1 Bew, p.478
2 Churchill press statement, 16 February 1950
3 Winston Churchill to Alan Lascelles, 27 February 1950, in Gilbert, Never Despair, p.512
4 Raphael, pp.58–9
5 Queen Elizabeth to Prince Philip, 3 March 1950, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.424
6 Gilbert, Never Despair, p.516
7 Alan Lascelles to The Times, 29 April 1950
8 Manchester Guardian, 25 August 1950
9 Clement Attlee to George VI, 18 August 1950, Royal Archives, RA/PSO/ GVI/C/350/11
10 George VI to Clement Attlee, 21 August 1950, Royal Archives, RA/ PSO/GVI/C/350/13
11 Channon diary, 6 March 1950
12 Ibid., 16 June 1950
13 Eade, p.235
14 Dean, p.117
15 Alan Lascelles to Frederick Browning, 31 March 1950, in Pimlott, The Queen, p.166
16 Ibid., p.162
17 Eade, p.240
18 Queen Elizabeth to Prince Philip, 21 July 1950, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.426
19 Boothroyd, p.144
20 Kenneth de Courcy to Duke of Windsor, 10 June 1950, Kenneth Hugh de Courcy papers, reel 2, box 2, folder 9, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
21 Duchess of Windsor to Kenneth de Courcy, 4 July 1950, ibid.
22 Ziegler, King Edward VIII, p.520
23 Bryan and Murphy, p.469
24 Ibid., p.470
25 Ziegler, King Edward VIII, p.520
26 Charles Murphy to Walter Monckton, 6 April 1950, Dep. Monckton Trustees 20
27 Bryan and Murphy, p.470
28 Ibid., p.471
29 Ibid., p.475
30 Walter Monckton to Alan Lascelles, 5 May 1950, Dep. Monckton Trustees 20
31 Winston Churchill to Brendan Bracken, 1 August 1950, ibid.
32 Alan Lascelles to Walter Monckton, 10 May 1950, ibid.
33 Alan Lascelles to D. Rickett, 18 May 1950, Royal Archives, RA/PSO/ GVI/C/042/350