1 Boothroyd, p.89
2 Brandreth, p.167
3 Ibid., p.168
4 Ibid., p.182
5 Kate Williams, p.203
6 Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.624
7 Barrow, p.100
8 Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 12 June 1946, Royal Archives, RA QEQM/PRIV/RF, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.624
9 Crawford, p.101
10 Prince Philip to Queen Elizabeth, 14 September 1946, Royal Archives, QEQM/PRIV/RF, in Shawcross, Queen Elizabeth, p.625
11 George VI diary, 8 August 1946
12 Turner, p.23
13 Ibid.
14 Crawford, p.102
15 George VI diary, 14 October 1946
16 Pimlott, The Queen, p.99
17 Ziegler, Mountbatten, p.341
18 Lord Mountbatten to Tom Driberg, 14 August 1946, in Wheen, p.212
19 Ibid.
20 News Chronicle, 10 December 1946
21 Rhodes James, p.297