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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of illustrations
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. ‘All the world loves a lover’: the 1934 royal wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina
  10. 2. ‘A man we understand’: King George V’s radio broadcasts
  11. 3. ‘This is the day of the people’: the 1937 coronation
  12. 4. ‘Now it’s up to us all – not kings and queens’: the royal family at war
  13. 5. ‘A happy queen is a good queen’: the 1947 royal love story
  14. 6. ‘This time I was THERE taking part’: the television broadcast of the 1953 coronation
  15. Conclusion
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index

Index

abdication, the, 7, 14–15, 18, 20, 25, 28, 30, 35, 40–1, 43, 88–9, 95, 96, 98, 126, 133–7, 138, 139, 144, 145–6, 151–3, 156, 159–61, 165, 169, 175, 189, 199, 225, 270, 278, 279, 284, 322, 348, 371, 374, 385

Adams, J. B., 308

Adams, Marcus, 246–7, 358–9

affective integration, 21, 33, 48, 86, 92, 110, 124, 129, 173, 315, 335, 374

affluence, 332, 344, 381

Albert, Prince, 8–9, 17

Alexander, Ulick, 70–1

Alexander I, King (of Yugoslavia), 66, 87

Alexandra, Queen, 61

Andrew, Prince, 383

Anne, Princess, 356, 358–62, 364–9, 375, 383

anti-Semitism, 168

appeasement, 207, 262

aristocracy, the, 1, 8, 70, 380

Armistice, 57, 79, 215, 221, 266

Armstrong-Jones, Anthony, 380, 382–3

Attlee, Clement, 250, 277, 306–7

austerity, 273, 276, 286, 288, 306–7, 313, 316, 323, 329, 344

Australia, 118, 177

Ayers, Ruby, 65

Bagehot, Walter, 9–10, 22, 83, 89

Baldwin, Lucy, 176

Baldwin, Stanley, 98, 104, 134–5, 154, 158, 159, 163–4, 165, 176, 199, 208, 244, 279, 280

Balmoral, 56, 66–8, 70–1, 84, 216, 221, 277, 361

Bardsley, Cyril, 157

Barnes, George, 338, 370

Barrington-Ward, Robert, 74, 147

Barron, Hester, 352

Baxter, Sir Arthur Beverley, 196–7

BBC, 24, 27, 32–4, 39, 42–3, 47–8, 66, 68, 70–2, 74, 75–7, 85–6, 89, 97, 98, 102, 104, 117, 121–3, 157, 163–4, 165, 170–1, 172–8, 182–3, 185–8, 193, 204, 206–9, 212, 213, 219, 238–45, 254–7, 306, 309–12, 318, 321, 323, 326, 329, 331, 333–40, 347, 354–6, 362–9, 370–1, 378, 380–1, 385

BBC listener research, 212, 242, 261

Beaton, Cecil, 247

Beaverbrook, Lord, 27–8, 34, 146, 293, 318–9, 357–8

Beveridge Report, 200, 206, 250

Bevin, Ernest, 254–8

Bingham, Adrian, 28, 278, 280

bisexuality, 46

biographies, royal, 37, 68, 92, 116, 139, 154, 202–3, 226–7, 260, 263, 273, 277, 289–91, 293, 300, 331, 357, 377

Bled, 51–2

Blitz, the, 35, 42, 204–5, 230–8, 249, 253, 259

Bohinj, 48

Bolton Wanderers, 2

Bone, James, 138

Bowlby, John, 365

Bracken, Brendan, 204, 255–6

Bradford, Sarah, 263, 293

Braund, T. B., 232

Brebner, J. H., 232–3

British Institute of Public Opinion, 278

British Universities Film and Video

Council, 31

broadcasts, royal

1935 silver jubilee, 81, 93, 100, 107, 110–11, 112–13, 124, 131, 188

1947 twenty-first birthday, 287–9

abdication, 135

Christmas Day, 7, 32, 51, 75, 90, 91–4, 96–7, 98–110, 112–20, 121–5, 128–9, 131–2, 188, 195, 212, 248–9, 255, 259, 318, 368, 370, 387

coronation, 1937, 182–3, 185–8

televised, 336

wartime, 206–10, 212–22, 238–45, 248–9, 253–62, 263, 267

Brown, Callum, 18

Brunt, Rosalind, 30

Buckingham Palace

as a site of royal events/celebrations, 57, 68–70, 78, 81, 145, 174, 190, 193–4, 220, 222, 266, 302, 304, 307, 315–17, 325, 349, 355, 364–6, 381

bombing of, 205, 230, 236–7, 251, 270

courtiers, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 19–20, 22–5, 27, 29, 33, 39, 41, 45, 46, 47, 49, 60, 62–4, 66, 68–72, 74–5, 81, 83, 84, 89, 90, 94, 98, 99, 101, 103, 104–6, 107, 114, 118, 119, 121, 124, 132, 136, 138, 139, 141, 144–5, 146–7, 150–1, 152, 170, 172, 174, 182, 185, 189, 195, 199, 201–3, 205, 207–10, 213, 215–6, 226, 228, 230–7, 238, 240–1, 244–5, 254–60, 262–3, 266–7, 269–71, 274–6, 280, 286–89, 291, 301–2, 305, 306, 310–12, 318–9, 323, 325, 328, 329, 336–9, 357–8, 360, 373–4, 375–7, 380–81, 387

press secretary, 23, 74, 202, 265, 310–12, 360

Butler, H. W., 49, 62–4

Caernarfon castle, 11

Caesarism, 163

Canada, 108, 122–3, 176, 177, 212, 238

Cannadine, David, 9, 38, 139

Canterbury Diocesan Gazette, 156

Cardiff, David, 93

celebrity culture, 10, 11, 12, 15–17, 19–20, 22, 27, 35, 37, 38, 43, 45, 46–7, 49, 52, 54, 56–7, 62, 64–5, 112, 130, 139, 143, 195, 218, 239, 297–8, 376, 384

Chamberlain, Neville, 206, 209

Channon, Chips, 276

Charles, Prince

as a child, 43, 335, 356, 358–69, 375

domesticity of, 43, 335, 356, 358–69, 387

extramarital affairs of, 90, 383

popularity of, 361–9

public image of, 43, 335, 356, 358–69, 382–3, 387

wedding of, 382, 385

Christ, Jesus, 125–7, 130

Christiansen, Arthur, 293

Church of England, 6, 7, 11, 14, 18, 22, 24–5, 27, 33, 35, 42, 45, 47, 48, 66, 68–72, 74–5, 83–5, 88–9, 92–3, 96, 99–104, 106, 107–10, 112–17, 118–21, 124, 129, 131–2, 133–8, 140–1, 146–7, 150–1, 153, 156–7, 170, 174–82, 209, 218, 257, 270, 274, 276, 294, 305, 307–12, 323, 328–9, 337–9, 353, 362, 367–8, 370, 373–4, 375, 378–81

