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ER’s grasp of business, 223; as Prime Minister, 229–32; relations with ER, 231, 305–9; and Philip’s title, 268–9; and
Charles as Prince of Wales, 276; and provision of house for Charles, 277; and adoption of Mountbatten surname, 279–80;
EC negotiations, 287–8, 293, 362; view of Commonwealth, 287, 293; in southern Africa, 289; and ER’s Ghana visit, 290,
292; resignation and succession, 299, 307–11; and scandals, 300–301; declines Garter, 365
McNally, Paddy, 441
McNeil, Jane (later Countess of Dalkeith and Duchess of Buccleuch), 189
Magpie, HMS, 154
Mahendra, King of Nepal, 289
Major, John, 173–6, 469, 471–3, 489
Makarios III, Archbishop, 288
Malan, Daniel François, 158
Malta, 152–6
Mandela, Nelson, 514
Mann, Right Revd Michael, Dean of Windsor, 492
Margaret, Princess: born, 32–3; character and behaviour, 33–5, 41, 100, 194, 281, 506; relations with ER, 33–5, 100, 281;
childhood, 38; education, 40–41, 96, 193; dress as child, 49, 66; and Buckingham Palace, 60; at father’s Coronation, 66;
appearance, 79, 193–4; and outbreak of war, 86–7; visits Elstree, 97; precocity, 99; comforts mother in war, 104–5;
envies ER’s service in ATS, 105; visits ER in ATS, 107; on senior courtiers, 114; and ER’s engagement, 115; on 1947
South Africa tour, 117, 119; and ER’s wedding gifts, 126; Crawfie’s profile of, 149; social aplomb, 151, 165; at father’s
death, 163, 165; role, 165, 193, 207; romance with Townsend, 187–208, 233, 257–9, 281; 1954 visit to S. Rhodesia, 199;
1955 West Indies tour, 200; and ER’s jewellery, 246; and Regency Bill, 268; relations with Charles, 270; courtship,
engagement and marriage, 279–80, 283–6, 385, 394; and Billy Wallace, 280; wedding, 285–6; Paris visit cancelled, 293–4;
and Macmillan’s visit to ER, 306; unpopularity, 333; allowance, 356–8, 399, 471; marriage relations, 385, 393–8;
emotional warmth, 388; children, 393; life-style, 394–5; affairs, 395–8; drinking, 396–7; separation and divorce, 398–9;
50th birthday, 399; dislikes Princess Michael of Kent, 401; forbidding manner, 434; 60th birthday, 456; and Wyatts, 458;
at Sandringham, 500; ladies-in-waiting, 514; at VE Day commemoration, 520
Margaret, Princess of Hesse and the Rhine (née Geddes; ‘Princess Peg’), 83, 296–7
Margarita, Princess of Greece (later of Hohenlohe-Langenburg), 82
Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh (formerly Grand Duchess of Russia), 8
Marie, Queen of Romania (‘Missy’), 8, 17
Marie Adelaide, Princess of Teck (Queen Mary’s mother), 11
Marie Louise, Princess, 95, 181
Marlborough House, London, 9, 60, 276
Marlborough, Susan, Duchess of (née Hornby), 189
Marten, Sir Henry, 95–6, 193
Martyn, Charles, 246
Mary, Princess Royal, 14, 16, 27–8, 107, 124, 178–9, 270
Mary, Queen: background, 10–11; marriage, 10; dress and style, 13, 61, 246; relations with children, 13–15; and EQM’s
engagement to George VI, 24–5; on birth of ER, 27; gifts to ER, 32; character, 34, 41–2; on Princesses’ education, 40–42;
Silver Jubilee (1935), 48; and George V’s death, 50; and son Edward’s relations with Mrs Simpson, 52; on Abdication and
proclamation of George VI as King, 56, 69; moves to Marlborough House, 60, 276; at George VI’s Coronation, 66–8; at
Balmoral, 73; and Chamberlain’s resignation, 88–9; wartime evacuation, 90; attends ER’s confirmation, 97; on ER-Philip
courtship, 102; on post–war economies, 121; and Crawfie’s marriage and departure, 124–5; Duke of Windsor visits, 124;
and ER’s wedding, 125; and Brabourne wedding, 127; and birth of Charles, 139–40; smoking, 140; on George VI’s illness
and death, 141, 155, 161, 166; and Crawfie’s book, 149; interest in homeopathy, 156; health decline, 158; and ER’s
accession, 161–2; and Duke of Windsor at George VI’s funeral, 167; and Mountbatten family ambitions, 170; death, will
and funeral, 177–9, 408; offends Margaret, 193; at launch of Queen Mary, 224; memorial plaque, 340; at Sandringham,
500
Maud, Queen of Norway (formerly Princess), 503
Maudling, Reginald, 308
Maxwell, Paul, 418
Mayall, Sir Lees, 347