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Civil List: introduced, 3; George VI’s voluntary cuts, 35; and Duke of Windsor’s savings and allowance, 70, 73; Wilson
approves 1975 revisions, 312; effect of inflation on, 352–3; 1970 Commons Select Committee on, 353–60; 1975
increases, 360; and Anne’s marriage increase, 387; 1990 increases, 455; 1992 curtailments and revisions, 469, 471
Clarence, Albert Victor, Duke of (‘Eddy’), 10–12, 15, 501
Clarence House, London, 132–3, 141–2, 144–6, 148, 152, 169
Clark, Jane, Lady, 216
Clark, Kenneth, Baron, 252
Cleveland Street scandal, 10
Coates, Major Jimmy: ‘mission’, 90–91
Cobbold, Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron, 254, 354, 356, 359
Coke, Edward Douglas, Viscount, and Valeria, Viscountess, 398
Colborne, Michael, 431–2, 445, 448
Collins, Phil, 479
Collor de Mello, Fernando, 452
Cologne, 298
Colville, Lady Cynthia, 88, 135, 177
Colville, Sir John (‘Jock’): and Chamberlain, 88; on ER’s first broadcast, 92; on incident at Patricia Mountbatten’s wedding,
126; and ER’s wedding, 128; as ER’s Private Secretary, 135–6; marriage, 135; and ER’s Paris visit, 137–8; writes ER’s
speeches, 137; on ER’s public appeal, 138; returns to diplomatic service, 150–51; resumes as Churchill’s Private
Secretary, 168; and Mountbatten’s family claim, 170–71; and ER’s Coronation, 174, 176, 179; and court life, 191; on
Margaret-Townsend romance, 198; on Churchill’s reaction to George VI’s death, 214; on Churchill’s relations with ER,
214–15, 221; and Churchill’s stroke, 217–18; and Churchill’s proposed dukedom, 221; on ER’s working methods, 223; on
ER’s private wealth, 354
Colville, Margaret, Lady (formerly Egerton; ‘Meg’), 135, 150
Colville, Commander Richard: and Margaret–Townsend romance, 198, 203; character, 240–41; and Parker’s resignation,
259; and ER’s family role, 269; and Charles’s upbringing, 272–3, 275; retires, 346
Commonwealth: and national independence, 121; ER’s devotion to, 180, 287, 293, 314, 373–5, 380, 514; ER’s 1953/54 tour
of, 209–13; sovereign as Head of, 209; Philip tours (1956), 258; ER’s 1961 tour of, 288; Heath’s antipathy to, 362; and
Britain’s EEC entry, 363; Thatcher and, 376–8, 380
Commonwealth Conference, London (1962), 293
Commonwealth Games: (1958), 275–6; (1974), 361; (1978), 370; (1986), 378
Concorde (aircraft), 315
Connaught, Prince Arthur, Duke of, 6, 28, 44, 98, 132
Conservative Party: 1963 leadership succession, 308–11
Cooper, Alfred Duff (1st Viscount Norwich), 25, 74, 211, 252
Cooper, Lady Diana, 25, 77, 371
Cooper, Jilly: Riders, 441
Coppins (house), Iver, Buckinghamshire, 103
Corbett, Jim, 159
Corbin, René, 48
Cordet, Hélène, 261
corgis, 38–9, 144, 512–13
Cornwall, Duchy of: revenues, 357–9, 414, 469, 472; Charles and, 414
Coronations: George VI (1937), 58, 64–8; ER (1953), 173–86, 517
Coty, René, 62
Coventry: bombed, 92–3
Coward, Noël, 46, 69, 97, 251, 284
Crawford, Marion (later Buthlay; ‘Crawfie’): on George VI and ER, 34; on Margaret, 34; appointed governess, 37, 39; on
ER’s orderliness, 39; and Princesses’ education and upbringing, 40–42; and death of George V, 50; at Buckingham Palace,
59–60; on ER and Margaret at garden parties, 62; and Buckingham Palace Girl Guides, 63–4; on ER at 1937 Coronation,
66; and ER’s emotional reaction to death of grandparents, 76–7; and return of ER’s parents from USA, 79; on Philip, 84;