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Charles I, King, 2, 95
Charles:The Private Man, the Public Role (TV interview), 478
Charles, Prince of Wales: temper, 11, 414, 444, 449; birth and christening, 138–40; appearance, 139; cello–playing, 139,
325; genealogy, 139; nursery and nannies, 142–3; devotion to EQM, 153; and birth of Anne, 154–5; belief in homeopathy,
156; third birthday, 157–8; home and home life, 169, 318–19; meets parents in Tobruk, 211; Churchill praises, 215;
meets Churchill, 220; relations with parents as child, 270–71, 273–4; upbringing, 270–82, 319–20, 480–81; character
and behaviour, 271–2; education, 272–4, 320–25, 411–12; made Prince of Wales, 275–6; introspection and diffidence,
319–20, 325–6; acting, 325; at Cambridge, 326–8; confirmed, 326; sports and service activities, 326–7, 411–13; comes of
age, 327; romances, 416–18; invested as Prince of Wales, 341–4; studies at Aberystwyth, 329, 342–52; in TV film Royal
Family, 346, 348–9; finances revised (1970), 357–9; 21st birthday, 384, 410; naval career, 384, 386–9, 411–14, 418;
relations with ER, 387–8, 411, 446, 482; relations with Mountbatten, 388–90, 411, 418; relations with Philip, 388, 482;
relations with Camilla Parker Bowles, 392, 416–17, 420, 426, 429, 431–2, 445–8, 476, 480, 515; dislikes Princess
Michael, 402; and Duchess of Windsor, 404–6; and Windsors’ estate, 407; few friends, 410; role and duties, 412–14; sets
up Prince of Wales Trust, 413; Duchy of Cornwall income, 414–15, 471, 473; spiritual questing, 415; meets and courts
Diana, 424–7; engagement, 427–9; and Diana’s problems, 431–2; wedding and honeymoon, 432–4; children, 436, 445;
plays polo, 440, 456–7; deteriorating marriage relations, 445–6, 448, 455, 462–8, 477, 517; and staff, 445–6, 448, 519;
visit to Italy and Pope (1985), 449–51; expanding activities and views, 451–2; advisers, 452–4; environmental concerns,
452–4; TV biography of, 454; and ER’s refusal to abdicate, 460; relations with children, 462, 468–9; receives bad press,
463; parents give support to, 465–6; visit to South Korea, 467–8; pays income tax, 469, 471–2; separation, 469, 473–4;
and Church, 474–5, 520; taped conversation with Camilla leaked, 474–5; TV interview with Dimbleby, 477–9; Dimbleby
biography of, 479–81; impatience with some public duties, 479; and Diana’s Panoramainterview, 481; visit to Tokyo,
481; divorce prospects, 482–3; and succession, 483, 520; life since Diana’s death, 515
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, 123
Charlotte, Queen of George III, 4
Charlton, Roger, 496
Charteris of Amisfield, Martin, Baron: appointed ER’s Private Secretary, 150, 364; on state visit to Canada and USA, 156–7;
and George VI’s death, 159–61; on George VI’s health, 163; relations with Adeane, 173; on Margaret-Townsend romance,
208; and Suez crisis, 227; background and character, 239–40; 1959 mission to Accra, 276; suggests Windsor-Mountbatten
surname, 280; and Blunt, 304; in TV film, 349; on Heath and 1974 election result, 364; on ER’s Silver Jubilee, 369–70;
and death of Duchess of Windsor, 403; retires, 410–11; and Prince of Wales Trust, 413; and Duchess of York, 442;
affection for Charles, 481
Cheam school, Hampshire, 82, 274–5, 412
Checketts, Squadron Leader Sir David, 324–5, 343, 412–14, 418
Chequers, HMS, 152, 197
Chicago, 277
Childs, Wyndham, 27
China: state visit to, 380–81
Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquis of, 173
Christiansen, Arthur, 171, 259, 267
Christopher, Prince of Hesse, 82, 112
Christopher, Montague, 503
Church of England, 475, 491–2, 518, 520
Churchill, Clarissa see Avon, Countess of
Churchill, Clementine, Lady, 31, 198, 218
Churchill, Sir Winston S.: and ER’s accession on return from Kenya, 1, 161, 168; and ER as child, 31; on Edward and Mrs
Simpson, 55, 67, 88; and Duke of Windsor’s allowance, 70; and George VI’s visit to Paris, 77; succeeds Chamberlain as
PM, 88; and fall of France, 89; at Windsor, 99; and ER’s title, 101; on ER’s wedding, 120; 1945 election defeat, 121;
condemns Paul of Yugoslavia, 123; and Colville, 135; on George VI’s decline and death, 156, 159, 214; re-elected, 157; in
USA, 158; and ER’s Coronation, 169, 173–4, 176; and George VI’s funeral, 169; on ER’s occupying Buckingham Palace,
170; on Mountbatten family ambitions, 170; opposes Duke of Windsor’s presence at Coronation, 178; and Margaret-
Townsend romance, 198; welcomes ER from 1953/54 tour, 213–14; relations with ER, 214–16, 218–19, 221–2; accepts
Garter, 215–16; portrait bust, 215; suffers stroke, 216–19; resignation, 219–21; declines dukedom, 221; and Macmillan’s
appointment as PM, 230; and Philip’s title, 269; and Duke of Windsor’s Nazi associations, 303, 336; death and funeral,
316; and VE Day, 520