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Abercrombie & Kent (travel agent), 3

Aberdeen University, 104

Abramovich, Roman, 311

acupuncture, 76, 79, 80, 244, 246, 248

Adams, Gerry, 327, 328

Adeane, Edward, 13, 85

Advertising Standards Authority, 300

Ahrends, Peter, 87–9

Airlie, David Ogilvy, Earl of, 2–3, 26, 56, 64, 129, 162, 222

Airy, Major General Christopher, 13, 14

Aitken, Jonathan, 187

Alderton, Clive, 272

Alefza, Knanysher, 281

Alexandra, Princess, 71

Allan, Alex, 61

Allbritton, Joe, 132, 174, 264, 308–10

Althorp estate, 41, 204

American Young Presidents’ Organization, 259

Amory, Colin, 34

Andrew, Prince, 17, 57, 210, 338; behaviour of, 135, 139, 175–6, 181, 219, 285–6, 317; as British trade ambassador, 135, 175, 285, 317; WikiLeaks leak about, 317

Angelopoulos, Theodore, 4, 337

Anglican Church, 8–9, 11–12, 42, 240–1, 255, 258, 326, 338

Anne, Princess, 10, 17, 57, 63, 130, 258, 318

Annenberg, Leonore, 282–3

Anson, Charles, 8, 27, 39

Ant and Dec, 324

Anyaoku, Emeka, 141

Archer, Jeffrey, 187

architecture and urban planning: and American fundraising, 34, 35; Rogers’ conflict with Charles, 83–5, 87–92, 288–95; Victorian buildings, 84, 85, 288; modernists, 84–92, 94, 270, 287–9, 292; traditionalists, 84–9, 93, 94, 96, 131, 288, 289; Poundbury principles, 85–6, 94, 95, 97–8, 287, 288; Cambridge history faculty, 86; Hampton Court speech, 86–8; National Gallery extension, 87–9; One Poultry, 87–9, 287; Paternoster Square, 90–1; Mansion House speech, 90–2; Urban Villages Group, 94; One Hyde Park, 288; Old Chelsea Barracks development, 288–95; houses on duchy land, 293, 319; see also Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment

Argentina, 102–3

art, music and literature, 24, 30, 31, 62, 83, 216, 268, 307; art colleges, 131–2; Traditional Arts, 312

Arts & Business, 312

Arup Associates, 90–1

al-Assad, President Bashar, 325

Astor, Brooke, 2, 4

Australia, 62, 67, 102, 141, 239, 283, 324

Aylard, Richard, 13, 15, 19, 20, 24, 56, 267; and Dimbleby project, 7, 10, 11, 14; as scapegoat, 7, 14, 18, 26; and Charles–Diana separation, 8–9; ‘no intention of remarrying’ announcement, 16, 17; on Diana, 18–19; Bolland on, 26; dismissal of, 26–7, 146; and Smith allegations, 146, 147

Bach Barcapel (charity), 79

Bagehot, Walter, 7

Bagshot Park, 136

Bain management consultants, 212

Ball, Peter, 13–14

Balmoral, 10, 47, 122, 219, 323–4; Diana at, 15, 67; prime minister’s annual visit, 25, 31; and Diana’s death, 38–40; shooting rights at, 318

Banks, Tony, 179

Bannerman, Julian and Isabel, 51

Barry, Stephen, 24

Barrymore, Michael, 206

Bass, Perry and Nancy, 174

Bassey, Shirley, 166

Baum, Michael, 244

BBC, 52, 63, 83, 92, 103, 211, 316, 318; Panorama interview (1995), 14–16, 23–4, 146, 334; You Decide, 27, 37; Reith Lectures, 104; and death of queen mother, 133, 170; Charles’s dislike of Witchell, 257; The Passionate Prince, 284

Beatrice, Princess, 57, 318

Beaufort, Miranda, 235

Bell, Tim, 52, 132, 214

Berlusconi, Silvio, 302

Berry, Wendy, 14

Bessent, Scott, 3

Betts, Stephen, 113–14

Biddlecombe, Julia, 263

biofuels, 302

Birkhall (house on Balmoral estate), 35, 122, 171, 175, 231, 254, 261, 306, 313, 327

Black, Conrad, 168

Black, Guy, 6

Blackburne, Mr Justice, 266, 267, 269

Blair, Cherie, 31, 136, 137, 211

Blair, Tony: tensions with Charles, xi, 57–9, 83, 99–107, 177–9, 265, 266, 270–2; 1997 election victory (1997), 30; views on royal family, 31–2, 102, 138, 271; and death of Diana, 39, 40; ‘change and modernise’ announcement, 41–2; and Charles’s reinvention campaign, 42; at Charles’s fiftieth birthday party, 66; and Charles–Camilla marriage, 71, 255–6, 308; and Charles’s charities, 76, 100, 215; on ‘forces of conservatism’, 100–1; Sophie Wessex on, 136, 137; and the Commonwealth, 142, 240; and royal tax affairs, 163; and Golden Jubilee (2002), 174; and fox-hunting ban, 177–9; and Burrell trial, 199; lunch with Charles at Clarence House, 211; and complementary medicine, 244; dislike of autocratic monarchs, 273; Good Friday Agreement, 327

Bloomingdale, Betsy, 129, 166, 174

Blunkett, David, 328

Bolland, Mark, xii; and Camilla’s trip to New York (1999), 1–3, 70; media contacts, 2, 6, 19, 21, 24, 60–1, 66–7, 69–70, 99, 156–7, 181; relationship with Charles, 2, 19–20, 157, 209; and Camilla’s image, 2–3, 20–1, 24–5, 27, 60–70, 124–5, 128–31, 136, 158, 164–7; and Lamport, 4–5, 29, 64, 158, 162; background and private life, 6, 27, 157; Charles tempted to appoint, 6, 14, 19; friendship with Camilla, 19, 20, 60, 64–5; appointed by Charles, 19–20; and Aylard’s dismissal, 26–7; Buckingham Palace’s distrust of, 27, 49, 50, 63, 64, 70, 128–30, 134, 137–8, 164, 181–2; and Diana, 27, 147; and Shackleton, 27, 157, 158, 201, 204; advice to Charles, 34, 44; and Junor’s book, 37, 61, 63; and death of Diana, 38, 42; and departure of Fellowes, 46; and Fawcett crisis, 53–5; on Charles’s political meddling, 59, 80, 267, 269; aim to demythologise Diana, 61–4; and Ritz hotel photograph (1999), 68–9; and Charles’s Institute of Architecture, 94, 96, 130–1; on Mandelson, 106; and Burrell case, 114, 120, 142–3, 150–8, 201, 204, 225, 226, 230, 231, 233–4; on Camilla, 122, 259, 263; dispute with van Cutsem, 133–4; and Sophie Wessex press stings, 137–8; and Smith allegations, 143–6, 232; on Charles’s character, 154; and Peat, 164, 165, 169, 181–2, 186, 209–10, 228, 232–4, 256; leaves St James’s Palace, 182; ends part-time consultancy, 210, 228, 230; ‘Blackadder’ column, 210–11, 230, 231; and Elaine Day complaint, 241, 242; on Camilla–Charles relationship, 258–9; and Higdon, 264, 311

Booker, Christopher, 86

Borg, Bjorn, 285

Boswell, James, 90

Bowyer, Timothy, 155

Boyce, William, 160–1, 187, 189–94, 196–200, 208–9

Brandreth, Gyles, 262

Branson, Richard, 72, 317

Bristol Centre, 78

British Library, London, 91

British Medical Association (BMA), 76–7, 301

Brooks, David, 215

Brown, Gordon, 163, 222, 271

Brown, Harold, 108–9, 111, 118, 120, 149, 154, 186, 208–9, 224–5

Brown, John, 34

Brown, Peter, 3, 4

Brown, Tina, The Diana Chronicles, 276

Browne-Wilkinson, Hilary, 6–7, 18, 19, 94, 96, 131

Browne-Wilkinson, Nico, 6, 18

Brownlow, David, 252

Brunei, 304, 315

Bryan, Johnny, 135

Bryant, Jonathan, 313

Buchanan, Elizabeth, 52, 106, 132, 214, 216, 218

Buckingham Palace (building): Burrell’s employment at, 20, 109, 234; royal family on balcony of, 57, 171, 316–17; Charles’s fiftieth birthday party at, 65, 66; fundraising dinners at, 124, 129–30, 166, 174–5, 212, 213, 217, 306; Jubilee concerts at, 173; in need of renovation, 261; banquets for Chinese presidents, 265, 267, 327; Charles’s sixtieth birthday party at, 284; tennis court, 285; sixtieth anniversary concert at, 316; Charles’s sixty-fifth birthday party at, 318; and Charles’s living arrangements as king, 338

