbs, Jean
Gibson, John
Gielgud, John
Gillard, Frank
Glenconner, Lady Anne
Gold State Coach
Gordon, John
Gordonstoun
Gore, John
Graham, Lady Helen
Greco-Turkish War
Grimes, Frank
Grove, Ted

Hahn, Kurt
Halifax, Lord
Hardinge, Sir Alec
Harewood, Lord
Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’
Harris, Wilson
Hartnell, Norman
Harvey, Oliver
Hennessy, Peter
Henry VIII
Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester
Hibbert, Christopher
Hicks, Pamela
Higham, Charles
Hillary, Edmund
Hiroshima
Hitler, Adolf
meeting with Edward and Wallis
Holman, Edward
Holmes, Lesley
Hore-Ruthven, Bridget
House of Mountbatten
Howe, R.M.

India, partition of
Intelligence Digest
James, Henry
Japan
refusal to surrender
and the atomic bomb
John, Prince
Johnson, G.W.
Jowitt, William
Joynson-Hicks, William

Kaye, Danny
Kelantan, Sultan of
Kennard, Gina
Kennedy, Kathleen
‘King’s Party’
Kinross, Lord
Korean War

La Croë, Cap D’Antibes
Labour government
Labour Party
electoral success
and the Festival of Britain
Ladies’ Home Journal
Lang, Cosmo, Archbishop of Canterbury
Lascelles, Joan
Lascelles, Sir Alan ‘Tommy’
private secretary to George
and the South Africa tour
and Elizabeth’s twenty-first birthday broadcast
and Churchill’s resignation
on Japan’s rejection of ultimatum
on the atomic bomb
on the king’s meeting with Truman
speechwriting
on VJ Day
on the king’s VJ broadcast
on Edward’s visits to Britain
on Attlee
and Edward’s desire for an ambassadorial role
on Edward’s self-aggrandising behaviour
view on honorary degrees for Elizabeth
on Philip’s character
on romance between Elizabeth and Philip
on Philip’s British citizenship
assistant private secretary to the then Prince of Wales
on Edward’s behaviour and character
denies royal engagement rumour
on Peter Townsend
on the Marburg files
on witnessing of royal births
and Edward’s memoir
and publication of The Little Princesses
on the king’s declining health
on HRH status for Wallis
and the matter of Wallis’s royal status
‘Lascelles principles’
vetoes Elizabeth’s Empire Day broadcast
contempt for Edward
on Edward’s projected attendance at publishers’ dinner
private secretary to Elizabeth II
opposed to Edward’s presence at the coronation of Elizabeth II
on Churchill’s retirement
on Churchill and the Order of the Garter
Laski, Harold
Leahy, Admiral William
Learmouth, Professor James
Leigh, Vivien
Lend-Lease agreement
Leslie, Shane
Life magazine
Longford, Lord
Longwell, Dan
Lowe, George
Luce, Henry
Lytton, Pamela