Churchill, Winston, 161, 163, 204, 212, 226–7, 229, 230, 239, 257, 261, 262–6, 270, 273, 338–9, 346, 353, 377

cinema, the, 30–2, 51, 60, 170, 187, 220, 225–9, 304, 312, 315, 326, 342, 354, 380

civil list, the, 79, 286, 299, 307

Cock, Gerald, 72, 74, 75–6, 85–6, 104, 312

Cold War, 273, 279, 377

Colville, Sir John, 319

Colville, Sir Richard, 310–12, 318–9, 360

Commonwealth, the, 2, 30, 33, 43, 92, 117, 120, 144–5, 149, 154, 159, 162, 163–4, 165, 172, 176–7, 185, 209, 232, 277, 287–8, 317, 332, 370, 386

communism, 29, 79–81, 162–3, 228, 277, 279, 299–300, 315

conscription, 253–9, 261–2

coronation committees, 176, 337–40

court reporters, 231–3, 301–2

Coward, Noël, 46

Cox, Mavis, 221

Craig, Sir Ernest Gordon, 178, 310

Crawford, Marion, 356–7

Cripps, Sir Stafford, 1–2, 4, 5, 6, 22, 60

Cripps, Sir Charles, 6

crowds, royal, 30, 36, 39, 56–7, 60, 66, 77–8, 79, 81–3, 84, 153, 166–9, 172–3, 180, 191–2, 193–5, 233, 266, 304, 307, 313, 315–17, 325–6, 342–5, 349–50, 366, 381

Crozier, William, 138, 143, 159–60

Cummings, A. J., 161, 277

Daily Express, The, 10, 28, 49, 60, 65, 67, 78, 81, 99, 110, 111, 151, 152, 160–1, 194, 210, 246, 286, 291, 293, 294, 295–6, 338–9, 340

Daily Herald, The, 28, 65, 81, 149, 161–2, 171, 309–10

Daily Mail, The, 10, 28, 48–9, 50, 65, 71, 81, 122, 124–5, 144, 163, 210, 280–1, 291, 301, 325

Daily Mirror, The, 28, 29, 55, 59, 65, 73, 81, 87–8, 103, 110, 120–1, 122, 142, 147–8, 150, 151, 152, 154–6, 163, 181, 190, 221–2, 246, 278, 280, 286, 294, 300, 309, 325–6, 360–61, 366–9, 379, 382

Daily Sketch, The, 58, 79, 81–3, 151, 194, 211, 252, 261, 295, 297

Daily Telegraph, The, 29, 220, 267

Daily Worker, The, 29, 79–81, 162–3, 210, 229, 299, 315

D-Day, 263–4

Dawnay, Alan, 70–2, 103, 118

Dawson, Geoffrey, 34, 103, 104–6, 144, 145–6, 147, 154, 287

deference, decline of, 7, 28, 42–3, 146, 274, 277–9, 280, 282, 294, 306, 324–5, 328, 375–7

de Lotbinière, Seymour Joly, 238, 312

democracy, 2, 4, 6, 7, 15, 38, 90, 91, 137–8, 149, 158–64, 168–9, 170, 195, 207–9, 268, 271, 280, 282, 329, 377, 381, 385

Diana, Princess, 132, 382–3, 385

dictatorships, European, 4, 48, 87–8, 90, 137–8, 158, 163–4, 166, 168–9, 195, 207, 268, 381

Dimbleby, Richard, 364

Dimmock, Peter, 362

divorce, 14, 42, 88, 133–5, 147, 306, 375–9, 382–3

domesticity, national culture of, 15, 17–18, 35, 42–3, 96, 100–2, 104, 106, 112, 130, 131–2, 136, 141–3, 196, 214, 276, 301–2, 304–5, 306–10, 314, 316–17, 320–4, 327–9, 347, 351–6, 360, 362, 365–9, 373, 378–9, 383, 387

Don, Alan, 311

Douglas, J. A., 69–70

Drake, Sir Francis, 125, 130

Driberg, Tom, 34, 292–3

Edward VII, King

coronation of, 9, 10, 172, 179

death of, 9, 10

as king, 144

as prince of Wales, 61

Edward VIII, King

abdication of, 7, 14–15, 18, 20, 25, 28, 30, 40–1, 88–9, 95, 96, 98, 126, 133–7, 138, 139, 144, 151–2, 156, 159–60, 161, 165, 174–5, 188, 189, 194, 195–6, 199, 225, 226, 278, 279, 287, 322, 348, 357, 371, 374, 378

and broadcasting, 18, 135, 174, 189

and his relationship with the media, 12, 15–16, 56, 145–6, 225, 357–8

as prince of Wales, 10–12, 14, 15–16, 45–6, 54, 56, 100, 133–4, 152, 203, 215, 226, 232, 248, 287, 298, 356, 376

as king, 7, 14–15, 18, 27, 28, 88–90, 95, 126, 133, 140, 145, 146, 149–52, 153, 158, 159–60, 174–5, 188, 194, 195–6, 199, 278, 279, 357, 376

as duke of Windsor, 41, 136, 139, 140, 146–54, 189, 204–5, 225–9, 280, 322–3, 357–8

as wartime icon, 12, 248

coronation of, 134, 174–5, 182

domesticity of, 16, 133, 357–8

investiture of, 10–11

modern masculinity of, 12, 40, 54, 134, 139, 140, 195, 225–6, 298

popularity of, 12, 14–15, 16, 95, 131, 133–4, 136, 139–40, 145–7, 151–4, 159, 195, 225, 228, 357–8

public image of, 12, 14–15, 16, 54, 56, 133–4, 138, 140, 145–7, 148–54, 158, 159, 169, 180, 195, 204–5, 225–9, 322–3, 357–8, 376

stylishness of, 12, 15–16, 54

wedding of 149–51, 226, 273, 376, 379

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

and broadcasting, 204, 212–22, 236, 253–62

domesticity of, 42, 69, 141–4, 210, 214, 216–17, 219–21, 223–4, 236–7, 240, 243, 258–9, 262, 265–6, 270, 314, 374, 378

as duchess of York, 49, 60, 62

femininity of, 142, 210, 214, 216–17, 219–21, 224, 233–5, 243, 247, 249–50, 258–9, 262, 270, 354

popularity of, 139, 191, 192, 193, 218–21, 225–6, 229, 235, 238, 260–1, 268–9, 323

public image of, 42, 62, 141–4, 156–7, 191, 192, 200, 204–5, 210, 212–22, 223, 225–6, 229, 230–5, 236–8, 240, 247–8, 249, 253–62, 266, 270, 292, 304, 323, 354, 362, 365, 374, 378

