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Francis, Mary, 514
Franz, Prince, Duke of Teck, 11, 45
Fraser, Malcolm, 375, 377
Frederick William, Prince of Germany, 303
Frederika, Queen of the Hellenes, 154, 294–5
Freeman, Simon, 379–80
Friedrichshof, Germany, 302
Frogmore (house), Windsor, 339–40
Fry, Jeremy, 285
Furness, Thelma, Lady (née Vanderbilt), 35, 37, 44
Gaitskell, Hugh, 121
Gale, Daphne, Lady, 509
Game Research Association, 251
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma), 125
Garbett, Cyril Foster, Archbishop of York, 128
Gasperi, Alcide de, 216
Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire, 386–7
Gaulle, Charles de, 287–8, 293–4
Geddes, Margaret see Margaret, Princess of Hesse and the Rhine
Geelong High School, Australia, 323–4, 412
General Strike (1926), 27–8
George I, King, 3
George II, King, 3
George III, King, 3–4, 58, 519–20
George IV, King, 4, 8, 58, 65, 466
George V, King: removes John Brown’s statue, 5; relations with son Edward, 7, 44; appearance and character, 12–13;
marriage, 12; relations with children, 13–16, 19; success as king, 16; in World War I, 16–17, 122; disapproves of
newspapers, 25; and names for ER, 28; and ER’s childhood, 29, 31–2; convalesces at Bognor, 31; economizes on Civil
List, 35; on Princesses’ education, 40; and Mrs Simpson, 47; popularity, 48–9, 515; Silver Jubilee (1935), 48–9; health
decline and death, 49–51; settles money on sons, 71; stamp collection, 71; rescues Philip’s family, 81; learns Bagehot’s
English Constitution, 95; Letters Patent on style and names of royal children, 138; smoking, 140; on family surname, 170,
172; and Stamfordham, 238; horses, 248; as Prince of Wales, 412; Jubilee Trust, 413; marital fidelity, 447
George VI, King: death and funeral, I, 159–69; accession, 2; dress and appearance, 7, 10; temper (‘gnashes’), 11, 15, 118,
190, 414; birth and upbringing, 14–16, 18–19; stammer, 15–16, 19, 65, 87; in World War 1, 16, 18; education, 18–19;
post–World War I work, 18; character, 19–20, 25; courtship, 20, 22–3; marriage, 24–5; 1927 tour of Australasia, 29;
relations with children, 34–5, 79; Civil List allowance, 35; economizes on hunting, 35; occupies Royal Lodge, Windsor,
35; family life, 36; at father’s death, 50; shooting, 53, 74, 251–2; unease at Edward’s behaviour over Mrs Simpson, 53–4;
and Abdication crisis, 56; proclaimed king, 56; Coronation, 58, 64–8; at Buckingham Palace, 59; and wife’s dress, 61;
grooms ER for public life, 63; decline in relations with brother Edward, 69–70; money allowance to Edward, 70–71; taxfree
income, 71; 1938 visit to Paris, 76; 1939 visit to USA and Canada, 78–80; and Chamberlain’s peace hopes, 78; and
war threat, 85–6; wartime broadcasts, 87–8; refuses evacuation to Canada, 90; and bombing of Buckingham Palace, 91–2;
popularity, 92; learns Bagehot’s English Constitution, 95; relations with Margaret, 100; declines ER’s early engagement,
102–3; protectiveness towards ER, 105; visits ER in ATS, 107; and end of World War II, 108–9, 520; and ER’s
engagement, 115, 119; on 1947 South Africa tour, 117–19, 140; fears of republicanism, 121–2; on loss of Empire, 121;
and official allowance for ER, 122; and ER’s wedding, 126, 129–30; grants Garter and titles to ER and Philip, 127; and
birth of Charles, 138; as Charles’s godfather, 140; health decline, 140–41, 155–6, 158; devotion to Charles, 153, 163; and
Margaret-Townsend romance, 188–90, 192; controls Garter, 215–16; diligence, 223; and racehorses, 249; friendship with
‘Porchy’, 251–2; opposes Deputy Prime Ministership, 306; at Cambridge, 327, 329; and Duke of Windsor’s
autobiography, 338; eccentricities, 351; finances, 471
George I, King of the Hellenes, 81, 102–3
George II, King of the Hellenes, 112