The Heir Apparent (109 page)

 
10
.  
The Times
, 15 March, 1 April, 5 April, 8 April 1897.

 
11
.  Michaela Reid,
Ask Sir James
(Eland, 1996), p. 144: Reid’s diary, 4 April 1897. Shrabani Basu,
Victoria and Abdul
(History Press, 2011), pp. 185–95.

 
12
.  Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 154: Reid’s diary, 18 February 1898, conversation with Lord Salisbury.

 
13
.  Blunden,
Countess of Warwick
, pp. 112–13.

 
14
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1897: 11–14 April.

 
15
.  “A Foreign Resident,”
Society in the New Reign
, p. 113.

 
16
.  RA VIC/Add C07/1, B to Francis Knollys, 19 June 1896.

 
17
.  Bodleian Library, Lincolnshire Papers, MS Film 1120, Carrington Diary, 26 January 1897.

 
18
.  RA VIC/Add C07/1, Duke of Portland to Francis Knollys, 1 June 1897 (copy). RA VIC/Add C07/1, Lord Charles Beresford to the Duke of Portland, 1 June 1897 (copy). See
this page
.

 
19
.  RA VIC/Add C07/1, Daisy Warwick to Francis Knollys, 6 June [1897] (copy). RA VIC/Add C07/1, Knollys to the Duke of Portland, 1 June 1896 (copy).

 
20
.  
The Times
, 18 June 1897.

 
21
.  Bodleian Library, Lincolnshire Papers, MS Film 1120, Carrington Diary, 17 June 1897.

 
22
.  B to Daisy Warwick, 17 June [1897], in Theo Lang,
My Darling Daisy
(Michael Joseph, 1966), pp. 26–27.

 
23
.  Leslie,
Edwardians in Love
, p. 103. See pp. 314–15.

 
24
.  Warwick,
Afterthoughts
, p. 92.

 
25
.  Jamie Wilson in
The Guardian
, 26 July 2001.

 
26
.  Holmes,
Edward VII
, vol. 2, pp. 405–6. But see Kuhn,
Democratic Royalism
, pp. 62–66.

 
27
.  Pope-Hennessy,
Queen Mary
, p. 335.

 
28
.  QVJ, 22 June 1897, in Buckle,
Letters
(3rd series), vol. 3, p. 174.

 
29
.  Longford,
Victoria RI
, p. 689. Greg King,
Twilight of Splendour: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year
(John Wiley, 2007), p. 266.

 
30
.  See Francis Knollys to Arthur Bigge, 25 February 1897, in Buckle,
Letters
(3rd series), vol. 3, p. 140.

 
31
.  Kaiser William to QV, 10 June 1897, in Rohl,
Wilhelm II
, p. 968.

 
32
.  Magnus,
Edward VII
, p. 257. Murphy,
Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball
, pp. 30–31, 69.

 
33
.  Murphy,
Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball
, p. 118.

 
34
.  Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan,
The Glitter and the Gold
(William Heinemann, 1953), p. 96.

 
35
.  RA GV/AA21/32, B to George, 16 August 1897.

 
36
.  RA GV/AA21/34, B to George, 23 August 1897.

 
37
.  Sigmund Muntz,
King Edward VII at Marienbad
(Hutchinson, 1934), pp. 35, 40, 45, 50.

 
38
.  RA VIC/Add U/419/67, B to Mrs. Emma Bourke, 19 September [1897] (copy).

 
39
.  RA VIC/Add U/419/4, B to Mrs. Eddie Bourke, [26 March 1898] (transcript).

 
40
.  RA VIC/Add U/419/55, B to Mrs. Eddie Bourke, 3 July [1899] (copy).

 
41
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1897: 25, 26 September; 16, 30 October; 3, 21, 27 November; 19, 20 December. Ds are inscribed on all these days.

 
42
.  RA PS/GV/O479B/23B/2, B to Daisy Warwick, 4 January 1898 (copy).

 
43
.  Warwick,
Life’s Ebb and Flow
, p. 185.

 
44
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, Daisy Warwick to W. T. Stead, 20 February 1898.

 
45
.  RA PS/GV/O479B/53, Lady Warwick to Lord Stamfordham, 23 June 1915.

 
46
.  Fitzwilliam, Wilfrid Blunt Papers, MS 11–1975, Diaries, 14 December 1910.

 
47
.  Margot Asquith on Alix, in Sarah Bradford,
King George VI
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989), p. 9.

 
48
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1897: 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 27 June; 2, 5, 12 [twice], 16 [twice], 19, 20, 23 [twice], 24 [twice], 25 [twice] July.

 
49
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, B to Daisy Warwick, n.d. [1898], two letters (Daisy transcripts).

 
50
.  Anand,
Daisy
, p. 81.