as queen consort, 25, 42, 139, 141–4, 151, 156–7, 175, 177–8, 180–1, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 203–5, 212–22, 223, 225–6, 230–8, 240, 243, 247–8, 249, 253–62, 266, 268–71, 280–1, 283, 292, 293, 304, 374, 377, 378

as queen mother, 354, 362–3, 366

and her relationship with the media, 42, 230–4, 254

suffering of, 180–1, 200, 205, 214, 216, 219–22, 223, 230, 236, 240, 249, 260, 268, 270, 374, 378–9

wartime leadership of, 42, 200, 204–5, 210, 212–22, 225–6, 229, 230–5, 236–8, 247–8, 249–50, 253–62, 266, 268–9, 270, 374, 378

wedding of, 62, 69, 74

Elizabeth II, Queen

and her attitudes to television, 336, 338–9, 341–2

and broadcasting, 116, 205, 238–45, 287–9, 368, 370

coronation of, 23, 25, 33, 37, 42–3, 327–8, 331–71, 375

domesticity of, 33, 42, 43, 142–4, 190, 191, 219–21, 223, 240–41, 245, 274–6, 278–6, 290–91, 301–5, 306–10, 313–14, 320–30, 335–6, 358–69, 370–1, 373–4, 375–6, 379, 382–4

femininity of, 33, 42, 43, 244, 245, 246–8, 274–6, 282–6, 287, 290–91, 301–5, 306–10, 313–14, 318–30, 335–6, 349, 351, 354–5, 358–69, 370–1

popularity of, 191, 193, 242–4, 275–6, 282–6, 287, 303–5, 313–14, 318–30, 335–6, 349, 351, 354–5, 361–2, 365–9, 370–1, 382–4, 386

as a princess, 24, 37, 42, 102, 142–4, 145–6, 190, 191, 193, 203, 205, 216, 219–21, 223, 238–48, 266, 273–330, 356, 358–60, 373–4, 376

public image of, 38, 43, 116, 142–4, 191, 205, 216, 219–21, 223, 238–48, 266, 273–6, 277–86, 287–9, 299, 301–5, 306–10, 312, 313–14, 318–30, 335–6, 340, 349, 351, 354–5, 358–62, 365–9, 370–1, 373–4, 375–6, 379, 382–4

as queen, 7, 23–4, 38, 42–3, 116, 331–71, 373, 375–6, 379, 382–4, 386

and her relationship with the media, 24, 146, 239–40, 276–86, 287–9, 290–91, 330, 360

suffering of, 43, 205, 238, 240–1, 245, 247, 273, 275–6, 288–9, 291, 313–14, 324–30, 336, 337, 367–9, 370–1, 373–4

as wartime icon, 205, 219–21, 223, 238–48, 266

wedding of, 25, 37, 42, 273–330, 336, 349, 357–8, 373–4, 377–9, 380, 382, 386

Ellison, Grace, 53

emotion, 8, 9, 15, 16–21, 23, 28, 32–3, 35, 36–7, 38–9, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47–8, 49, 50–1, 53, 57, 62, 64–5, 66, 74, 75, 83, 85–6, 89–90, 91, 92–6, 99–100, 101, 102, 103, 107, 108, 109–10, 112–15, 116, 121, 124, 126, 128, 131–2, 134–5, 137, 138, 141, 149, 152, 168–9, 170, 173, 175, 179, 180–2, 188–9, 191, 192, 200, 202, 203, 205, 212, 214, 216, 218, 233–5, 241–2, 248–51, 257, 261, 270, 274–6, 284, 286, 288–91, 301–4, 308, 312, 313–17, 318, 320, 325, 327, 328–9, 331–3, 335, 347–8, 352–6, 358, 362, 365–9, 371, 373–4, 379, 384, 387

emotional communities, 21, 96

emotional regimes, 20–1

empire, 2, 3, 4, 9, 12, 15, 28, 30, 32, 39, 71, 83, 91, 92–3, 97, 99, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108, 112, 117–25, 126, 127, 129, 131, 138, 144–5, 149, 154, 157–8, 159, 162, 163–4, 165–6, 170–1, 172, 173, 175, 176–7, 182–3, 185, 186, 195, 209, 212, 213, 218, 232, 249, 256, 259, 263, 264, 269–70, 273, 284, 287–8, 290, 292, 332, 386

English Constitution, The, 9–10, 22, 83, 89

European royalty, 5, 11, 50, 52–3, 60–1, 66, 79–80, 90, 228, 276–9, 283–4, 292, 300, 329–30, 380, 386

evacuation, 212–16, 219–21, 240–41, 243–4, 245, 247, 270

Evans, Sir Edward, 235

Evening News, 49

Evening Standard, 319

Exchange Telegraph, 231, 265

Exhibition, British Empire, 32

FA cup final, 2

Fairbanks Jr., Douglas, 62

fascism, 4, 87–88, 90, 137–8, 158, 162, 168, 195, 206, 207, 210, 268, 275, 277, 279, 381

fashion, 53–4, 60, 78, 318–20

feminism, 69

First World War, 3, 5, 6, 11–13, 45, 71, 91, 127–8, 207, 215, 221, 248

Fisher, Archbishop Geoffrey Francis, 25, 276, 294, 308–9, 312, 325, 328–9, 337–9, 340–1, 353, 362, 367, 370, 376

Fisher, Rosamund, 325

Folkestone, 56, 57

Fox, Jo, 207

Foxley Norris, William, 71, 75, 176, 177

France, 45, 52, 53, 56, 65, 66, 78, 148, 167, 221, 225–8, 264, 357

Francis, Martin, 113, 263, 298

French, Lord, 12

Gamlin, Lionel, 303

Garbett, Archbishop Cyril, 309

Garter King of Arms, 176

Gaumont British News, 30, 60, 170–2, 298

Gell, W. J., 178

George II, King (of Greece), 277, 279

George III, King, 118

George V, King

and broadcasting, 32, 39, 51, 71–2, 75, 90, 91–132, 188, 189, 196, 209, 239, 288, 318, 368, 387

and his children, 11–12, 14, 45, 50, 67, 68, 92, 96, 100–2, 130, 143–4, 170, 387

as constitutional arbitrator, 5, 92, 134, 159, 162

coronation of, 9, 10, 172

death of, 14, 92, 96, 97, 125, 126, 129, 159, 160, 175, 188, 287, 374

domesticity of, 3, 10–11, 14, 39, 50, 83, 89, 91, 96, 99–105, 110, 112, 121, 126, 129–30, 136, 139, 141, 373, 378, 387

as head of an empire family, 97, 107, 110, 117–25, 131–2, 145

illness of, 14, 91, 157, 323

as king, 1–7, 10–15, 18, 23, 25, 32, 38, 39, 43, 50, 67, 68, 71–2, 83–4, 89, 91–132, 133–4, 136–7, 141, 143–4, 153, 157, 159, 160, 168, 180, 195, 202–3, 207, 218, 231, 239, 273, 323, 373, 378, 381