Buckingham Palace (royal court/household): opposes Camilla, 1, 7, 26–8, 36–7, 69; ineptitude of queen’s advisers, 8, 128; and War of the Waleses, 8, 13, 27, 28, 181; and Dimbleby project, 10; Way Ahead Group, 25–6, 56–7, 61, 102, 129, 135; distrust of Bolland, 27, 49, 50, 63, 64, 70, 128–30, 134, 137–8, 164, 181–2; and death of Diana, 38–40; Janvrin replaces Fellowes, 46–7; and Charles’s court, 46–50, 57, 63–5, 128–31, 162–3, 168–9, 240–1, 277, 286, 311–12, 331; Camoys as lord chamberlain, 48, 50, 128; layers of hierarchy, 48, 49; and Blairite tactics, 49–50, 57; and Sophie Wessex press stings, 136–8; homosexuality among servants, 145; Peat’s role at, 162–3; plans for queen’s funeral (‘London Bridge’), 240; coup to remove Geidt, 334–6; see also Elizabeth II, Queen; Philip, Prince

Burnham, Andy, 300

Burns, Terry, 177–8

Burrell, Graham, 113, 148, 200

Burrell, Paul: prosecution for theft, xi, 120, 151, 154–61, 183–200, 208, 224–6; as Diana’s confidential accomplice, 20, 109–10, 145–6, 158–60; employed at Buckingham Palace, 20, 109, 234; and Spencer family, 41, 110–11, 116–19, 143, 157, 159, 187–8, 190, 204, 230, 231; as celebrity, 109, 117, 148, 191–2; and mahogany box, 110–12, 143–5, 148, 160, 190–1, 230; knowledge of royal secrets, 111, 115, 120, 143, 145–6, 148–51, 158–61, 185, 187–8, 190–1, 202–4; and Smith allegations, 111, 143, 145, 148–50, 160–1, 187, 191; ‘Burrell photograph’, 112, 155, 161, 191, 201; arrest and questioning of, 112–16, 190, 207–8; contacts in America, 113–14, 117–18, 149, 160, 184; letter to Charles, 114–15, 118–19, 189–90; use and misuse of information, 116–17, 146; St James’s Palace briefing on, 116–19; meeting with queen, 119, 150, 183–4, 192–202, 225–6; letter to Prince William, 142–3, 189–90; sexuality, 145, 150, 206; Entertaining with Style, 148; meeting with Bolland, 151, 157, 233–4; ‘victims’ consultation meeting’, 151–6, 161, 188, 191–2, 227; cancelled meeting with Charles, 151–3, 156, 157; thirty-nine-page statement, 158–9, 161; charged with theft, 159, 208; and car-crash plot predictions, 160, 229, 276; St James’s Palace meeting about (11 September 2002), 186–7, 202, 225, 226; trial of, 189–200, 225–6; cashes in after trial, 200, 203–4, 206, 230–1; collapse of trial, 200–2, 224; Peat report on trial, 223–8; Taylor report on case, 227; A Royal Duty, 229–31; admits lying at crash inquest, 234; threatens further revelations, 234

Bush, George W., 262, 264–5

Bush, Laura, 264

Business in the Community, 73, 282, 312

Bute, Marquess of, 280

Butler, Robin, 8, 9

Caernarvon, 12, 16

Calvert-Smith, David, 144, 147, 186, 198, 199

Cameron, David, 295, 319, 326–7

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Rothesay: queen opposes marriage to Charles, xi–xii, 2, 16, 27, 28, 46, 59–60, 63–4, 68–71, 257; and Bolland, 1–3, 6–7, 19, 20, 60, 63–5, 69–70, 128–9, 164–7; visit to New York (1999), 1–5, 70, 330; popular dislike of, 2, 15, 27–8, 37, 235, 256, 285; dislike of flying, 3, 282, 304–5; travel requirements, 3, 282, 304–5; and Higdon, 3–5, 129, 167, 262, 264, 283, 310–11, 313; laziness, 3–4, 22, 122, 235, 259, 282; and van Cutsems, 4, 65, 133–4, 236–7; luxurious lifestyle, 5, 122–3, 125–6, 132–3, 237, 261, 275, 282, 284–5, 305, 337; Camillagate tape, 9–10, 25, 54, 60, 146, 181, 262; Diana’s Panorama allegations, 15, 23–4; confronted by Diana (1989), 15–16; views on Diana, 15–16, 18, 121, 185; constitutional status of, 16, 256–8, 331; divorce (1994), 17, 18; relationship with Parker Bowles, 21–4, 62–3; affair with Charles (from late 70s), 22–4, 63, 254; friendship with Diana, 23; and Mandelson, 36; fiftieth birthday party, 36–7, 276; impact of Diana’s death, 42, 45–6, 60; financial position, 54; at Charles’s fiftieth birthday parties, 65–6; Ritz photograph with Charles (1999), 68–9; increased public popularity, 70–1, 121, 171; and Burrell’s knowledge of secrets, 120, 160; public opposes becoming queen, 121, 256, 262, 274, 285, 331, 335; domestic life with Charles, 121–2; at Charles’s table in Buckingham Palace, 129–30; at Constantine’s birthday party, 130; and Charles’s charities, 131, 174, 312–13; car accident, 164–5; and Peat, 165, 169, 217, 228, 237, 254–6, 275; Samaritans dinner at Buckingham Palace, 166; and queen mother’s funeral, 170–1; increased acceptance after queen mother’s death, 171, 173; meets the queen, 171; and Golden Jubilee (2002), 173; and Bolland’s departure, 182, 210; and Shackleton, 185; personal upkeep as tax-deductible, 222; and Burrell’s book, 229–31, 235–7, 256; whispering campaign against, 235, 237; George Carey on, 236; Charles’s proposal to, 254–5; shambolic lead-up to wedding, 254–7; ‘unwilling bride’ disinformation, 257, 258; marries Charles, 258–60; married life with Charles, 261–2, 275, 284, 335; and state visit to USA, 262–5; and the Commonwealth, 272, 283, 324, 325; gifts from Saudi royals, 274, 283; in USA with Charles, 282–3; and Kate Middleton, 308; increasing prominence, 318; seventieth birthday party at Highgrove, 330; 2017 media campaign, 331

Camoys, Lord, 48, 50, 56, 122, 128

Campbell, Alastair, 32–3, 49, 58, 66, 83, 99, 101, 102, 105, 106

Canada, 141, 239, 281, 307–8, 324

Canary Wharf, London, 92

cancer care: orthodox medicine, 77, 104, 244, 245; complementary treatments, 78, 244, 245, 250

Candy brothers, 288, 290–4

Caplin, Carole, 211

Carey, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, 14, 16, 129, 236

Carlile, Alex, Lord, 115, 150, 183, 187–92, 225

Carnarvon, Earl of, 59, 71

Carroll, Lewis, Alice in Wonderland, 127

Castell, William, 214–16

Castle of Mey, Thurso, 175, 261

Ceauşescu, Nicolae, 296–7

charities, Charles’s: for disadvantaged youth, 66, 73–6, 89–90, 93, 214–16, 319; financial problems, 72, 93–5, 214–19, 243, 252–3, 281–2, 308–10, 312–13; as platform, 72, 76; proliferation of, 73, 94, 216, 218, 219, 302, 312; management/governance of, 73–6, 93–8, 214–19, 243, 250–3, 279–82, 308–10, 312–13, 336–7; duplication, 74, 215, 216, 252, 302; running costs, 74, 259, 263, 312; impact of Charles’s reputation, 74, 93, 212; absence of dissenting views, 74–5, 95–6; sycophancy, 74–5, 95–6, 216, 218; infighting, 75–6, 93, 94, 96–7, 219, 309–10; and Blair, 76, 100, 215; taxpayer support for, 76, 100, 215, 244–5, 278; and complementary medicine, 79–80, 243–53, 299–300; Saudi donations, 92, 131, 274, 281, 314; Urban Villages Group, 94; need for rationalisation of, 218–19, 252, 279–80, 312, 313, 336–7; and Commonwealth, 272; Peat on Charles’s benevolence, 279; Dumfries House, 280–1, 313–15; Camilla’s demand for private dinners, 312–13; see also fundraising for charities; Prince’s Trust

