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Douglas–Home, Sir Alec see Home, Baron
Douglas-Home, Robin, 395
Driberg, Tom (later Baron Bradwell), 122, 186
Dudley Ward, Freda, 24
Dudley, William Ward, 3rd Earl of, 178
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, 266
Duke of York’s camps, 18–19, 78, 85
du Maurier, Daphne (Lady Browning), 135–6, 252, 256, 264, 507
Dunkirk evacuation (1940), 89
Durham, John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of, 27
EIIR (TV film), 488–9, 498, 508
Eccles, David, 1st Viscount, 181, 299
Ede, James Chuter, 119, 138
Eden, Sir Anthony see Avon, 1st Earl of
Edgar, Donald, 264
Edinburgh, Duke of see Alfred, Prince; Philip, Prince
Edward II, King, 183
Edward III, King, 93
Edward VII, King, 5–9, 44, 59, 61, 140, 413, 416, 447
Edward VIII, King see Windsor, Edward, Duke of
Edward the Confessor, 183
Edward, Prince (ER’s son; Earl of Wessex): born, 316, 318; home life, 334; and Princess Alice, 335; in TV film, 348;
allowances, 357, 455, 471; education, 384, 443; career, 443–5; character and behaviour, 443–4; resigns from Marines,
444–5; sex life, 444–5; protests at Charles’s portrayal of parents, 481; runs TV company, 513
Edwards, Bob, 426
Egbert, King of Wessex, 3
Egerton, Lady Alice, 150
Egypt: and Suez War, 224–7
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 158, 277
Eisenhower, John, 277
Eisenhower, Mamie, 277
Ekland, Britt, 394
Eldon, John Scott, 4th Earl of, 113, 251
Elizabeth II, Queen: and father’s accession, 2, 57; genealogy, 2–4; appearance, 10; birth and christening, 25–8; childhood,
30–32, 37–8; character, 31–4; relations with George V, 31–2; relations with Margaret, 33–5, 99–100; corgis, 38–9, 144–5,
505; interest in riding and horses, 38, 96, 153, 248–52; orderliness, 39; education, 40–41, 63, 95–6; childhood daily
routine, 43; childhood friends, 43; and Edward-Mrs Simpson relationship, 47–8; dress as child, 49, 66; and death of
George V, 50; at Glamis, 53–4; on parents’ Coronation, 65–8; consents to pay income tax, 71, 470–73; and position of
Duke of Windsor, 72–3; at Balmoral, 73–5; and deaths of Strathmore grandparents, 76–7; first meets Philip, 80, 84; cries
at Chamberlain’s resignation, 89; first broadcast, 92; in wartime Windsor, 92–5, 98–9; and Abdication crisis, 94–6; as Girl
Guide, 96; confirmed, 97; Grenadiers Colonelcy, 98; shyness and innocence of world, 100–101, 108–9, 151–2; devotion to
Philip, 101–2, 109, 115; made Counsellor of State, 101; style and title as Princess, 101; serves in ATS, 105–7; driving,
107; given own suite at Buckingham Palace, 110; engagement, 115–16, 120; emotional reserve, 116, 387–8, 481; on 1947
South Africa tour, 117–19; wedding, 120, 122–3, 125–6, 128–9; official allowance, 122–3; awarded Garter, 127;
honeymoon, 129–30; marriage relations, 131, 141, 172–3, 258, 272, 391–3, 439, 513, 516; pregnancy and birth of
Charles, 131, 138–41; early homes and household, 132–6, 140–42, 144; 1948 Paris visit, 136–8; spoken French, 136; and
children’s titles, 138–9; popular appeal, 138; food and drink, 144, 153–4, 351, 495; relations with staff, 144–5, 513–15,
517–19; dependence on Philip, 147–8, 513; in Malta, 153–4; pregnancy and birth of Anne, 153–4; 1951 Rome visit, 154–
5; increasing official duties, 155–7; 1950 visit to Canada and USA, 156–63; belief in homeopathy, 156; 1952 aborted visit
to Australia and New Zealand, 158–9; accession on father’s death, 159–65; at father’s funeral, 166; entertains Duke of
Windsor, 167; proclaims confirmation of Windsor surname, 171; and planning of Coronation, 172–8; titles, 175; self-