paternalistic masculinity of, 96, 97, 102, 107, 110, 113–14, 116, 121, 123, 125, 127–9, 130–2, 136, 140, 145, 195, 387

popularity of, 1–6, 15–16, 32, 35, 83–4, 94–5, 100, 102, 104, 107, 109–10, 114, 116, 117, 119–20, 121, 122, 124, 125–31, 136, 143–5, 168, 195

public image of, 1–6, 10–14, 15–16, 18, 22–3, 32, 38, 39, 50, 67–8, 83, 91–132, 133–4, 136–7, 138, 139, 141, 143–5, 153, 159, 168, 169, 180, 183, 188, 195, 202–3, 207, 323, 373, 378, 381, 387

and his relationship with the media, 1–4, 6, 12, 22–3, 25, 32, 39, 67–8, 71–2, 98–9, 102, 104–6, 123, 128–9, 311

suffering of, 97, 113–16, 132, 139–40

wartime leadership of, 3, 11–13, 91, 127–8, 207

George VI, King

and the abdication, 7, 18, 20, 40–1, 89, 96, 126, 135–8, 139, 144–7, 152, 156, 159, 161, 175, 189, 195–6, 223, 225, 270, 287, 348, 358, 371

and broadcasting, 7, 41, 136, 170, 182–3, 185–8, 195, 199, 204, 206–10, 212, 220, 240, 248–9, 255, 261, 263, 267, 288

coronation of, 40, 136–8, 139, 147, 149, 152, 153, 156–88, 195–7, 224, 232, 312, 348, 349, 367, 371, 374, 376, 378, 381, 385

death of, 43, 336, 337, 377

domesticity of, 30, 50–1, 69, 89, 136–7, 141–4, 157, 193, 210, 216, 219–20, 222, 223, 236–7, 240, 248–9, 265–6, 270, 314, 358, 373–4, 378

as duke of York, 11, 14, 49, 50–1, 62, 144, 154, 171

as head of an empire family, 145, 149, 185, 270

as king, 7, 18, 20, 25, 30, 40–1, 126, 131, 135, 136–47, 149–50, 152–4, 156–65, 170, 174–88, 189, 190, 193, 195–7, 199, 203–5, 206–10, 212, 216, 219–20, 222, 223, 225–6, 228–9, 230–8, 240, 248–9, 262–69, 270–1, 280–1, 283, 290, 292, 293, 304, 306, 311, 323, 328, 373–4, 377, 378, 386

masculinity of, 137, 139–43, 156, 180–1, 249–50, 262–5

popularity of, 7, 40–1, 126, 131, 136–8, 139–44, 147, 151–4, 156–7, 161, 164–5, 170, 186–8, 189, 193–4, 204–5, 210, 223–4, 225–6, 229, 238, 260–1, 264–5, 268–9

public image of, 30, 41, 62, 131, 136–8, 139–45, 149, 152–4, 156–7, 161, 164, 170, 174–88, 193, 196–7, 200, 203–5, 206–10, 216, 220–2, 223, 225–6, 229, 230–5, 236–8, 240, 248–9, 255, 260–1, 262–9, 270, 292, 304, 323, 373–4, 378

and his relationship with the media, 30, 41, 138, 143–4, 149, 156, 175, 195, 205, 230–3, 264–5, 301, 311

suffering of, 40–1, 139–40, 179–82, 186–7, 196, 200, 205, 210, 216, 219–22, 223, 230, 236, 240, 248–9, 260, 268, 270, 367, 378–9

wartime leadership of, 41, 200, 205, 206–10, 216, 220, 222, 225–6, 228–9, 230–8, 386

weaknesses of, 40–1, 136–8, 139–41, 153–7, 158, 160, 161, 170, 180–1, 182–3, 186–7, 193, 195, 204–5, 210, 212, 220, 223, 225, 230–8, 248–50, 253, 259–61, 262–9, 270, 374, 378

wedding of, 14, 50–1, 62, 69, 74, 273, 283

Gilbert, Joan, 318

Gloucester, duke of, 101, 354

God Save the King/Queen, 187

Goodwin, Geraint, 79

Gordon, John, 293, 319, 357–8

Gottlieb, Julie, 38

Greece, 45, 52–3, 79, 277–9, 283–4, 292–3, 295, 298–300, 303, 330

Greek Orthodox Church, 45, 68–70, 295

Grigg, Sir Edward, 215

Gunn, Herbert, 319

Gustaf V, King (of Sweden), 51

Hailsham, Viscount, 85

Hammond, J. L., 159–60

Hanoverians, the, 8

Hardinge, Sir Alexander, 23, 104, 147, 199, 209, 238, 254–6

Harrisson, Tom, 35–7, 95, 201

Harry, Prince, 132, 381, 383–4, 385, 387

Hartnell, Norman, 318–9

Helsby, Laurence, 306–7

Hertzog, General, 177

Hillier, F. N., 233

Hinton, James, 36

Hitler, Adolf, 4, 56, 66, 87–8, 117, 140, 149, 159, 166, 167–8, 169, 205, 208–9, 381

HMV, 75, 311

Hoare, Sir Samuel, 85, 208–9

Hollywood, 15–16, 62, 64

Home Office, 230, 232

honours, 171, 172

Hopkins, Harry, 329

house of commons, 91, 279, 339

house of lords, 1, 91, 308

Howell, Myfanwy, 318

Hulton, Edward, 280

Hyde, Robert, 154–6

Illustrated London News, The, 63

independence movements, 117–8, 123

India, 123, 145, 160, 162–3, 177, 273

inequality, social, 11, 20, 79–80, 168–9, 179–80, 200, 205–6, 228, 237, 251, 253, 268–9, 271, 329–30, 384

investiture of the prince of Wales, the, 10–11

Ireland, 2, 160, 174, 177

Iremonger, Frederic, 175, 181

Italy, 4, 169, 193, 226, 264–5

Jameson, Storm, 215

Jennings, Humphrey, 35, 137

Jones, Heather, 12

jubilees, royal, 9, 81, 90, 92, 93, 100, 107, 110–11, 112–13, 116, 118, 121, 124, 127, 130, 152, 159, 168, 172, 185

Kearney, Neville, 178

Kent, Edward, duke of, 354

Kent, George, duke of

controversial private life, 46, 89

death of, 64, 205–6, 248–53, 260, 270

domesticity of, 51–2, 138–9

good looks of, 49–50

modern masculinity of, 54, 62, 138–9, 298

popularity of, 64, 86, 138–9, 192, 249–51, 253, 302

public image of, 39, 46–7, 49, 51–2, 54, 56, 57, 60, 62–4, 70, 74, 89–90, 138–9, 150, 190, 205–6, 298, 376

and his relationship with the media, 39, 46–7, 49, 51–7, 60, 62–4, 71

wartime service of, 205–6, 250

wedding of 39, 45–90, 99–100, 162, 172, 175, 193, 273, 279, 302, 312, 318, 325, 378, 380, 386