Charity Commission, 74

CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES

causes and beliefs: xii, 49, 57–9, 72, 243–53, 267–71, 284, 324; and political impartiality, xi, xiv, 25, 59, 72, 90, 99–105, 177–81, 265–71, 289–95, 319–21, 326–9, 336; fox-hunting, xii, 36, 49, 54, 100, 101, 177–9; refusal to engage in debate, xiv, 83, 104, 106, 303, 320, 321; as divinely ordained, 9, 77, 92–3, 303; spiritualism and mysticism, 11, 42–3, 76–82, 86, 92–3, 95–6, 104, 243, 269, 272–3, 296–303, 319; religious views, 11–12, 47, 77, 92–3, 104, 240–1, 303; and modern world, 16–17, 31, 77, 83–6, 131, 243, 296, 302–3; mad cow disease, 25; views on politicians, 30–2, 57, 58, 102, 178, 326; dislike of Chinese leaders, 32, 100, 265–7, 327; political speeches, 76–8, 86–9, 103, 178, 180–1, 268–9, 272–3, 292–3, 301–2, 325–6; idolises pre-modern world, 77, 86, 243, 273, 299, 303, 332; rejection of science, 77, 78, 104, 106, 303; Harmony, 86, 296, 302; pro-Islamic sentiments, 95–6, 177, 238, 239, 272–4, 301–2, 305, 306, 325–6; foot-and-mouth disease, 104–6, 179; letters to ministers, 179–81, 267, 328–9; visits to Transylvania, 298–9, 337; on Syria’s civil war, 325; on radicalisation of Muslims, 325–6; and 2016 floods, 326–7; see also architecture and urban planning; charities, Charles’s; complementary medicine; education; environmental issues

character: refusal to accept blame, xii, 7, 11, 25, 43, 270, 335; self-doubt, xii, 11, 16, 90, 153–4; disloyalty, xiii–xiv, 4–5, 13, 14, 26–7, 51, 96–7, 162, 210, 310, 335, 337; victims of, xiii–xiv, 50–1, 93–4, 96–7, 210, 264, 310–11; dislike of criticism/dissenting views, xiv, 9, 11, 46, 52, 55, 74–5, 92; scapegoats, 7, 14, 18, 129, 162; self-pity, 7–8, 12–14, 16, 36, 38, 41, 43, 67–8, 243, 257; intolerance/bad temper, 9, 11, 13, 14, 29, 49, 52, 125, 335; sense of superiority, 11, 43, 57, 58, 76; grudges, 13, 14, 49, 335; selfishness, 14, 27, 62, 177, 210, 230, 319, 322; resentment of Diana, 18–19, 62; derogatory comments about Diana, 24, 42, 61; on himself, 44–5, 67–8; discourteousness, 52, 88, 126, 138, 314–15, 322

financial matters: 212–22, 277–81, 305, 336; extravagance, xi, 32–3, 35, 126–7, 172, 175, 214, 220, 278, 285, 286, 304; luxurious lifestyle, xi, 5, 26, 32–3, 35, 124–8, 219, 337; ‘rent-a-royal’ accusations, xi, 123, 168, 217; advisers expected to work without payment, 17–18, 51–2, 93, 247, 287; problems with charities, 72, 93–5, 214–19, 243, 250–3, 281–2, 308–10, 312–13; mismanagement, 93–5, 215–19, 243, 250–3, 280–2, 308–10, 312–13, 337; travel costs, 122, 127, 138, 177, 278, 282, 303–5, 309, 319, 337; household costs, 127, 175, 221, 228, 261, 278, 304; tax affairs, 163, 219–22, 278, 320; and Peat, 163–4, 214, 216–19, 220–2, 277–82, 304, 311–12; parliamentary investigation, 220–2, 320; see also Duchy of Cornwall; fundraising for charities

private life: adultery with Camilla, xi–xii, 7, 9–10, 12–15, 120; and queen’s hostility to Camilla, xi–xii, 2, 59–60, 63–4, 68–71, 129–31; War of the Waleses, 7–10, 12–16, 18–19, 26–8, 36–7, 40, 145–6, 181; separation from Diana, 8–9; Camillagate tape, 9–10, 25, 54, 60, 146, 181, 262; relations with parents, 10–11, 28, 47–8, 60, 63–4, 123, 135, 138–9, 204, 284, 318, 332; education, 11, 127; misjudged friendships, 13–14, 123, 132, 166, 213, 264, 285; suspicions about his siblings, 17, 57, 135; divorce from Diana (1996), 19, 24; early love for Camilla, 21–2, 63, 254; affair with Camilla (from late 70s), 22–4, 63, 254; engagement to Diana, 23; resumes relationship with Camilla (mid-80s), 24, 254; and Spencer family, 39–41, 60, 117, 133, 156, 231; Charles Spencer’s enmity towards, 40–1, 60, 117, 231; and gardening, 51–2; letters to ‘close relative’, 67–8; domestic life with Camilla, 121–2; Aegean cruise, 122–3; travelling lifestyle of, 125–6; Jephson book, 134–5; alleged homosexual act, 145, 146, 232–3; at Mount Athos, 171–2; moves into Clarence House, 175; Burrell’s post-trial revelations, 203–4; portrayal of in Burrell’s book, 229–31; and Settelen tapes, 236; relationship with sons, 237–8, 307, 323–4, 334–5, 338; proposes to Camilla, 254–5; shambolic lead-up to wedding, 254–7; marries Camilla, 258–60; married life with Camilla, 261–2, 275, 284, 335; TV dramas based on his infidelity, 262; thaw in relations with queen, 274–5, 284; sixty-fifth birthday party, 318

public life: campaign for Camilla’s acceptance, xi–xiii, 1–7, 17–21, 24–9; and the Commonwealth, xi, 141–2, 176–7, 238–40, 271–2, 283, 324–5, 332; relationship with Blair, xi, 30, 57–9, 83, 99–107, 177–9, 211, 265, 266, 270–2; low approval ratings, xi, xiv, 6, 10, 27–8, 37, 41, 173, 211, 234, 335; encounters with public, xii, 16, 43–4, 66, 70, 97, 125, 283, 321; public opposes Camilla marriage, xii, 7, 37, 46, 60, 70, 256; view of duty, xii, 8, 14, 24–5, 41, 42, 59; on role as king, xiii–xv, 30–1, 290, 319–22, 332–3, 336, 338; and media manipulation, xiii, xiv, 57, 66–71, 267; Dimbleby project, 7–8, 10–14, 21, 30–1, 146, 240; stops talking to media (1993), 10; Major’s irritation at, 25; and privileges of minor royals, 26, 47, 57, 135–6, 138–40, 171, 285–6, 317–18; at Hong Kong handover (1997), 31–5, 265–7; and Mandelson, 36, 42–5, 49, 59, 65, 66, 106; and Junor’s book, 37, 61–3, 67; and death of Diana, 38–41; seeks reinvention after Diana’s death, 41–6; suspension of Camilla campaign, 42; trip to South Africa, 44–5; rising approval ratings, 45–6, 121, 330–1; disdain for old guard at Palace, 48; and Golden Jubilee (2002), 57, 173–4; resumed Camilla campaign, 59–71, 122–5, 128–31, 136, 165–7; aim to demythologise Diana, 61–4, 67; trips to Australia with Diana, 62, 67; queen’s abdication issue, 63–4; fiftieth birthday parties, 63–7; Ritz photograph with Camilla (1999), 68–9; increased support for Camilla marriage, 70–1, 121, 171, 173; visits Argentina, 102–3; and Burrell case, 114–20, 142–4, 148, 151–61, 184–8, 191–2, 224–7; lord high commissioner of Church of Scotland, 124–5; and Smith allegations, 143–8, 160–1, 187, 191, 205–7, 223–4, 231–3; police briefing at Highgrove, 151–6, 161, 188, 191–2, 227; and death of queen mother, 170–1; and queen’s recollection, 193, 195–6, 201, 204, 225–6; blames police for Burrell fiasco, 201; ends Bolland’s consultancy, 209–10, 228, 230; and Peat inquiry/report, 223–8; courts Sun journalists, 234; disdain for symbolic customs, 241; continued public scepticism about, 256, 274, 283–4, 334–5; absence of public excitement about wedding, 257, 259; state visit to USA, 262–4; borrowing of planes from donors, 264, 309; and Mail on Sunday China case, 265–7, 269, 320, 328; visits Pakistan, 272; invites terror victims to Highgrove, 275; visit to Tottenham after riots, 275; fear of William and Kate’s appeal, 307–8, 323–4; increasing prominence of, 318, 331–2; campaign to improve image, 318–23; and reconciliation in Ireland, 328; and Geidt’s message (May 2017), 333–4; coup to remove Geidt, 335–6; drawings for portrait on coins, 338; see also court/household of Charles

Charles III (play), 332–3

Chartres, Richard, Bishop of London, 110, 258

Chatsworth House, 54, 125–6

Chelsea Flower Show, 173, 306

China, 32, 100, 101, 179, 265–7, 320, 327

Chipperfield, David, 88, 92

Church of Scotland, 124–5, 129

civil list, 26, 47, 135, 162, 163

civil marriages, laws on, 255, 256

Clarence House, 9, 175, 219, 228, 237, 259; see also court/household of Charles

Clarke, Charles, 268

Clegg, Nick, 319

Cleverdon, Julia, 74–5, 172, 218, 282

Clifford, Max, 136, 203

Clinton, Hillary, 302

Clooney, George, 72

Cobra (government’s crisis committee), 105

Cohen, Ronnie, 279

Cohen, Samantha, 336

Colonques, Manuel, 72–3, 156, 306–7

Commonwealth, xi, 141–2, 176–7, 238–40, 257–8, 271–2, 283, 324–5, 332, 335

complementary medicine, xii, 11, 73, 76–82, 243–6, 250–1, 328; and Charles’s charities, 79–80, 243–53, 299–300; Smallwood’s report on, 246, 247–9; ‘The College of Medicine’, 299–300; duchy’s ‘Detox Tincture’, 300

Conservative Party, 52, 90

Constantine, King (of Greece), 127, 130, 174

constitutional issues: political impartiality, xi, xiv, 25, 59, 72, 90, 99–105, 177–81, 265–71, 289–95, 319–21, 326–9, 336; status of Camilla, 7, 16, 26, 256–8, 331; Charles’s divorce, 9, 26, 42; Accession Oath, 12, 47, 240–1, 326, 338; Protestant settlement (1701), 12, 47; female succession, 26, 47; leadership of Commonwealth, 238–40, 271–2, 283, 324–5, 332

