1 Donoghue and Jones, p.492
2 Gilbert, Never Explain, p.608
3 Winston Churchill to Lord Cherwell, 8 January 1951, in Ibid, p.584
4 Channon diary, 28 November 1950
5 Michael Frayn, ‘Festival’, from Sissons and French
6 Channon diary, 30 May 1951
7 Ibid., 4 June 1951
8 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 15 October 1950, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.430
9 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 12 December 1950, ibid., p.432
10 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 7 April 1951, ibid., p.437
11 King George VI to Queen Mary, 26 May 1951, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.645
12 King George VI to Queen Mary, 31 May 1951, in Bradford, George VI, pp.598–9
13 Eade, p.241
14 King George VI to Queen Mary, 11 September 1951, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.647
15 Bradford, George VI, p.600
16 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 17 September 1951, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.438
17 Bradford, George VI, p.601
18 Winston Churchill to Alan Lascelles, 20 September 1951, Royal Archives, RA/PS/PSO/GVI/C/343/002
19 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 23 September 1951, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.439
20 Queen Elizabeth to Alan Lascelles, 23 September 1951, ibid.
21 Duke of Windsor to George VI, 13 September 1951, Royal Archives, GVI/PRIV/01/02/37
22 Queen Elizabeth to Alan Lascelles, 23 September 1951, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.439
23 Harold Nicolson diary, 24 September 1951
24 Alan Lascelles to Winston Churchill, 27 September 1951, Royal Archives, RA/PSO/GVI/C/042/362
25 Pimlott, The Queen, p.171
26 Washington Evening Star, 2 November 1951
27 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 15 October 1951, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.440
28 George VI Christmas day broadcast, 25 December 1951
29 Bradford, George VI, p.605
30 Ibid., p.607
31 Queen Elizabeth to Princess Elizabeth, 2 February 1952, in Shawcross, Counting One’s Blessings, p.443
32 Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary, 6 February 1952, ibid., p.444
33 Colville, p.640
34 Channon diary, 6 February 1952