Kent, Marina, duchess of

beauty of, 49–50, 62, 64

domesticity of, 51–2, 65, 250–3

foreignness of, 45, 47, 52–3, 68–70, 79, 90

femininity of, 49–50, 53–4, 62

popularity of, 56–7, 60–1, 79, 86, 103, 139, 192, 285

public image of, 39, 46–7, 49, 51–4, 56–7, 60, 62–4, 74, 79–81, 89–90, 205–6, 250–3, 285, 295, 299, 302, 376

and her relationship with the media, 39, 46–7, 49–57, 60, 61–4, 90

and the royal wave, 47, 56–7, 81–3, 194, 381

stylishness of, 45, 49, 53–4, 60–1, 62–5, 78

wedding of 39, 45–90, 99–100, 162, 172, 175, 193, 273, 279, 302, 312, 318, 325, 378, 380, 386

Kew Gardens, 270

King George’s Jubilee Trust, 185, 209, 269, 289, 308

King, Laura, 17

king’s cameraman, 202, 264–6, 288, 302, 310, 311, 360, 380

Kipling, Rudyard, 94, 96, 99–100, 103, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 117–19, 124, 145

Knapp-Fisher, Sir Edward, 72, 74–5, 177

Knox, Collie, 71

Labour party, 1–2, 5, 162, 164, 172, 250, 306, 319–20

Ladies’ Home Journal, 356

Lambeth Palace, 25, 94, 294

Lancet, The, 140–1

Lang, Archbishop Cosmo Gordon, 25, 39, 47, 68–70, 74, 79, 83–6, 88–9, 92–3, 96, 99–104, 106, 107–10, 112–17, 118–21, 124, 129, 131–2, 133–6, 140–1, 146–7, 150–1, 154, 156–7, 175–82, 183, 185, 188, 191, 195–6, 199, 208–9, 217–8, 257, 270, 288, 289, 308, 312, 368, 374, 378, 379

Langhamer, Claire, 17, 352

Lascelles, Sir Alan, 23, 25, 145–6, 199–200, 202–3, 208–10, 213, 215–16, 236, 240–1, 244, 245, 249, 256–8, 263, 266–7, 269–71, 287–9, 306–7, 339, 353, 357–8, 360, 377

Laski, Harold, 6

Lawrence, Gertrude, 62

League of Nations, 39, 117, 163

Legge, L. G. Wickham, 179

Legh, Sir Piers, 266

Lennart, Prince (of Sweden), 51

letter writing, 38–9, 48, 80, 84–8, 89, 92, 94–5, 100, 102, 104, 107, 109–10, 114–15, 116, 117, 119–20, 121, 122, 124, 132, 159, 190, 201, 218–9, 239, 282–5, 374, 379, 384

Liberal Party, 11

Life, 357

Little Princesses, The, 356–7

Lloyd George, David, 163

Lockhart, Sir Robert Bruce, 46

Logue, Lionel, 182–3

Loraine, Winifred, 65

lord chamberlain, the, 72

lord high almoner, the, 25, 68, 257

love, national culture of, 14, 17–19, 39, 42, 46–7, 50–1, 54, 57, 60, 62, 64–5, 89–90, 126, 133–4, 143, 149, 196, 275–6, 279, 280, 282–6, 289, 301–2, 304–5, 306–10, 314, 316–17, 320–9, 378–9, 380

Loviglio, Jason, 98

Low, David, 348

Lyttelton, Oliver, 255

Macadam, Ivison, 209, 213

MacDonald, Malcolm, 117

MacDonald, Ramsay, 5, 84

Mackenzie, Compton, 135

Madge, Charles, 35

Manchester, 87, 151, 164

Manchester Guardian, The, 29, 87, 138, 143, 145, 159–60, 277–9, 295, 348

Margaret, Princess

as a child, 102, 142–4, 145–6, 190, 191, 192, 193, 203, 205, 216, 219–21, 223, 240–3, 245, 246–7, 266, 356

domesticity of, 142–4, 190, 191, 219–21, 223, 246–7

femininity of, 246–7

and Peter Townsend, 90, 375–9, 382

popularity of, 190, 191, 192, 193

public image of, 142–4, 191, 192, 205, 216, 219–21, 223, 240–3, 245, 246–7, 266, 304, 375–9, 380, 382–3

and her relationship with the media, 146

wedding of, 380

Martin, Kingsley, 168, 196, 348

Mary, Princess, 11, 14, 50–1, 64, 69, 74, 273

Mary, Queen

coronation of, 9, 190

death of, 332

domesticity of, 83, 100, 130, 188–95

matriarchal femininity of, 190–1, 192–5, 251

popularity of, 40–1, 83, 102, 130, 138, 139, 170, 188–95, 239, 251, 374

public image of, 11, 32, 66–7, 83, 99–100, 102, 123, 127, 138, 170, 188–95, 374

as queen consort, 25, 32, 66, 68–70, 83, 91, 99–100, 102, 103, 112, 115, 123, 127, 130, 189, 239

as queen mother, 40–1, 138, 150, 151, 170, 188–95, 251

and her relationship with the media, 32, 66, 68–70, 103, 123, 188–9

suffering of, 188–95, 251, 374

as wartime icon, 11, 127

Marshall, Howard, 72, 76, 77, 181

Masefield, John, 183, 185

Mass Observation, 35–8, 39, 64, 77, 94, 125–31, 137, 139–40, 143, 151–4, 158, 163, 164–9, 170–1, 173, 178–82, 186–8, 191–4, 201, 205, 210, 212, 214, 220, 223–6, 227–9, 236–7, 242–4, 249–51, 253, 259–61, 267–9, 273–6, 287, 289, 298–301, 303–5, 308, 312–17, 320–4, 325–30, 331, 333–6, 347–9, 351–6, 361–9, 370–1, 373–4, 378, 379, 384–5

Massey, Vincent, 176

Maxwell, Elsa, 147

May the Twelfth, 37, 137

McAra, Sir Thomas, 74

McCulloch, Derek, 238, 245

Middleton, C. H., 104

Miéville, Sir Eric, 233, 256

Milne, A. A., 214–5

Milner, Lady, 147

Ministry of Information, 23, 32, 199–200, 201, 203–4, 205, 206–10, 211–16, 230, 232, 236, 238, 254–7, 266, 270, 378