 
51
.  Daisy Warwick to Lord Rosebery, May 1900, in McKinstry,
Rosebery
, p. 481.

 
52
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1898: 1, 9, 10, 26 May; 9, 22 [twice, staying Warwick], 23 [twice], 24 [twice], 25 [twice], 26 [twice], 27 June.

 
53
.  RA GV/AA21/60, B to George, 26 June 1898.

 
54
.  Blunden,
Countess of Warwick
, pp. 127–28. Warwick,
Life’s Ebb and Flow
, pp. 124–25.

 
55
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, B to Daisy Warwick, n.d., Petworth [9 December 1899] (Daisy transcript).

 
56
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, B to Daisy Warwick, n.d. [1899] (Daisy transcript).

 
57
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, B to Daisy Warwick, n.d. [August 1899], Marienbad (Daisy transcript).

 
58
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1898: 27 February.

 
59
.  Leslie,
Edwardians in Love
, p. 230.

 
60
.  Diana Souhami,
Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter
(Flamingo, 1997), p. 22. Victoria, Lady Sackville, was the source for this story.

 
61
.  Fitzwilliam, Wilfrid Blunt Papers, MS 9–1975, Diary, 7 February 1909.

 
62
.  Violet Trefusis,
Don’t Look Round
(Hutchinson, 1952), p. 28.

 
63
.  Ibid., pp. 27–28.

 
64
.  
The Times
, 26 April 1898.

 
65
.  
The Last Edwardians: An Illustrated History of Violet Trefusis and Alice Keppel
, ed. John Phillips (Boston Athenaeum, 1985), p. 17.

 
66
.  Trefusis,
Don’t Look Round
, p. 20.

 
67
.  Souhami,
Mrs. Keppel
, p. 21. Michael Holroyd,
A Book of Secrets
(Chatto and Windus, 2010), p. 53. Raymond Lamont-Brown,
Edward VII’s Last Loves: Alice Keppel and Agnes Keyser
(Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 57.

 
68
.  Holroyd,
Book of Secrets
, pp. 44–54. The name of Beckett’s mistress was José
Dale-Lace. In 1895, shortly after she had given birth to her illegitimate child, the Prince of Wales visited Beckett at Kirkstall, his house near Leeds. Beckett wrote to Bertie to ask if he could present José privately beforehand, in order that she could entertain him at Kirkstall. He proposed to appear at Marlborough House with José at three p.m. the very next day. (RA VIC/Add C07/1, Ernest Beckett to B, 28 September 1895.) This was stopped, but, unabashed by the royal snub, José appealed directly to HRH herself: “My great fault apparently Sir has been that I loved Ernest with all my heart and soul.” (RA VIC/Add C07/1, José Dale-Lace to B, 1 October 1895.) So pushy was she that Bertie took advice from George Lewis, who counseled him to avoid all contact, else YRH may find “that her presentation to you may fan her powers of imagination into creating one more story.” (RA VIC/Add C07/1, George Lewis to B, 4 October 1895.)

 
69
.  Author emails from Miranda Villiers and John Phillips, January–February 2011.

 
70
.  Author conversation, Michael Holroyd, June 2011.

 
71
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1898: 18 July.

 
72
.  Warwick,
Life’s Ebb and Flow
, p. 147.

 
73
.  Lamont-Brown,
Edward VII’s Last Loves
, pp. 73–74.

 
74
.  Bodleian Library, Lincolnshire Papers, MS Film 1120, Carrington Diary, 28 July 1898.

 
75
.  RA VIC/Add A4/68, B to Vicky, 20 July 1898.

 
76
.  QVJ, 31 July 1898, in Buckle,
Letters
(3rd series), vol. 3, p. 261.

 
77
.  RA GV/AA22/3, B to George, 13 September 1898. RA GV/AA22/2, B to George, 8 September 1898.

 
78
.  RA GV/AA22/7, B to George, 25 October 1898.

 
79
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, Daisy Warwick to W. T. Stead, 6 September 1898.

 
80
.  RA GV/AA22/5, B to George, 16 October 1898. Christopher Sykes,
Four Studies in Loyalty
, pp. 36–37. Christopher Simon Sykes,
The Big House
(HarperCollins, 2004), pp. 243–44.

 
81
.  RA GV/AA22/20, B to George, 16 August 1899.

 
82
.  Leslie,
Edwardians in Love
, pp. 294–95. Murphy,
Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball
, p. 107.

 
83
.  Lee,
Edward VII
, vol. 2, p. 62.

 
84
.  Allfrey,
Jewish Court
, p. 136. Fitzwilliam, Wilfrid Blunt Papers, MS 9–1975, Diary, 27 June 1909.