Cook, Robin, 36

Copenhagen conference (2009), 302

Corus Steel, 105–6

Costner, Kevin, 72

Country Life magazine, 319

Countryside Alliance, 178, 180

Countryside Fund, 312

court/household of Charles: feudal exercise of power in, xiii–xiv, 50–2, 55–6; absence of dissenting views, xiii–xiv, 8–9, 14, 20, 28–9, 48–9, 52, 55, 164; treatment of staff, xiii–xiv, 4–5, 13, 14, 26–7, 29, 50–6, 125, 210, 241–2, 310–13; sycophants, xiv, 20, 29, 46, 52, 66, 106, 164, 218, 335–6; rivalries and plots, 4–5, 14, 18, 20, 26, 34–6, 162, 164–5, 181–2, 209–10; scapegoats in, 7, 14, 129, 162; and War of the Waleses, 13, 14, 26, 145–6, 181; Higdon’s criticism of, 35; campaign against Fellowes, 46; and Buckingham Palace, 46–50, 57, 63–5, 128–31, 162–3, 168–9, 240–1, 277, 286, 311–12, 331; layers of hierarchy, 49–51; ‘vipers’ nest’, 49, 63, 234, 310; reversed dismissal of Fawcett, 53–6; staff mutiny at Highgrove, 53–6; height of courtiers, 71; sales of unwanted gifts/pilfering, 114, 118, 153, 207–9, 227; travelling staff, 125–6; gay staff, 145, 147; Peat replaces Lamport, 162; atmosphere of fear, 169; vulgarity and tawdriness, 212–13; overhaul of top team, 311; absence of wise counsellor, 335, 337; plans for Charles’s succession, 337–8; see also Fawcett, Michael; Smith, George, rape allegations

Crichton, Andy, 54

Crisp, Nigel, 243–4

Cumbria floods (2016), 327

Cunningham, John, 99

Cutsem, Emilie van, 4, 65, 133, 237

Cutsem, Hugh van, 4, 65, 79, 122, 133–4, 236–7, 258

Daily Mail, 21, 68, 157, 217, 219, 233, 234; Kay as Diana’s confidant, 15, 24, 110; supports Charles over GM crops, 99–100, 267; reports on Prince Andrew, 135; interviews with Charles, 167, 211; on Burrell trial, 200–1; and Higdon’s background, 264

Daily Mirror, 9–10, 67–9, 113, 117–18, 200, 203, 204, 229–30, 234

Daily Telegraph, 10, 21, 57, 99, 165, 181–2, 210, 233–4

Dalai Lama, 265, 267

Davis, Peter, 75

Davy, Chelsea, 238

Day, Elaine, 241–2

de Brunner, Det. Chief Insp. Maxine: and Howard Brown case, 108–9, 112, 118, 120, 149; and Ward’s report on Burrell, 109, 110; and McCorquodale, 110–11, 187, 201–2, 226; at Burrell’s home (18 January 2001), 112–13, 191, 207–8; and Shaw, 115, 159; briefing at St James’s Palace, 116–18; and Shackleton, 142, 148, 204; trip to America, 149; phone call from Wharfe, 150; at Highgrove briefing, 152–3, 156, 191, 227; meeting with Peat, 186; and Burrell’s trial, 189, 191–3, 196–202; and queen’s recollection, 193, 196–9, 202–4; threat from terrorist, 200, 202; media attacks on, 200–2; phone call from Stuart Osborne, 202–3; Yard supports, 208; cleared by Taylor report, 227

de Gaulle, Charles, 31

Devonshire, Debo, Duchess of, 54–5, 125–6, 258

Diana, Princess of Wales: trip to America with Charles (1985), 2, 262; and Morton book, 7–8, 15, 146, 232; War of the Waleses, 7–10, 12–16, 18–19, 26–8, 36–7, 40, 145–6, 181; ancestry, 8; health issues, 8, 61, 62; separation from Charles, 8–9; affairs, 10, 14–15, 61, 148, 158–9, 185, 203–4, 236; Panorama interview (1995), 14–16, 23–4, 146, 334; denunciations of Camilla, 15, 19, 23–4; portrayed as manipulative, 15, 61–2, 276; confronts Camilla (1989), 15–16; divorce from Charles (1996), 19, 24; Burrell as confidential accomplice, 20, 109–10, 145–6, 158–60; engagement to Charles, 23; friendship with Camilla, 23; Charles’s derogatory comments about, 24, 42; and Bolland, 27, 147; and Blair, 31; death of (1997), 37–40; funeral of, 40–1, 117; aim to demythologise, 61–4, 67; trips to Australia with Charles, 62, 67; letter to Charles’s ‘close relative’, 67; Brown’s apparent theft from, 108–9, 111, 118, 120, 149, 154, 186, 208–9, 224–5; possessions of after her death, 108–20, 148–58, 184, 186–8, 207–9; executors’ destruction of documents, 110, 159; Philip’s letters to, 110–11, 150, 160, 191, 229–30; mahogany box, 110–2, 143–5, 148, 160, 190–1, 205, 230; ‘Her Royal Highness’ title, 117; Jephson’s book on, 134–5; and Smith allegations, 144–7, 223; Squidgygate, 146, 181; Settelen tapes, 148–9, 235–6, 334; reported drug abuse, 151; predicts car-crash plot, 160, 229, 276; Wharfe’s book on, 185; Burrell’s post-trial revelations, 203–4, 206; Taj Mahal photograph, 233; tenth anniversary memorial service, 275; inquest into death of, 276; twentieth anniversary of death, 334

Diana Memorial Fund, 111, 117

Dimbleby, Jonathan, xii, 18, 42, 258, 324; biography and TV documentary, 7–8, 10–14, 21, 31, 146, 240; on Charles as meddling king, 290, 319–20

Dittmar, Hank, 292

Dixon, Michael, 81–2, 244, 251, 253, 299–300

Dobbie, Peter, 46

Douglas, Michael, 2

Douglas-Home, Jessica, 296–9

Douro, Marquess of, 258

Drummond, John, 83

Duchy of Cornwall, 14, 127–8, 172, 175, 279, 300–1; farms, 78, 126–7, 163–4, 220, 281, 319; Poundbury, 85–6, 97–8, 288; income from, 126–7, 138, 163–4, 220–1, 228, 277–81, 305, 311–12, 320; tax issues, 220–2, 278, 320; finances of, 220–2, 320; rise in value of, 221, 312, 320; housing developments, 273, 293, 319

Duchy Originals, 308–10, 319

Duke of Edinburgh Award, 215, 286

Dumfries House, Ayrshire, 280–1, 306, 308, 312–15

Dunstone, Charles, 313

Earth Day, 319

Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 126

Ecclestone, Bernie, 83

education, 73, 78, 216; Charles’s views, 30–1, 241–2, 268–9, 328; and New Labour, 83, 268, 328; and spiritualism, 92, 269; art colleges, 131–2; summer school in Devon, 268–9; standards of school food, 270; see also Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment

Edward III, King, 220

Edward VII, King, 131, 283

Edward VIII, King, 157, 338

Edward, Prince, 17, 136–7, 139–40, 181, 286, 318, 334, 338

Edwards, Arthur, 68, 234

Egypt, 271

Elizabeth, Queen, the Queen Mother, 9, 41, 59, 69, 128, 162, 260; advice to queen, 47; hundredth birthday celebrations, 130, 133; death of, 170–1, 175; funeral, 171, 178; inheritance tax avoidance, 219

Elizabeth II, Queen: opposes marriage to Camilla, xi–xii, 2, 16, 27–8, 46, 59–60, 63–4, 68–71, 130, 257; ability to unite nation, xiv, 48, 173–4, 316; and Charles–Diana warfare, 8, 13, 16, 28; relations with Charles, 10–11, 28, 48, 60, 63–4, 204, 284; frugality, 26, 118, 138, 337; Golden Jubilee (2002), 26, 46–7, 57, 119, 172–4; and Way Ahead Group, 26, 56–7, 129, 135; ‘annus horribilis’ speech, 28; and Blair, 31, 40, 102; dislike of Fawcett, 35, 65, 257, 260; and death of Diana, 38–9; conservatism of, 45, 47; Whitehall speech (November 1997), 48; at Charles’s fiftieth birthday party, 66; meeting with Burrell, 119, 150, 183–4, 192–202, 225–6; and millennium celebrations, 128; at Constantine’s birthday party, 130; hosts ‘Dance of the Decades’, 130; and follies of Andrew/Edward, 139–40; tax affairs, 163, 219, 222; and death of queen mother, 170–1; Jubilee speech, 172–3; Burrell recollection, 192–202, 204, 225–6; plans for funeral of (‘London Bridge’), 240; and Charles–Camilla marriage, 255–7, 259–60; eightieth birthday party, 274; Charles’s television tribute to, 274–5; and Charles’s fundraising, 314; sixtieth anniversary of accession, 316; at Malta Commonwealth conference, 325; visit to Dublin, 327–8; reduction in ceremonial duties, 331–2; and Geidt’s message (May 2017), 333–4