Mitchell, Sir Frank, 72, 74

Molyneux, Edward, 53–4, 78

monarchy, the

arbitrating role of, 5, 6, 8, 15, 41, 92

and the burdens of royal life, 18–19, 40, 43, 96–7, 113–16, 132, 135, 139–40, 144–5, 149, 156–7, 179–82, 185, 186, 190, 192, 196–7, 200, 222, 223, 268, 270, 275–6, 284–5, 288, 289–92, 313–14, 324–30, 336, 366–9, 370–1, 378, 384, 387

and ceremonial, 9, 10, 25, 27, 29, 33, 37, 39, 41, 42, 66–72, 74–5, 83–7, 97, 116, 121, 134, 144–5, 152, 156, 160, 165–9, 170–82, 191, 192–3, 276, 304, 306–7, 309, 310–12, 331–3, 336–56, 362, 364, 366, 373

and Christian religion, 3, 8, 13, 14, 18, 25, 27, 39, 42, 66, 68–70, 74, 83–6, 88–90, 91, 93, 114–15, 127, 128–9, 133–6, 150, 156–7, 170, 175–82, 185–6, 209, 218, 259–60, 270, 274, 276, 288, 306–10, 328–9, 332, 337–9, 346, 353–6, 370, 373, 376, 378–9, 383

conservatism of, 4, 92, 189, 260

constitutionalism of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8–10, 15, 37, 41, 90, 91, 93, 134–5, 137–8, 144, 149, 158–62, 170, 195, 224, 267, 378

and the discretion of the media, 6–7, 14, 24, 28, 46, 74, 95, 146, 377

and divine ordination, 177–9, 334, 339, 349, 352–4

and duty, 2, 13–15, 18–19, 41, 42, 43, 45, 91, 93, 96–7, 112–15, 126–8, 131, 132, 133, 134–7, 139–40, 141, 144–5, 149, 153, 157, 168–9, 179–80, 185, 186, 196–7, 203, 209, 218, 222, 248, 250, 268, 270–1, 275, 280, 284, 288–91, 328–30, 364–9, 370–1, 373, 375, 378–9, 382, 387

as dysfunctional family, 382–3

as exemplary family, 3, 7–11, 14, 15–19, 21, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32–33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 42, 43, 45, 48, 66, 68–70, 75, 83, 85–6, 88–90, 91, 92, 96, 100–4, 106, 108, 110, 112, 121, 122, 126, 129–32, 134–6, 139, 141–4, 145, 150, 156–7, 161, 185, 190–1, 192–3, 195, 200, 203, 205, 216, 219–21, 240, 248, 250, 253, 259–62, 270, 273–4, 276, 301, 304–5, 306–10, 312, 314, 316–7, 320–4, 327–9, 333, 347, 360, 362, 365–9, 370–1, 373–4, 375–6, 378–9, 380, 382–3, 385, 387

extravagance of, 8, 25, 37, 79–80, 179–80, 200, 206, 238, 274, 276, 286, 307, 313, 323, 341

feminization of, 47, 54, 60, 64–5, 76–7, 90, 276, 317–23, 385

as a force for social cohesion and unity, 2–12, 15, 25, 28, 29–30, 34, 39, 42, 47–8, 66, 67, 70–2, 76, 77, 78–9, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93, 105, 108–9, 122, 126–8, 136, 167, 170–2, 185, 193–4, 195, 207–8, 224, 236, 248, 267–8, 270, 280, 315–17, 320–21, 331, 333, 335–6, 340, 343, 348–9, 351–6, 381

future of, 387

Germanness of, 11, 79

glamour of, 16, 45, 49–50, 53–4, 60–1, 64

as head of the establishment, 1, 6, 29–30, 70, 153–4

and the middle classes, 8, 9, 10, 17

as moral exemplar, 3, 7–10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17–19, 22, 25, 30, 42, 45, 47, 50–1, 66, 68–70, 74, 75, 83, 85–6, 88–90, 93, 96–7, 112–14, 126, 129–31, 133–6, 141–5, 150, 156–7, 161, 168–9, 209, 216, 219–21, 223, 259–62, 270, 274, 276, 288, 290–1, 301–3, 306–10, 312, 320–4, 327–9, 332, 360, 362, 365–9, 370–1, 373–4, 375–6, 378–9, 382, 387

as a national economic benefit, 78

ordinariness of, 11–12, 42, 69–70, 85, 105, 142, 191, 200, 218, 224, 231, 235, 247, 274, 276, 282–3, 291, 296–7, 299, 301–2, 307, 317, 321, 323, 329, 360, 365–6, 379

political influence of, 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 30, 92, 134, 161–2, 224, 279, 284, 386–7

political neutrality, of 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 88, 134, 161–2, 224

public criticism of, 1, 4–5, 11, 29, 37, 79–80, 94–5, 153–6, 180–1, 195, 200, 205–6, 210, 212, 224, 228, 235, 237, 243, 250–1, 261, 268–9, 271, 273–6, 277–8, 286, 289, 299, 315, 321, 323–4, 328–30, 333, 347, 371, 374, 377, 379, 383, 384

public indifference to, 224, 238, 269, 273, 347, 374

and public values, 3, 8–10, 12, 13, 17–19, 39, 42–3, 47, 83, 89–90, 93, 100–4, 106–8, 113, 127, 132, 136, 156, 158–9, 168–9, 185, 206–10, 270, 274, 276, 306–10, 320–3, 324–8, 347, 360, 362, 365–9, 370–1, 373, 378, 387

and royal public language, 13, 18–19, 23, 32–3, 39, 92–3, 96–7, 99–104, 106–10, 112–15, 117–25, 127–9, 131–2, 139–40, 144–5, 180, 185–6, 188–9, 196, 200, 206–10, 216–17, 240, 242, 257–9, 270–1, 287–8, 289–91, 374, 375, 384, 387

sacred character of, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 179–80, 311, 324, 337–9, 346, 353–6, 373, 376–7

secrecy of, 6, 7, 14, 23–4, 28, 46, 182, 207, 223, 240–1, 319, 376–7

and self-fulfilment, 15, 17–19, 35, 47, 49, 50, 65, 89–90, 100–1, 113, 130, 132, 133–4, 143, 148–9, 196–7, 275–6, 280, 284–6, 287, 291, 308, 320, 327, 328, 368–9, 378–9, 380

and self-sacrifice, 13–14, 19, 41, 42, 43, 93, 96–7, 113–14, 126–8, 131, 132, 133, 141, 149, 179–80, 185, 196–7, 268, 270, 275, 284, 288, 291, 336, 366–9, 373, 375, 378–9, 380

and service, 2, 13–14, 15, 19, 41, 42, 43, 93, 96–7, 112–15, 126–8, 131, 132, 133, 134–6, 139, 141, 144–5, 149, 153, 157, 168–9, 179–80, 185, 186, 187, 196–7, 203, 209, 218, 222, 248, 250, 268, 270, 275, 280, 284, 288, 289–92, 328–30, 364–9, 370–1, 373, 375, 378–9, 382, 387