McCausland, D.M.
MacColl, R. N.
MacDonald, James
MacDonald, Ramsay
Mackenzie, Compton
McMahon, George
Malan, D.F.
Malta
Marburg Files
Margaret, Princess
and the South African tour
VE Day
headstrong character
meets Peter Townsend
on king’s failing health
Margesson, David
Marina, Princess, Duchess of Kent
Marriott, John
Marshall, George
Martin, Joan
Martin, John
Mary, Queen
and Elizabeth’s twenty-first birthday broadcast
refusal to receive Wallis
warmth towards Edward
Christmas at Sandringham
and Philip
correspondence with Bertie
on Elizabeth’s engagement
eightieth birthday celebrations
deplores Edward’s memoir
uncertainty about Elizabeth’s engagement and marriage
on Gandhi’s wedding gift
correspondence with Edward
and the king’s failing health
blames Edward for king’s unhappiness
and king’s death
acts as peacemaker
correspondence with the Queen Mother
failing health
death of
funeral of
alarmed at idea of House of Mountbatten or Edinburgh
Mary, Princess Royal
Matrimonial Causes Act 1923
Maxwell, Sir Alexander
Maxwell, Ella
Melbourne, Lord
Merryman, Bessie (Wallis’s aunt)
Monckton, Sir Walter
and Edward’s desire for an ambassadorial role
as Edward’s adviser
on Edward’s wedding
guest at La Croë
attorney general to Duchy of Cornwall
on Edward’s memoirs
own memoir
and the abdication crisis
divorce
and Edward’s BPRA speech
Minister for Labour and National Service
Moran, Lord
Morrah, Dermot
Morris, James (later Jan)
Morrison, Herbert
prime ministerial ambition
on the king’s political acumen
and the Festival of Britain
Morshead, Owen
Mother’s Union
Moulin de la Tuilerie, Gif-sur-Yvette
Mountbatten, Lady Edwina
Mountbatten, George, Marquess of Milford Haven
Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten
viceroy of India
political sympathies
and the evacuation of Prince Andrew of Greece and family
influence on Philip
promotes match between Elizabeth and Philip
bisexuality
and Philip’s British citizenship
on Philip’s income
wedding gift from
in Malta
Edward dismissive of
and the House of Mountbatten
Mountbatten, Patricia
Murphy, Charles J.V.
on Edward
ghostwriter for A King’s Story
on Wallis
on Jimmy Donahue
Murphy, Sir William
Murrah, Dermot

Nagasaki
Nash, John
Nemon, Oscar
New York Daily News
New York Times
Newsweek magazine
Nicolson, Harold
on the atomic bomb
on the prospect of a union between Elizabeth and Philip
on Edward’s altered status
on Wallis
on the royal wedding
biography of George V
and Edward’s memoir
on the king’s declining health
on Elizabeth II
Norfolk, Duke of
Nottingham Cottage, Kensington Palace
nuclear threat

Oakes, Sir Harry
Octavians, Society of
Olivier, Laurence
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Osborne, D’Arcy

Parker, Mike
Peter II of Yugoslavia
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh
courtship of Elizabeth
birth of and early years
at Gordonstoun
and death of sister Cecilie
Mountbatten’s influence and
naval career
wartime service
character and demeanour
meets Elizabeth
correspondence with Queen Elizabeth
familial associations with Nazis
British citizenship
hostility towards
on his engagement
refuses offer of HRH title
name change
correspondence with Mountbatten
potentially disruptive capability
wedding preparations
titles
wedding day
honeymoon
‘boss in his own home’
married life in Buckingham Palace
relations with palace staff
and birth of Charles
Clarence House renovations
modern marriage
liberal and progressive outlook
on his son, Charles
polo player
dislike of being a public figure
Canadian tour
Kenyan trip
and the king’s funeral
and the king’s death
reluctance to move to Buckingham Palace
on choice of family name
jaundice
public opinion of
role in coronation
Phillips, Major Gray
Pimlott, Ben
Poklewski, Alic
Portal, Lord
post-war austerity Britain
Potsdam Conference
Price Thomas, Clement

Queen Mary (ship)

Ramsey, Michael, Bishop of Durham
Raphael, Frederic
Rattigan, Terence
Reith, Sir John
Rhodes James, Robert
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
execution of
friendship with the Windsors
Roberts, Cecil
Robertson, Norman
Rogers, Katherine
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
death of
royal births, traditional witnessing of
Rumbold, Anthony
Russell, Conrad

Sackville-West, Vita
Salote, Queen of Tonga
Sandringham
Seago, Edward
Seagrim, Anne
second Elizabethan age
Second World War
VE Day
Government of National Unity
atomic bomb
VJ Day
Dresden bombing
build-up to
Imperial War Cabinet
Simpson, Wallis see Windsor, Wallis, Duchess of
Sitholi, Kayser
Sitwell, Sir Osbert
Smith, Kenneth H.
Smuts, Jan
supporter of British interests
and the royal tour
death of
ousted from power
socialism
South Africa
royal tour
Nationalist Party
White Train
apartheid
becomes a republic
Soviet Union
nuclear capability
Churchill’s ‘iron curtain’ speech
Spender, Stephen
Stalin, Joseph
Stewart, Duncan
Stimson, Henry
Stuart, Sir Morton
Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of
Sutherland, Duchess of