Elliot, Annabel (Camilla’s sister), 18, 66, 68

Elliot, Simon, 18

Emin, Tracey, 131

English, David, 19

environmental issues, 73, 83, 101–2, 179, 270–1, 302–3; van der Post’s influence, 11; and Charles’s travel arrangements, 14, 282, 303–5, 319; genetically modified crops, 57–9, 99–101, 104, 106–7, 179, 267, 270, 303, 328; climate change, 58, 262, 302, 304, 319, 324, 327; rainforest protection, 58, 302, 304; royal cattle, 78, 278, 300–1; Charles’s Reith Lecture, 104; badger culling, 270; Charles wins Harvard award, 282–3; sale of duchy farmland for housing development, 293, 319; and Islam, 301–2; 2014 floods, 326–7

Epstein, Jeffrey, 285, 317

Ernst, Dr Edzard, 78–82, 245–9, 252, 253, 300, 301

Eugenie, Princess, 57, 318

European Union (EU), 105, 176, 244, 270–1, 302, 326

Evening Standard, 201, 208, 254

Exeter University, 78–82, 246, 249, 253, 301

Falconer, Charles, 255

Falkland Islands, 103

Farquharson, Andrew, 286

‘Fashion Rocks’, 216–17

Fawcett, Michael: importance of to Charles, 1, 20, 33–6, 53–6, 65, 143–6, 206–7, 212–13, 242, 307, 311; and Camilla, 5, 122, 275; Aylard plots removal of, 20; character of, 25, 33, 35, 53; and Hong Kong dinner party, 33–5; conflict with Higdon, 36, 146, 167–8, 310; and fundraising, 35, 132, 166–8, 212–13, 217, 275, 306, 313–15; as organiser of parties, 35, 37, 65, 166–8, 174–5, 274, 304, 314, 322, 324, 330; queen’s dislike of, 35, 65, 257, 260; and Buchanan, 52; reversed dismissal of, 53–6; and Colonques, 73, 156, 306; and Smith allegations, 143–7, 205–6, 223, 228, 232–3; Diana seeks dismissal of, 145, 147; gifts to from donors, 168, 227; and Burrell revelations, 203; injunctions against Smith allegations, 205–6, 232–3; ‘Fawcett the Fence’ allegations, 206–7, 227; given ‘indefinite leave’, 206, 212; continues working for Charles, 207, 212–13; on Charles’s ‘modest’ lifestyle, 220; and Peat report, 223, 227–8; generous exit package, 228; Premier Mode commissions from Charles, 228, 313; and Dumfries House, 281, 313–15

Fayed, Mohamed, 41, 229, 276

Federation of Spiritual Healers, 80

Fellowes, Robert, 10, 19, 27, 49, 56, 134; and War of the Waleses, 8, 15, 26, 28, 37, 40; queen’s working relationship with, 9; Charles’s bitterness towards, 27, 39–40, 46, 48, 117, 133; and death of Diana, 39–40, 42, 46; ousted by Charles’s campaign, 46

Ferrar, Leslie, 264, 309–11

Flatley, Michael, 212

Flecha de Lima, Lucia, 229

Flick, Mike, 314

foot-and-mouth disease, 104–6, 179

Forbes, Kip, 34, 309

Foster, Norman, 88, 91, 92

Foundation for Integrated Health: creation of, 79–80; Charles’s loss of confidence in, 81, 243; financial problems, 243, 250–3; management issues, 243, 246–7, 250–3; Peat as chairman, 243, 246–51; relaunch, 243–4; government finance for, 244–5; Complementary Healthcare: A Guide for Patients, 245–6; collapse of, 252–3, 299; Gray’s theft from, 252–3

Fox, Michael, 79–80, 243–7

fox-hunting, xii, 36, 49, 54, 100–1, 177–9

Freedom of Information Act, 328

Freeman, Peter, 287–8

Fresh Minds, 246–7

Freud, Lucian, 51–2

Fry, Stephen, 45

fundraising for charities: selling of access to Charles, xi, 72–3, 123, 132–3, 166–8, 174–5, 212–13, 216–17, 259, 264, 281, 306–9; in America, 3, 34–5, 124, 167, 259, 263–4, 309–11; entertaining of rich donors, 34–5, 44, 95, 123–4, 129–32, 166–8, 174–5, 313–15, 336; and Fawcett, 35, 132, 166–8, 212–13, 217, 275, 306, 313–15; during official trips, 35, 44, 263–4; and Charles’s bureaucracy, 74, 312; from complementary medicines manufacturers, 79, 245, 247, 252; in Gulf region, 92, 131–2, 314; dinners at Buckingham Palace, 124, 129–30, 166, 174–5, 212–13, 217, 306; high-profile events, 216–17; see also Higdon, Robert

G20 summit (London, 2009), 302

Gale, Adrian, 93–6, 131

Gates, Bill, 279

Gavron, Nicky, 135

GCHQ, 10

Geidt, Christopher, 311, 331–6

genetically modified crops, 57–9, 99–101, 106–7, 179, 267, 270, 303, 328

George IV, King, 30

George VI, King, 47

Gergiev, Valery, 168, 322

Gerson Therapy, 245, 250–2

Gibbins, Michael, 116, 145–6, 149, 186–7, 195, 202, 225–6

Gimson, Simon, 283, 324

Global Foundation, 35, 44

Goldsmith, Lady Annabel, 15

Goldsmith, Peter, 194, 198–200

Goodall, Sarah, 242, 265

Goodman, Clive, 274

Goodwin, Fred, 162, 214, 217–18, 279–80

Gordonstoun school, 11, 127

Gore, Al, 283

Gosford Park (film), 322

Gosling, Sir Donald, 275, 285, 308

Gough, Piers, 292

Gray, George, 247, 252–3

Green, Hugh, 263

Greene, Graham, The Quiet American, xii

Grieve, Dominic, 329

Grimes, George, 111, 113

Grosvenor, Gerald, Duke of Westminster, 126

Grosvenor, Lady Tamara, 236–7

Guardian, 227, 232, 234, 244, 253, 258, 292, 294, 328–9

Guggenheim, Eileen, 124

Gulf region, 238–9, 272, 305, 314, 325–6, 332

Gwilliam, Steve, 148, 206

Hackney, Rod, 74, 89–90

Hague, William, 136, 305

Hain, Peter, 249, 300, 328

Halifax, Lord, 121, 126, 258

Halliwell, Geri, 165

Hamad, Sheikh (of Qatar), 281, 314

Hambro, Charlotte, 22

Hamilton, Andrew, 292

Hammer, Armand, 213

Hammond, Anthony ‘Wally’, 241

Hampton Court, 66, 86–8

Harris, Colleen, 186, 231

Harry, Prince, 27, 65, 123, 149, 174, 181, 194, 324, 330; birth of, 24; safari in Botswana, 44; press speculation on paternity of, 111, 209; press speculation over drug-taking, 133–4; smokes cannabis at Highgrove, 165, 237–8; coolness towards Camilla, 237, 265, 307, 331; grieves for Diana, 238, 307, 334; wears Nazi uniform, 238; military service, 265, 317; strip poker story, 318; pursuit of individual interest, 333–5; TV documentary about Diana, 334–5; and Meghan Markle, 335

Harvard Aids Institute, 174

Haskins, Christopher, 106

Hastings, Max, 296

Hatt, John, 298

Haverson, Paddy, 269, 311

Havlik, Jan, 108, 149

Heale, Jonathan, 51

Hearst, Patty, 129, 166

Heath, Edward, 31

Heinz, Drue, 45, 131–2

Henney, Sandy, 16, 20, 165

Henriques, Mr Justice, 232

Heseltine, Bill, 170

Hewitt, Gavin, 63

Hewitt, James, 14–15, 61, 110–11, 190, 209

Heywood, Jeremy, 147

Higdon, Robert, 44, 124, 132, 156, 174, 212, 231, 282–3, 308–10; relationship with Charles, 3, 34–5, 123–4, 166–7, 264, 310; and Camilla, 3–4, 5, 129, 167, 262, 264, 283, 310–11, 313; recruited by Charles, 34–5; conflict with Fawcett, 36, 146, 167–8, 310; and death of Diana, 37–8; alcoholism, 123–4, 310–11; and friends–donors distinction, 166, 174; expenses/salary, 166, 259, 263–4, 309; and Peat, 182, 217; and state visit to USA, 262–5; background of, 264; sacking of, 310–11, 336

Higgins, Stuart, 60–1, 64

Highgrove, 1, 14, 121, 174–5, 223, 275, 330; as sanctuary, 17, 41; Burrell works at, 20, 145, 203; purchase of, 23, 221; garden, 51–2, 126–7, 278, 306–7; staff mutiny at, 53–6; Charles’s lavatory at, 58, 121; meeting with Blair at, 58–9; Philharmonia concert, 72–3; police visit to, 151–6, 161, 188, 191–2, 227; Harry smokes cannabis at, 165, 237–8; Islamic garden at, 307

