1 Wheeler-Bennett, p.762
2 Queen Mary to Duke of Windsor, 12 February 1948, Royal Archives, RA/EDW/PRIV/MAIN/A/7042
3 Bradford, George VI, p.594
4 Townsend, p.182
5 Channon diary, 20 October 1948
6 Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.637
7 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 14 November 1948, Royal Archives, RA/QM/PRIV/CC13/211, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.409
8 Bradford, George VI, p.595
9 Channon diary, 30 November 1948
10 Princess Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth, 22 November 1947, Royal Archives, RA/QEQM/PRIV/RF, in Eade, p.209
11 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 24 November 1947, Royal Archives, RA/QEQM/PRIV/RF, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.631
12 Pimlott, The Queen, p.144
13 Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 3 December 1947, Royal Archives, RA/QEQM/RF, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.631
14 Eade, p.211
15 Brandreth, p.209
16 Crawford, p.124
17 Ibid., p.125
18 Lascelles diary, 15 January 1969
19 James Chuter Ede to Alan Lascelles, 22 June 1948, Royal Archives, RA/ GVI/PS/9091, in Pimlott, The Queen, p.153
20 Lascelles diary, 15 January 1969
21 Beaton, p.17
22 Crawford, p.127
23 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 20 November 1948, Royal Archives, RA/QM/PRIV/CC13/212, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.638
24 Princess Elizabeth to May Elphinstone, 18 November 1948, Royal Archives, RA/QEQM/OUT/ELPHINSTONE, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.637
25 Crawford, p.128
26 Winston Churchill to George VI, 22 November 1948, Royal Archives, PS/PSO/GVI/C/069/68
27 Duke of Windsor to George VI, 6 December 1948, Royal Archives, GVI/PRIV/01/02/35
28 Hugh Dalton diary, 14 November 1948, in Pimlott, ed.
29 Channon diary, 30 November 1948
30 Ziegler, Crown and People, p.84