and shared wartime sacrifices, 203, 209, 216, 219–22, 223, 230, 235, 236, 240–1, 245, 247, 249–51, 253, 258, 267–9, 270, 273, 374, 378–9

as soap opera, 382

as a symbol of British parliamentary democracy, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8–10, 15, 22, 28, 38, 41, 66, 71–2, 88, 90, 134, 137–8, 140, 145, 149, 154, 157–9, 160–4, 166–9, 195, 206, 209, 224, 268, 270, 323, 378, 381

sympathy for, 19, 41, 43, 114–16, 132, 179–82, 186–7, 188–95, 196, 200, 219–21, 223, 268, 275–6, 288, 289–92, 313–14, 324, 327–30, 368–9, 374, 379, 384, 387

and wartime commemoration, 3, 12–13, 215, 221

and the working classes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 25, 47, 76–7, 79–80, 91, 127–8, 133, 153, 170–2, 205, 218, 221, 230, 235, 236, 244, 268–9, 280, 345–6, 385

Monckton, Walter, 150

morale, 204, 207–8, 306

Moran, Joe, 333

Morrah, Dermot, 271, 287–91, 301, 329, 379

Mort, Frank, 12, 95, 98

Morton, A. L., 81

Mountbatten, Lord, 275, 276, 292–3, 295–6, 298, 301, 325, 329

Movietone News, 30, 51–2, 65, 143–4, 178, 191, 245, 264, 297, 302–3, 310, 317

Murdoch, Rupert, 382

Murray, Ralph, 77

Mussolini, Benito, 4, 56, 117, 140, 149, 159, 169

National Government, the, 5, 84, 92, 199

national emotional community, 21, 28, 32–3, 42–3, 45, 48, 66, 75, 83, 86, 87, 90, 93–4, 109–10, 115, 120, 129, 132, 138, 173, 192, 218–9, 261, 315, 322, 324, 335–6, 342, 348–9, 352–6, 366–7, 371, 374, 380, 385

national identity, royalist, 9, 13, 20, 21, 32, 34, 38, 39, 48, 91, 95, 96, 97, 125–6, 130, 173, 189, 253, 332, 334, 369, 371, 374, 375, 380, 385

Nazi Germany, 19, 21, 87, 125, 166, 167–9, 195, 204–5, 206, 212, 226, 228–9, 230, 235, 237, 247, 249

Needham, B. H., 213

Nelson, Lord, 125, 130

Newham, Henry (Candidus), 151

new journalism, 10

New Statesman and Nation, 168, 348

New Zealand, 118, 122–3, 177

Newspaper Proprietors’ Association, 233, 325

Newsreel Association, 34, 178, 201, 264–6, 310

newsreels, 11, 21, 27, 29–32, 34, 48, 49, 51–3, 60, 61, 65, 66, 75, 78, 81, 170–2, 177–8, 193–5, 202, 204, 212, 221–2, 223, 225–9, 231–3, 236, 245, 250, 256, 262, 264–6, 275, 288, 291, 297–8, 302–4, 306, 310–12, 316–7, 324–7, 337–9, 385

News Chronicle, The, 28, 54, 57, 81, 151, 161, 277–9, 351

News of the World, The, 29, 53, 65

Nicholas, Prince (of Greece), 53, 67, 70, 79

Nicholas, Siân, 34

Nicolson, Harold, 92, 116, 202–3

Nicolls, Sir Basil, 318

Nixon, Sean, 365

Norfolk, duchess of, 341

Norfolk, duke of, 176, 178, 191, 337–41, 354

Northcliffe, Lord, 27–8

Ogilvie, Sir Frederick, 238–40

Olechnowicz, Andrzej, 35

opinion polls, 42, 273, 274–5, 279, 280–6, 292, 306, 330, 338–9, 377, 383, 384–5

Order of the British Empire, 171, 172

Organized Labour, 172

Orr-Ewing, Lord, 310–12

Paget, Elma, 84–5

Paramount News, 30, 256, 316–7, 326

Paris, 45, 52–3, 65, 78

Pathé News, 30, 57, 60, 178, 221, 236, 245, 291, 297, 298, 304, 317

Patricia, Princess (of Connaught), 50, 69

Paul, Prince (of Yugoslavia), 48, 51, 60

People, The, 375–7

Perry, Joe, 19

Perth, Lord, 213

philanthropy, royal, 2, 5, 11–14, 15, 25, 39, 91, 97, 100, 108, 112, 127–8, 131, 133, 144, 189, 200

Philip, Prince

Britishness of, 292–3, 295–6, 298–9, 329

domesticity of, 274–6, 298, 305, 306–10, 313–14, 320–30

foreignness of, 42, 275, 282, 292–3, 295–6, 298–300, 329–30, 377–8

good looks of, 293–4, 297–9, 302, 304, 305

modern masculinity of, 296–9, 306–10

popularity of, 275–7, 283–5, 288, 292, 297, 298–9, 303–5, 313–14, 320–30, 361–2

as prince consort, 337, 340–41, 349, 354, 368

public image of, 42, 274–6, 277–86, 288, 292–301, 302–5, 306–10, 312, 313–14, 320–30, 377–8

and his relationship with the media, 42, 276–86, 292–301, 330

stylishness of, 297–8

suffering of, 276, 324–30

wedding of, 42, 273–330, 336, 349, 357–8, 374, 377–9, 380, 382, 386

photography, 8, 17, 27, 34, 48, 49–50, 56–7, 62–4, 67, 74, 75, 81–2, 103, 104–6, 141–2, 147–9, 183, 186, 193–5, 218, 222, 231–3, 236, 239, 245, 246, 247, 250–52, 266, 281–2, 291, 295–6, 300, 302–3, 350, 358–62, 364, 371, 385

physical attraction, culture of, 50, 297

Picture Post, 280

Pimlott, Ben, 276, 287–8, 294, 331, 338

Pitkin’s souvenirs, 335, 358–60

Pollitt, Harry, 162–3

prayer, 156–7, 353, 370

Press Association, 231–2, 265, 301

press, the, 1–2, 9–10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 22, 27–9, 34, 35, 38, 39, 42, 46–7, 48, 49, 52–3, 56–7, 60, 61, 65, 67, 71–2, 74, 78–9, 81, 83, 86–7, 98, 99, 102, 104, 110, 120–1, 125, 130, 132, 135, 138–9, 141, 145–6, 147–50, 151, 154, 156, 159–63, 170, 175, 183, 188, 189, 194, 195, 200, 203–4, 210–11, 218, 220–2, 225–8, 231–3, 236, 239, 245, 250, 261–2, 266, 274–6, 277–86, 289, 291–8, 302, 304, 306–9, 318–19, 324–7, 329, 335, 338–40, 342, 353, 356–8, 360–1, 364, 366–8, 371, 375–9, 382–4, 385

press council, 382

Priestley, J. B., 224

Ponsonby, Lord, 161–2, 171

public relations profession, 22

radio, 21, 27, 32–3, 34, 36, 39, 47–8, 51, 66, 68, 70–2, 74, 75–7, 83, 85–7, 90, 91–110, 112–20, 121–5, 126, 127, 128–9, 131–2, 133, 135, 157, 163–4, 165, 170–1, 172–83, 185–8, 193, 199, 204, 206–12, 212–22, 238–45, 248–9, 253–62, 263, 287–9, 312–17, 318, 321, 323, 329, 337, 340, 344–5, 347, 349, 353, 355, 373, 380, 385