Hinduja brothers, 314

Hinton, Les, 70

Hintze, Michael, 281, 314

Hoare, Oliver, 61

Hodge, Margaret, 320

Hodges, Mark, 148

Hodges, Richard, 94

Holden, Anthony, xii

Holkham Hall, Norfolk, 281, 322

homeopathy, 76, 79–81, 244, 247–8, 250–1, 300

Hong Kong handover ceremony (1997), 31–5, 265–7

Hornby, Amanda, 151–2

Horton, Richard, 249

House of Lords, 80–1, 89, 101

Howard, Stephen, 312

Hu Jintao, President, 265, 327

human rights legislation, 180–1, 256, 269, 320

Hungary, 298–9

Hunt, Jeremy, 301

Hunter, Anji, 42, 71

Hussey, Susan, 65

Huth, Angela, 45

India, 233, 271, 314, 322, 324

Indonesia, 302

Inner City Aid, 74, 89–90

Invercauld estate grouse moor, 318

Invermark, Sutherland, 126

Iran, 238

Iraq war (from 2003), 177–9, 199, 223, 240, 262, 270–1, 325–6

Irvine, Derry, 180–1

Islamist terrorism, 172, 272, 274–5, 325–6

Israel, 272–3

Italy, 89, 92, 131

It’s a Royal Knockout, 181

Jagger, Mick, 165

Janvrin, Robin, 27, 28, 240, 271, 317; and Bolland’s tactics, 2, 63, 64, 70, 128–30, 134, 164, 181–2; and Way Ahead Group, 26, 56–7; and death of Diana, 38–9; and Golden Jubilee (2002), 46–7, 57, 119, 172–3; and Charles’s court, 48–50, 63–5, 128–9, 168; and Blairite tactics, 49–50, 57; and Burrell case, 116, 119, 193–4, 199–200; and Sophie Wessex scandal, 136–8; and Prince Edward’s behaviour, 139; replaces Lamport with Peat, 162; and ‘rent-a-royal’ phrase, 168; and Prince Andrew’s behaviour, 176

Jay, Michael, 177

Jefri, Prince (of Brunei), 315

Jephson, Patrick, 10, 19, 29, 145–6, 163; Shadows of a Princess, 134–5

Jiang Zemin, President, 32, 265

Jobson, Robert, 254

John, Elton, 128, 165

John Paul II, Pope, death of, 259

Johnson, Alan, 244–5

Johnson, Boris, 292, 293, 295

Johnson, Samuel, 30, 90

Jordan, 238

Jung, Carl, 76

Juniper, Tony, 296

Junor, Penny, 37; Charles: Victim or Villain?, 61–3, 67, 134; The Duchess, 62

Kálnoky, Count Tibor, 298–9

Kaufmann, Julia, 175

Kavanagh, Trevor, 206–7

Kay, Richard, 21, 182, 231; as Diana’s confidant, 15, 24, 110; and Burrell, 114, 151–2, 156, 195, 200, 234

Kelly, Angela, 34

Kennedy, John and Caroline, 123

Kensington Palace, 9, 13, 145–6, 155, 163, 223, 229; Burrell works at, 20, 146, 158–9, 203–4; Brown’s flat at, 108–9; Burrell removes Diana’s possessions from, 109–10, 112–14, 150, 189–91, 231; apartments in, 163, 311–12; the Kents at, 163, 171

Kent, Geoffrey, 3, 4, 34–5, 44, 123–4, 311

Kent, Prince Michael of, 286

Kent, Princess Michael of, 163, 171

Keppel, Alice, 131

Kerr, Jane, 149

Kerr, John, 103

Keswick, ‘Chips’, 126

Keswick, Sarah, 126, 330

Khaled Al-Faisal, Prince, 273–4

Khan, Hasnet, 203–4

Kilkenny, Alan, 17–19

Kime, Robert, 55

King’s Cross development, 287–8

King’s Fund, 249

Kirdar, Neimar, 132–3

Knatchbull, Amanda, 22

Knatchbull, Nicholas, 133

Knott, Kevin, 255

Krier, Léon, 85–6, 97–8

Kulibayev, Timur, 285

Kyriacou, Kristina, 318–19

La Leopolda (estate in South of France), 5

Lake, Mike, 218, 281

Lampedusa, Giuseppe di, The Leopard, 337

Lamport, Stephen, 31, 35, 48–9, 101, 106, 134, 164, 267; and Bolland, 4–5, 29, 64, 158, 162; replaces Aylard, 26–7, 146; background and private life, 28–9; and fundraising, 34–5, 131, 168; and death of Diana, 39, 42; and Fawcett crisis, 53–6; and Mori opinion poll (1998), 57; and Brown’s apparent theft, 109, 118, 224–5; and Burrell case, 114–16, 118–20, 157–8, 224–6; tension with Shackleton, 117; as scapegoat, 129, 162; and Sun ‘Marry Her’ headline, 130; and the Commonwealth, 141–2; and Smith allegations, 146–7; replaced by Peat, 162

Lancet, 249

Lansdale, David, 163–4

Lansdowne, Charles, 65

Latsis, Yiannis, 5, 65, 122–3, 213, 285

Laurence, Tim, 318

Lavely, Kim, 250–2

Lawson, Edmund, 159, 188, 194, 202n, 223–7

Legge-Bourke, Tiggy, 160

Leicester, Earl of, 281

Leigh, Edward, 320

Leishman, Mark, 252, 336

Lemos, Chrysanthi, 72–3

Lendrum, Rupert, 242

Lewis, Simon, 49–50, 56–7, 137

Linley, Lord, 174

Livingstone, Ken, 84, 268, 287

Lloyd’s insurance building, 84

Lord, Shirley, 166

Lowther-Pinkerton, James, 238

Lubbock, Jules, 86, 93

Luce, Richard, 136, 138, 139, 172

Lumley, Joanna, 165

Lunts, David, 94, 96–8

Lynch, Tom, 251

Lyndon, Neil, 213

Lynx helicopters, 270

McCartney, Paul, 173

McCorquodale, Sarah, 40, 120, 151, 188, 201; and de Brunner, 110–11, 187, 201–2, 226; and Diana’s possessions, 110–11, 117–19, 156–7, 187, 230, 236; at St James’s Palace briefing, 116–18; dislike of Shackleton, 117; at meeting in Shackleton’s office, 142–4, 223–4; and ‘rape tapes’, 143–4, 223–4; Burrell’s shredding accusation, 149, 159, 196; at St James’s Palace meeting (11 September 2002), 186–7, 202, 225–6; and Burrell’s trial, 190–1, 225–6

McEnroe, John, 285

McGrady, Darren, 150

McGuinness, Martin, 327–8

McKinnon, Don, 141–2, 176–7, 238–40, 271–2, 283, 324

McKinsey management consultants, 212

McManus, Amanda, 3, 55

mad cow disease, 25

Mahfouz, Dr Mahfouz, 314

Mahmood, Mazher, 136, 137

Mail on Sunday, 46, 134, 137, 155, 210, 232, 265–7, 269, 320, 328, 331

Major, John, 8, 9, 25

Mallalieu, Ann, 45

Malta, 271, 325

Manchester, 43–4

Mandela, Nelson, 44

Mandelson, Peter, 36, 42–5, 49, 59, 65–6, 106

Manley, Charlotte, 176

Mannakee, Barry, 61, 148, 236

Manoukian, Bob, 315

Manser, Michael, 86, 87

Margaret, Princess, 59, 60, 65, 109, 128, 130, 172, 262

Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 168

Markle, Meghan, 335

Marks, Ian, 79

Marriage Acts (1836/1949/1953), 255–6

Marsden, William, 103

Mary Rose (Tudor warship), 213

Maurice Laing Foundation, 78

Maxwell, Ghislaine, 135

May, Brian, 173

Meacher, Michael, 328

The Meddling Prince (Channel 4 documentary), 269

medical profession, 76–82, 243–4, 300–1

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), 300

Mendham, Victoria, 144

Menem, Carlos, 103

Merkel, Angela, 302

Mexico, 304–5

Middleton, Carole, 323

Middleton, Kate, 257, 316–17, 323–4; public popularity of, 285, 307–8; marries William, 307–9; topless photographs, 318

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 87–8, 94, 287

Mihai Eminescu Trust (MET), 296–9

Milburn, Roger, 110, 112, 115, 142, 150, 154, 159, 192, 203; trips to America, 149, 184; meets Bolland at St James’s Palace, 156–7; meeting with Peat, 186; and Burrell’s trial, 189–91, 196–9; meets McCorquodale after trial, 202

Miliband, Ed, 319

Millennium Dome, 83–4, 91, 102, 128

Mills, Simon, 79–81, 251–2, 301

Milton, Simon, 292–3

Mimpriss, Peter, 237

Mishcon, Lord, 276

Mitchell, Austin, 320

Mitchell, Sandy, 274

Mittal, Lakshmi, 314

Monckton, Walter, 157

Monsanto, 270

Moore, Charles, 99, 165, 181–2

Morgan, Chris, 123, 133–4

Morton, Andrew, Diana, Her True Story (1992), 7–8, 15, 146, 232

Mountbatten, Lord Louis, murder of, 327, 328

Mowlam, Mo, 135

Mugabe, Robert, 179

Munday, Louis, 111–12, 155

nanotechnology, 244

The Nation Decides (BBC TV programme), 27–8

National Audit Office, 219–21

National Citizen Service, 312

National Farmers’ Union, 105

National Museums of Scotland, 295

National Osteoporosis Society, 37, 167

National Theatre, London, 91

Nazir-Ali, Dr Michael, Bishop of Rochester, 273

New Labour, 30–2, 36, 39, 49–50, 57–9, 83, 238–9, 244–5; ‘Urban Vision’ scheme, 84; and Charles’s GM campaign, 99–100, 106–7; tensions with Charles, 99–107, 177–80, 268–9, 328; ‘Cool Britannia’, 100

