Ben Pimlott - The Queen - Elizabeth II and the Monarchy

THE QUEEN

Elizabeth II

and the Monarchy

Diamond Jubilee Edition

BEN PIMLOTT

Dedication

To my family

Contents

Cover

Title Page THE QUEEN Elizabeth II and the Monarchy Diamond Jubilee Edition BEN PIMLOTT

Dedication

LIST OF PLATES

CARTOONS

QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1926

FOREWORD - TO THE DIAMOND JUBILEE EDITION

FOREWORD - TO THE GOLDEN JUBILEE EDITION

PREFACE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

AFTERWORD - JEAN SEATON

NOTES

SOURCES AND SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

About the Author

Praise for The Queen

Copyright

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LIST OF PLATES

Princess Elizabeth on a tricycle, 1931 ( Hulton Archive )

Earl and Countess of Strathmore, September 1931 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth with George V and Queen Mary at Bognor, 1929 ( The Royal Archives © 2001 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II )

145 Piccadilly ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle watching a military parade and saluting the Commanding Officer, May 1929 ( The Royal Archives © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II )

Duke and Duchess of York, George V, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Alla at Balmoral, 1927 ( Hulton Archive )

Edward VIII, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and the Duke of York at Balmoral, 1933 ( Popperfoto )

Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and ‘Crawfie’ leaving the YMCA, May 1939 ( Hulton Archive )

George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at Abergeldie, August 1939 ( The Royal Archives © 2001 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II )

The Coronation of George VI, 1937 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth and Philip at Dartmouth, July 1939 ( Sir William Peek )

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret driving a pony and trap, August 1940 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth as a member of the ATS, April 1945 ( Hulton Archive )

George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and Sir Winston Churchill on VE-Day 1945 ( Hulton Archive )

Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth at the wedding of Lord Brabourne and Patricia Mountbatten at Romsey, 1946 ( Topham )

Princess Elizabeth during a deck game on HMS Vanguard , April 1947 ( Popperfoto )

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret riding on the seashore in South Africa, 1947 ( The Royal Archives © 2001 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II )

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day, November 1947 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth arriving at Westminster Abbey with her father for her marriage to Prince Philip, November 1947 ( Hulton Archive )

Prince Charles with Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, July 1949 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth and the Queen at Hurst Park Races, January 1952 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth with Mountbatten at a ball at the Savoy, 3rd July 1951 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen arriving at Clarence House after her father’s death, 7th February 1952 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen as she drives to Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament, 1952 ( Hulton Archive )

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II showing the Queen wearing her crown and preparing to receive homage, 2nd June 1953 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen Mother with Prince Charles at the Coronation, 2nd June 1953 ( Hulton Archive )

Queen Elizabeth holding a model zebra with Princess Elizabeth, Peter Townsend and Princess Margaret in South Africa, 1947 ( Popperfoto )

The Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh with Sir Anthony and Lady Eden, 25th July 1955 ( Popperfoto )

Daily Mirror front page ‘Smack! Lord A. gets his face slapped,’ 7th August 1957 ( By permission of the British Library/Mirror Syndication )

Sir Michael Adeane ( Godfrey Argent for the Archives of the National Portrait Gallery/Camera Press London )

The Queen with various members of the Government including Harold Macmillan, 16th February 1957 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen with Charles de Gaulle at Covent Garden, April 1960 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen with her corgis, 8th February 1968 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen on Britannia , 1972 ( Patrick Lichfield/Camera Press London )

The Queen with Princess Anne, 1965 ( Camera Press London )

The Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1st July 1969 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen with Lord Porchester, 1966 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen at Aberfan, 29th October 1966 ( Hulton Archive )

A student drinks from a bottle in front of the Queen at Stirling University, 12th October 1972 (© Scotsman Publications)

The Queen with Sir Martin Charteris on board Britannia , 31st October 1972 ( Patrick Lichfield/Camera Press London )

The Queen on a Jubilee walkabout, 20th June 1977 ( Ian Berry/Magnum Photos )

The Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles in Australia, 1970: ‘as short as we dared’ ( by permission of Sir Hardy Amies )

The Queen with Harold Wilson, 24th March 1976 ( Hulton Archive )

Prince Andrew returns from the Falklands, 1982 ( Bryn Colton/Camera Press London )

The Queen with Margaret Thatcher and Hastings Banda, 3rd August 1979 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth with President Truman, 4th November 1951 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen with Prince Philip and the Kennedys, 6th June 1961 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen with President Carter and Prince Philip, 10th May 1977 ( Hulton Archive )

The Queen riding with President Reagan in Windsor Great Park, 1982 ( Tim Graham )

The Queen and Prince Philip with the Clintons, 29th November 1995 ( Tim Graham )

The Queen with a fireman at Windsor Castle, 21st November 1992 ( Hulton Archive )

‘HM The Queen’ by Antony Williams 1995 ( Mall Galleries )

Detail from a painting by Michael Noakes. Study for a group portrait commissioned by the Corporation of London 1972.( Reproduced by kind permission of HRH The Prince of Wales )

Princess Elizabeth seen through syringa, 8th July 1941 ( Hulton Archive )

Princess Elizabeth and her mother at the Derby, 4th June 1948 ( Hulton Archive )