Raphael Tuck & Sons, 62–4

rationing, 222, 273, 286, 307, 323

Reekie, J. G., 74

Reform Acts 1832, 8 1918, 2, 4, 158 1928, 158

Reith, Sir John, 33–4, 70, 98, 182–3, 204, 219

remembrance, 3, 12–13, 215, 221

republicanism

and anti-monarchism, 1, 4–5, 11, 29, 37, 79–80, 94–5, 268, 277, 299

and the Labour party, 1, 172

on royal extravagance, 79–80, 163, 268, 286, 299, 323

Reuters, 49

Reynold’s News, 80, 292–3

Riddell, Lord, 74

Ritchie, Lewis, 265

Robertson, E. J., 293

romantic Toryism, 298

Romsey abbey, 326–7

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 98, 109, 268

Rose, Kenneth, 116

Rosenwein, Barbara, 21

Rothermere, Lord, 27–8, 146

Rowney, W. D. (Maro), 81

Royal Archives, the, 22–24, 94–5, 182, 183, 202, 216, 231

Roya Navy, 45–6, 276, 292, 295, 298, 299

royal rota, 231, 256, 264–5

Russell, Audrey, 318

Russian revolution, 5, 79

St James’s Palace, 46, 269

St Paul’s Cathedral, 112, 121

Salzburg, 49, 51

Sandringham, 32, 103–5

Sargent, Alexander, 176

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 11

Scandinavia, 51, 386

Scannell, Paddy, 93

school essays, 38, 39, 92, 95–6, 125–31, 331, 333–6, 341–6, 349–53, 362–9, 371, 379, 385

Scotland, 29, 32, 50, 66–8, 123, 170, 174, 216, 221, 251, 276, 295, 316, 352

Second World War, 8, 23, 28, 32, 33, 41–2, 43, 168, 199–271, 273, 299, 322, 332, 358, 374, 378, 381, 386

secularization, 18, 380

Shaw, George Bernard, 163

Shawcross, William, 49, 260, 277

Sheridan, Lisa, 141–2, 143, 358, 361

Shils, Edward, 332–3

Sigvard, Prince (of Sweden), 51

Simpson, Wallis, 14, 27, 28, 88–9, 133–6, 143, 146–51, 159, 226, 227, 280, 376, 379

Sitwell, Osbert, 139

smoking, 54

Smuts, Jan, 162

Snell, Lord, 164

socialism, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 162, 172, 173, 294, 300, 313

social sanction, 36–7, 84, 95, 152, 187, 242

South Africa, 122, 163, 177, 239, 287–9, 303, 310

souvenirs, commemorative, 34, 183–5, 270–71, 308–9, 358–60

Soviet Union, 79, 167, 273, 279, 283–4, 332

Spectator, The, 116–7

speech writing, 39, 92–4, 96, 99–104, 106, 107–10, 112–17, 118–124, 129, 131–2, 183, 185, 206–10, 212–17, 240–1, 242, 257–60, 287–9, 374

sport, 2–3

Stamfordham, Lord, 11, 23

Stars at Home, The, 51–2

Statute of Westminster, 92, 97, 117

Sun, The, 382

Sunday Dispatch, 74

Sunday Express, 143, 147, 180–1, 190–1, 222, 293, 298, 301–2, 319, 357–8

Sunday Pictorial, 42, 221, 238, 278–86, 292, 294, 301, 328, 330, 377–8

Summerfield, Penny, 35–6

Swaffer, Hannen, 309–10

Tallents, Stephen, 183, 240–1, 244

Technicolor, 311, 316

television, 21, 27, 32–3, 34, 36, 42–3, 182, 310–12, 331–56, 362–9, 370–1, 373, 380, 385

Temple, William, 25

Thomas, J. H., 84

Thompson, Graham, 202, 264–6, 288, 302, 310, 311, 360, 380

Times, The, 29, 34, 66, 74, 103, 105, 121, 144, 145–6, 147, 154, 167, 245, 287, 379

tours, royal

overseas, 12, 30, 97, 133, 154, 212, 215, 232, 286–9, 303, 310

provincial, 2, 5, 8, 25, 127–8, 144, 189, 231

wartime, 11, 12, 42, 127–1, 205, 228, 229, 230–6, 258, 260, 264

Townsend, Peter, 375, 377, 379, 382

trade unions, leaders of, 172

tradition, invention of, 9

United States of America, 156, 212, 236, 238, 239, 242, 249, 268, 322, 332, 357

Universal News, 30, 45

VE Day, 205, 212, 266, 269, 315, 381

Verney, Sir Harry, 103

veterans, 5, 12, 128

Victoria, Princess, 101

Victoria, Queen, 8–10, 17, 144, 172

Vogue, 53–4

Wales, 10–11, 32, 68, 100, 123, 167, 170, 174, 218, 318, 322, 366

War Office, 225, 237

Waterfield, A. P., 207–8, 213–15

Weldon’s Ladies’ Journal, 142

West, Rebecca, 319

Westminster abbey, 25, 27, 39, 42, 66, 68–72, 74–5, 77, 83–7, 153, 170, 174–82, 190, 191, 306–7, 309–12, 318, 329, 333, 336–41, 347–56, 362, 364, 366, 373, 380

Wigram, Sir Clive, 23, 68–9, 71, 75, 94, 99, 103, 104–6, 108, 114, 118, 119, 121, 124, 150–1, 219

Wilding, Dorothy, 62

Wilkes, B. P., 362

William, Prince, 132, 383–4, 387

Williamson, Philip, 13, 93, 183

Wilson, Harold, 319–20

Windsor Castle, 223, 240, 248

Winn, Godfrey, 213–14

Winnicott, Donald, 365

Woman’s Own, 356

Woods, Edward, 257

Wulff, Louis, 232, 301–2

Young, Michael, 332–3

Young Tiger, 345

Ziegler, Philip, 37–8, 212, 226–7, 300, 357

Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina, 32

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