New York Academy of Art, 174, 259

New York Post, 263

New Zealand, 141, 239, 257, 283

News of the World, 24, 69–70, 134, 157, 203–6, 210, 265; Tom Parker Bowles story, 123; Sophie Wessex sting, 136–8; ‘Harry’s Drug Shame’ headline, 165; and Prince Harry’s paternity, 209; Bolland’s ‘Blackadder’ column, 210–11, 230, 231; phone-hacking scandal, 274; Sarah Ferguson sting, 317

Nixon, Richard, 31

Noor, Queen (of Jordan), 174

Norfolk, Duke of, 240

Northern Ireland peace process, 327

Nutting, John, 187

Nye, William, 312, 320, 324

Obama, Barack, 309

O’Brien, Stephen, 73

Office of Fair Trading, 270–1

Ogilvy, Angus, 71, 215

O’Kane, Michael, 114, 119, 147, 149, 153, 158–9, 183; briefing at St James’s Palace, 116–18; meeting in Shackleton’s office, 142–4, 148, 224

O’Neill, Eva, 21, 235

Oppenheimer, Mary, 44

Osborne, Stuart, 202–3

osteopathy, 79, 245–6

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 273, 301–2

Pakistan, 272

Palmer-Tomkinson, Charlie, 18, 21, 65, 77, 258

Palmer-Tomkinson, Patty, 18, 19, 21, 54, 65–6, 123, 258

Palmer-Tomkinson, Tara, 123

Palumbo, Peter, 87–9

Papamarkou, Alecko, 34

Parker Bowles, Andrew, 4, 6, 17–18, 21–4, 59, 62–3, 130, 260, 262

Parker Bowles, Laura, 330

Parker Bowles, Richard, 121

Parker Bowles, Tom, 123, 133, 237, 330

The Passionate Prince (BBC TV documentary), 284

Pavarotti, Luciano, 72

Pead, Gregory, 150

Peat, Michael: and Buckingham Palace’s finances, 26, 129, 162–3; and Way Ahead Group, 26, 56; Burrell inquiry/report, 143n, 188, 194, 202n, 207, 223–8, 231–2; and Smith allegations, 143n, 187, 223–4, 231–3; becomes Charles’s private secretary, 162–5; apartment in Kensington Palace, 163, 311–12; and Charles’s finances, 163–4, 214, 218–22, 277–82, 304, 311–12; and Bolland, 164–5, 169, 181–2, 186, 209–10, 228, 232–4, 256; and Camilla, 165, 169, 217, 228, 237, 254–6, 275; insistence on total control, 165, 168–9, 177; and Fawcett’s fundraising, 168; loyalty to Charles, 169; and the Commonwealth, 176–7, 238–40, 272; and impartiality issue, 179, 181, 266, 269–70, 289, 292; and Burrell case, 185–8, 192–5, 197–8, 200, 202, 207–8, 225–6, 230; St James’s Palace meeting (11 September 2002), 186–7, 202, 225–6; and queen’s recollection, 192–4, 197–8, 226; and Charles’s charities, 216–20, 243, 246–51, 278–81, 312–13; relations with Buckingham Palace, 241–2, 277, 286, 312, 331; chairs Foundation for Integrated Health, 243, 246–51; shambolic lead-up to royal wedding, 254–6; and Mail on Sunday China case, 265–6, 320; sacks Ross, 286; and Charles’s architectural views, 289, 291–4; leaves Charles’s employment, 311–12

Pelli, Cesar, 92

Perry, David, 198, 199

Perspectives magazine, 94–5

Petrie, Carol, 124

Philharmonia Orchestra, 72–3

Philip, Prince: ‘rent-a-royal’ comment, xi; scorn for Charles, xi, 123, 138–9, 332–3; and Charles’s childhood, 10–11, 48, 127, 138–9; relations with Charles, 10–11, 47–8, 123, 135, 138–9, 284, 318, 332; advises break with Camilla, 16; opposes marriage to Camilla, 20–1, 28, 138; and Way Ahead Group, 26, 56–7, 129, 135; and death of Diana, 40; letters to Diana, 110–11, 150, 160, 191, 229–30; and minor royals, 135–6, 138; and Sophie Wessex press stings, 138; childhood of, 139; Turner biography, 139; and follies of Andrew/Edward, 139–40, 176; and queen’s recollection, 193, 225–6; and sixtieth anniversary of accession, 316; snubs Charles over shooting rights, 318; retirement from public duties, 333–4

Phillips, Hayden, 218–19

Phoenix Trust, 124, 174

phone-hacking scandal, 274

Physic Garden, Chelsea, 251

Pierburg, Clarissa, 315

Pierburg, Jürgen, 308, 314–15

Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, 213

Pitman, Rosemary, 24

Pollard, Stephen, 201

polo, 3, 4, 88, 153, 156, 174, 203, 278

Pompidou Centre, Paris, 89

Porcelanosa (Spanish company), 72–3, 156, 306–7

Porritt, Jonathon, 106

Porter, Adrian, 94–7

Porter, David, 93

Porter, Dame Shirley, 247

Poundbury, Dorset, 85–6, 97–8, 288

Powell, Carla, 36

Powell, Jonathan, 102

Premier Mode (Fawcett’s catering company), 228, 313

Prescott, John, 84, 85, 291–2

Press Complaints Commission, 6, 27, 130, 136, 138

Prime (charity), 218

Prince of Wales’s Foundation in America, 3, 34–5, 124, 259, 263–4, 309–11

Prince’s Charities Foundation, 245, 308, 312

Prince’s Drawing School, 131–2, 216

Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts, 306

Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, 92–8, 292, 295, 306, 312; move to Shoreditch, 95, 130–1; Islamic art course, 95–6; Hintze made chairman, 314

Prince’s Teaching Institute, 216

Prince’s Trust, 16–17, 89, 100, 228, 279–80, 313; creation of, 72–3; administrative costs, 74; twenty-fifth anniversary dinner, 165–6; financial problems, 214–16, 312–13; achievements of, 214–15, 268, 284; ‘Skilled City’ exhibition, 215; William refuses involvement in, 307, 323, 336

Prince’s Trust Volunteers, 216

Prince’s Youth and Business Trust, 74–6, 89–90, 123

Priory Hospital, south London, 144–5

Pseudo, Pedro, 72, 307

Pusztai, Arpad, 104

Qatar, Emir of, 288–94

Rafferty, Anne, 190, 191

Raine, Kathleen, 42–3, 243

Rainforest Project, 302, 304

Rausing, Eva, 167

Rausing, Hans Kristian, 314

Ray Mill, Wiltshire, 65, 121, 275, 282

Reagan, Nancy, 7–8, 34, 264

Reid, John, 244

Rhodesia, 22–3

Richard, Cliff, 173

Riddell, John, 13, 54

Rippon, Geoffrey, 87

Rivers, Joan, 124, 166, 259, 311

Roberts, Sir Hugh, 148

Robinson, Geoffrey, 66

Rockefeller family, 34, 174

Rogers, Richard, 83–9, 91–2, 287–95

Romania, 296–9, 337

Ross, Malcolm, 168–9, 242, 277, 286

Rostropovich, Mstislav, 171

Rothschild, Jacob, 65, 127–8, 217–19, 279, 322, 330

Rothschild, Leo, 45

Rothschild, Miriam, 51

Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 59

Royal Collection, 118, 148

Royal Horticultural Society, 51

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), 86–7, 93, 292–3

Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, 81

Royal Opera House, 289, 307

royal parks, 295

royal protection officers, 25, 47, 54, 61, 109, 148, 202–3, 236; leaks by, 10, 152–3, 156–7; breaking of confidentiality by, 185

Royal Society of Medicine, 77–8

royal train, 47, 219, 278, 304

Rudd, Kevin, 302

Ruff, Ron, 113–14, 184

rural affairs, 25, 73, 100–2, 106–7, 179, 270–1; foot-and-mouth disease, 104–6, 179; see also environmental issues

Rushdie, Salman, The Satanic Verses, 273–4

Safra, Edmond, 2, 5

Safra, Lily, 5, 166, 174, 217, 308, 315

St Andrews University, 139

St James’s Palace, 121–2, 127, 169, 197; Charles assigned to after separation, 9; briefing at (3 April 2001), 116–19; meeting (11 September 2002), 186–7, 202, 225–6; see also court/household of Charles

St John Wilson, Sir Colin, 91

Salisbury, Molly, 51, 52

Salisbury Cathedral, 92

Sandringham, 10, 20, 65, 122; ‘culture weekends’ at, 45, 320–2; shooting rights at, 318