Talbot, Commander Gerald
Tenzing Norgay
The Little Princesses (memoir)
Thomas, Godfrey
Thorneycroft, Lord
Townsend, Peter
meets Princess Margaret
royal equerry
war service and decorations
South African tour
Trooping the Colour
Truman, Harry S.
and George VI
and the atomic bomb
and the Duke of Windsor
ends Lend-Lease agreement
and Churchill
electoral success
meets Princess Elizabeth
Tyrwhitt, Dame Mary

United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNNRA)
Security Council
United States
atomic bomb
the Windsors in
Lend-Lease agreement
‘The American Century’

VE Day
Vernay, Arthur
Vickers, Hugo
Victoria, Queen
Villa Guardamangia, Malta
VJ Day

Waldorf Towers, New York
Wenner-Gren, Axel
Westminster Abbey
Wheeler-Bennett, John
William, Prince of Wales
Wilson, Angus
Wilson, Woodrow
Windsor, Edward, Duke of (formerly Edward VIII)
governor general of the Bahamas
Nazi associations
seeks ambassadorial role
on the conduct of the war
critical of Roosevelt
critical of Truman
on Hitler
in the United States
antipathy to socialism
critical of de Gaulle
not wanted in France
political sympathies
correspondence with the king
popularity with the British public
visits to Britain
disliked by the Queen Mother
reconciliation with Queen Mary
correspondence with Churchill
finances
correspondence with Queen Mary
experiences boredom
pro-American
self-aggrandising and self-promotion
self-absorption
symbolic importance
meeting with Hitler
correspondence with Lascelles
and Balmoral
troublesome liability
correspondence with Walter Monckton abdication
and de Courcy’s suggestion of a regency
and de Courcy’s suggestion of a return to Britain
and theft of Wallis’s jewellery
fear of upsetting Wallis
declares he no longer wishes to live in Britain
assassination attempt
on the king’s South African tour
good singing voice
‘king-in-exile’
revisits Bahamas
A King’s Story (memoir)
Life magazine articles
estrangement from family
Marburg files
wedding
not invited to Elizabeth’s wedding
love of the bagpipes
correspondence with de Courcy
illness
on world politics
frequents nightclubs
insularity
and the king’s declining health
and Marion Crawford’s memoir
seeks HRH status for Wallis
and Jimmy Donohue
income from A King’s Story
critical reception of A King’s Story
dislike of Baldwin
hints at a sequel to A King’s Story
BPRA undelivered speech
Verdun broadcast
humour
attends king’s funeral
on Elizabeth II
step towards reconciling with Bertie
correspondence with Wallis
on the king’s death
nicknames for the royal family
apparent reconciliation with family
annual pension, loss of
bitterness and anger towards his family
on Mountbatten
not invited to coronation of Elizabeth II
on the Archbishops of Canterbury
and death of Queen Mary
contempt for Queen Mary
The Crown and the People (memoir)
French property purchase
eating disorder
Windsor, Wallis, Duchess of
royal family’s refusal to receive or accept
correspondence with her aunt (Bessie Merryman)
life in Paris
at Balmoral
on post-war life
visits Britain
and theft of her jewellery
suspected of insurance fraud
correspondence with George Allen
not invited to Elizabeth’s wedding
and Edward’s memoir
and the abdication crisis
financial worries
denied HRH status
and Jimmy Donahue
biography of
correspondence with Edward
sees king’s death as opportunity for preferment
nicknames for the royal family
Wood, Robert

Yost, Eugene
Young, Robert

Ziegler, Philip