 
85
.  Janet Morgan,
Edwina Mountbatten
(HarperCollins, 1991), pp. 18–19.

 
86
.  Ibid., p. 20. Warwick,
Afterthoughts
, pp. 91–92.

 
87
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, B to Daisy Warwick [May 1899] (Daisy transcript).

 
88
.  RA VIC/Add U/419/1, B to Emma Bourke, 20 September [1899] (transcript).

 
89
.  
The Times
, 10 August 1900.

 
90
.  Bodleian Library, Lincolnshire Papers, MS Film 1120, Carrington Diary (8 July 1900).

 
91
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1899: 2 December.

 
92
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1899: 4 December.

 
93
.  Wernher also bought Bath House in Piccadilly, which had previously belonged to Baron Hirsch. Raleigh Trevelyan,
Grand Dukes and Diamonds
(Secker and Warburg, 1991), pp. 99, 109, 127–29.

 
94
.  Buckle,
Letters
(3rd series), vol. 3, p. 440.

 
95
.  B to Arthur Bigge, 19 December 1899, in ibid., vol. 3, p. 442.

 
96
.  RA GV/AA22/31, B to George, 8 January 1900.

 
97
.  
The Times
, 30 March 1900.

 
98
.  
The Times
, 16 March 1900. Lee,
Edward VII
, vol. 1, p. 752.

 
99
.  
The Times
, 27 February 1900.

100
.  Magnus,
Edward VII
, p. 263. Battiscombe,
Queen Alexandra
, p. 212.

101
.  Kaiser William to B, 21 December 1899, in Lee,
Edward VII
, vol. 1, p. 754.

102
.  Kaiser William to B, 4 February 1900, in Lee,
Edward VII
, vol. 1, p. 756.

103
.  B to Kaiser William, 8 February 1900, in Lee,
Edward VII
, vol. 1, p. 759.

104
.  Arthur Bigge to Lord Salisbury, 25 March 1900, in Buckle,
Letters
(3rd series), vol. 3, p. 518.

105
.  Lord Rosebery to QV, 15 March 1900, in ibid., vol. 3, p. 513.

106
.  B to Arthur Paget, March 1900, in
Personal Letters of King Edward VII
, ed. J. P. C. Sewell (Hutchinson, 1931).

107
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1895: 8 October.

108
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1900: 21 February. Allfrey,
Jewish Court
, p. 182.

109
.  Murphy,
Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball
, p. 117.

110
.  Balsan,
Glitter and Gold
, pp. 29–30.

111
.  Sewell,
Personal Letters
, p. 50. Author email from Sarah Lutyens, 20 March 2008.

112
.  Caroline Spurrier Archive, B to Daisy Warwick, 9 April 1900 (Daisy transcript).

113
.  
The Times
, 5, 6 April 1900.

114
.  RA GV/AA22/3, B to George, 13 September 1898.

115
.  RA VIC/Z458/68, Charlotte Knollys to QV, 8 April 1900.

116
.  
The Times
, 5 April 1900.

117
.  Magnus,
Edward VII
, p. 266.

118
.  RA VIC/Add A4/169, B to Vicky, 25 July 1900.

119
.  RA VIC/Add A4/173, B to Vicky, 8 August 1900.

120
.  RA VIC/Add A4/172, B to Vicky, 5 August 1900.

121
.  Bodleian Library, Lincolnshire Papers, MS Film 1120, Carrington Diary (18 May 1900).

122
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1900: 31 July.

123
.  RA GV/AA21/52, B to George, 16 March 1898.

124
.  QVJ, 31 July 1900 in Buckle,
Letters
(3rd series), vol. 3, p. 579.

125
.  RA VIC/Add A4/170, B to Vicky, 31 July 1900.

126
.  Pakula,
Uncommon Woman
, p. 652.

127
.  William to QV, 12 October 1900, in ibid., p. 658. RA VIC/Add A4/177, B to Vicky, 12 September 1900.

128
.  Pakula,
Uncommon Woman
, p. 659.

129
.  RA GV/AA22/55, B to George, 16 October 1900.

130
.  RA VIC/Add A4/188, B to Vicky, 19 November 1900.

131
.  Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 199. Tony Rennell,
Last Days of Glory
(Viking, 2000), pp. 48–53.

132
.  Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 200.

133
.  Rennell,
Last Days
, p. 114.

134
.  Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 203.

135
.  
The Times
, 21 January 1901.

136
.  Reid,
Ask Sir James
, p. 205.

137
.  Ibid., p. 203.

138
.  Ibid., p. 210.

139
.  Frederick Ponsonby,
Three Reigns
, p. 82.

140
.  Reid,
Ask Sir James
, pp. 210–11.

141
.  RA VIC/EVIID/1900: 22 January.