Sane (mental illness charity), 312–13

Sarah, Duchess of York, 17, 135, 285, 317–18; toe-sucking incident, 135, 181

Sarkozy, Nicolas, 302

Saudi Arabia, 92, 131, 238, 272–4, 283, 314, 325–6

Savile, Jimmy, 13

Schiffer, Claudia, 156

Scotland, 56–7, 124–6

Scott Baker, Lord Justice, 276

Seabrook, Robert, 116, 150, 152, 160–1, 187–8, 191, 194, 197–8, 225–6

Serota, Nicholas, 45

Settelen, Peter, 148–9, 235–6, 334

Shackleton, Fiona, 53, 117, 150, 160, 186, 192, 200, 224–6; importance of to Charles, 6, 16, 18, 116, 146–7; and Bolland’s appointment, 6–7, 19; and Bolland, 27, 157–8, 201, 204; at St James’s Palace briefing, 116–19; and de Brunner, 142, 148, 204; meeting in office of (30 April 2001), 142–4, 148, 223–4; and Smith allegations, 143–8, 223–4; police briefing at Highgrove, 152–3, 161; deterioration in relationship with Charles, 184–5; at St James’s Palace meeting (11 September 2002), 186–7, 225; and queen’s recollection, 197–8, 204, 226

Shand, Bruce (Camilla’s father), 17

Shand Kydd, Frances, 110, 116–17, 159, 190

Shaw, Andrew, 113, 115, 150, 157–60, 183, 185, 197, 225

Shebbeare, Tom, 42, 73, 75–6, 246, 249, 264; deference of, 74–5, 218; critics of, 214–16, 281; promoted, 216–17; and creation of new charities, 218–19; rationalisation attempts, 252, 279–80, 312–13; departure, 313

Sheffield, 66

Sherrington, Amanda, 281

Short, Clare, 268

Sierra Leone, 239, 272

Skelly, Ian, 296

Smallwood, Christopher, 246–9, 287

Smith, Alison, 303

Smith, George: ‘rape tapes’, 111, 143–5, 148–50, 160–1, 187, 191, 205; and Shackleton’s outburst, 143–4, 148, 223–4; background, 144; redundancy payment, 144, 147, 205, 223; allegation involving Charles, 145, 232–3; views on veracity, 145–7, 150, 223; police investigation, 147–8, 205–6; Fawcett’s injunctions, 205–6, 232–3; sells story to News of the World, 205; Peat’s investigation, 207, 223, 228, 231–2; extends accusations, 231–3

Smith, Steve, 249

Smithfield Market development, 288

Snow, Jon, 42, 73

Soames, Nicholas, 1, 2, 21, 65–6, 133

Somerset, David, Duke of Beaufort, 235

Somerset floods (2016), 326

South Africa, 44–5

Southwell, Clair, 114

Spencer, Charles, 9th Earl, 40–1, 60, 117, 204, 231, 276

Spencer, Jane, 40, 133

Spice Girls, 44

Spitting Image (ITV programme), 77

Sri Lanka, 324–5

Stanley, Ted, 129–30

Stanley Mills, Perthshire, 124

Stevens, Sir John, 207, 227, 276

Stevens, Patrick, 183, 196, 197, 198

Stewart, Colonel Bob, 238

Stewart, Rod, 173

Still, Andrew Taylor, 244

Sting, 165

Stirling, James, 86, 89, 91

Straw, Jack, 238–40

Stronach, Ken, 14

Strong, Roy, 41, 51–2, 55, 70–1, 92, 172

Studzinski, John, 212

Sun, 2, 33, 68–70, 130, 138, 171, 206–7, 234

Sunday Times, 12, 57, 60–1, 69, 123, 125, 133–4, 256, 290

Sunninghill Park, Berkshire, 285

Swift, Dr Will, 118, 149, 154

Syria, 325

Tallon, Billy, 260

Taylor, Sue, 196

Taylor, William, 227

Temenos Academy, 43

Terry, Quinlan, 288–92

Testino, Mario, 64, 331

Thatcher, Margaret, 34, 36, 66, 75, 90, 264

Thorburn, Georgina, 289

Tibet, 100, 265, 296

Time magazine, 324

The Times, 248–9, 294–5

Tooke, Professor John, 81

Transylvania, 297–9

Travolta, John, 262

Trinity College, Cambridge, 11, 88

Trump, Blaine, 166, 174

Trump, Donald, 166

Trump, Robert, 174

Tryon, Dale ‘Kanga’, 21, 60, 235

Tugendhat, Mr Justice, 232

Turnbull, Andrew, 173

Turner, Graham, 138–9

Tweedy, Colin, 312

Uzan, Cem, 132, 166, 174, 213

Valea Zalanului, Hungary, 298

van der Post, Laurens, 11, 43, 76–7, 86, 176, 272, 296

Vandrevala, Cyrus, 314, 318

Vanity Fair, 166, 217, 291

Veness, David, 152, 184, 198, 202

Verey, Rosemary, 51

Versace, Donatella, 72, 131

Victoria, Queen, 34, 47

Victoria and Albert Museum, 111

Villa Lante, Italy, 92

Viscri, Romania, 298, 299

Vogue, 217

Vos, Mr Justice, 294

Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, 127–8

Wade, Rebekah (later Brooks), 70, 137, 157, 209–10, 234

Waitrose, 310, 319

Wakeham, Lord, 138

Walker, Simon, 137–8, 140

Wallace, Marjorie, 313

Walters, Barbara, 2

Ward, Gerald, 21

Ward, John, 291–2

Ward, Kevin, 109–10

Watson, James, 104

Watt, Sir James, 77–8, 80

Way Ahead Group, 25–6, 56–7, 61, 102, 129, 135

Webb, Chuck, 113–14, 184

Wellesley, Antonia, 235, 330

Wellington, Duke and Duchess of, 235, 330

Wessex, Sophie, 135–8, 258, 334

Westenholz, Piers von, 65

Westmacott, Peter, 103

Weston, Galen, 4

Wharfe, Ken, 115, 148, 150; Diana: Closely Guarded Secret, 185

Whitaker, James, 68

White, Jeremy, 75–6

Whittam, Richard, 198–9

Wilcocks, Sir Michael, 178

William, Prince, 27, 65, 116, 119, 130, 156, 330; support for direct succession of, xiv, 17, 256, 274; Camilla introduced to, 60; Charles takes hunting, 101; and Diana’s possessions, 112, 114, 118, 149, 159, 189–90, 196, 202, 208, 230; and Tom Parker Bowles, 123, 133; unfounded drug allegations, 133–4; Prince Edward’s documentary, 139; letter from Burrell, 142–3, 189–90, 231; police briefing at Highgrove, 151, 153, 155–6, 161, 227; trip to South America, 165; twenty-first birthday party, 228; on Burrell’s betrayal, 231; coolness towards Camilla, 237, 307, 331; relationship with Kate Middleton, 257, 285; grieves for Diana, 307, 334; marries Kate Middleton, 307–9; public popularity of, 307–8, 323–4; and sixtieth anniversary of accession, 316–17; married life with Kate, 323–4; pursuit of individual interests, 333–5; TV documentary about Diana, 334–5

Williams, Lord (of Mostyn), 147

Williams, Manon, 292

Williams, Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 240, 259

Wilson, Christopher, 235

Wilson, Richard, 102–3

Wilson, Robert, 245, 247, 252

Wimpey, 97

Windsor, House of: name change from Saxe-Coburg (1917), 8, 50; fiction of infallibility, 9; exploiting of privileges by, 26, 47, 57, 135–40, 171, 285–6, 317–18; approval ratings, 28, 316, 335; traditionalism, 31–2, 39, 41, 45, 47, 57–8, 241, 333, 338; continuity and stability of, 39, 41, 48, 172–3, 333–4, 338; attempts to modernise, 49–50, 56–7, 102; and aristocracy, 50; line-up on Buckingham Palace balcony, 57, 171, 316–17; seating protocols, 129–30, 236–7, 258; decline of deference towards, 133; commercial connections, 135–40; Sophie Wessex press stings, 136–8; tax affairs, 163, 219–22, 278, 320; official investigation of accounts, 219–22

Windsor, Lord Frederick, 133

Windsor Castle, 118, 171, 173, 206, 241, 261; fire (1992), 28; Charles–Camilla wedding, 254–6, 259–60

Winston, Lord, 80

Wintour, Anna, 217

Witchell, Nicholas, 257

Wolpert, Lewis, 81

Woolas, Phil, 303

World Health Organization, 246, 248

World Wildlife Fund, 319

Worsley, Giles, 94–5

Wren, Christopher, 289

Wright, Peter, 265–6

Wyatt, Lynn, 166

Xi Jinping, President, 327

Yates, Commander John, 147–8, 183–4, 187, 208; at Highgrove briefing, 152–6, 161, 188, 191–2; and ‘Burrell photograph’, 155, 161, 191; and queen’s recollection, 192–4, 198–9, 202, 226

You Decide (BBC TV show), 37

Young, David, 75

Young, Edward, 337

Zammett, Jon, 308