Professor John Clarke; Miss Denise Critchley-Salmonson; Joe Mordaunt Crook; Sarah Cubitt; Angus Cundey; Mark Curthoys of the ODNB; Richard Davenport-Hines; Susannah Davis; Patric Dickinson; Frances Dimond; Martyn Downer; John Drew; Laura Dugdale; Sir William Dugdale; the late Charles Elwell; Jessica Fletcher; Nicholas Gibbs; Sir Martin Gilbert; Richard Grantley; the Dowager Lady Grimthorpe; Jennifer Holmes; Michael Holroyd; Simon Houfe; Kathryn Hughes; the late Mrs. Maud Hutton-Attenborough; Cindy Jansz; Mary Kenny; Judith Keppel; Anna Kirk; Jeremy Lewis; Lady Amabel Lindsay; Lucy and Andrew Lloyd Davies; Sarah Mahaffy; Clarissa Mitchell; Eoghain Murphy; Maggie Oliphant; Anthea Palmer; Clarissa Palmer; Hannah Palmer; Edward Pearce; Helen Rappaport; Josie Reed; Susanna Rickett; Adam Ridley; my namesake, Jane Ridley; Judy Ridley; Andrew Riley; John Rohl; Ian Scott; Mary Clare Scrope; Anne Sebbah; Thomas Seymour; Rupert Shortt; Nancy Sladek; William St. Clair; Gerard Stamp; Kate Strasdin; Bridget Taverner; Humphrey Thomas; Anna Thomasson; Hugo Vickers; Sheila Walton; Michael Wheeler-Booth; Andrew Wilson; Sue Woolmans; Mary Yule; Philip Ziegler.
Material from the Royal Archives is quoted by permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Hon. Rupert Carington kindly gave permission to quote from the diaries and writings of Lord Carrington (Lincolnshire Papers) held by the Carington Estates at Bledlow and available on microfilm at the Bodleian Library. Passages from the Margot Asquith diaries in the Bodleian Library are reproduced by permission of Christopher Osborne. Edward Sandars and the Bodleian Library gave leave to quote from the Sandars Papers. For permission to quote from the Wilfrid Blunt diaries, I am grateful to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. For permission to quote from the papers of Nathaniel Meyer, 1st Lord Rothschild, I am grateful to the Rothschild Archive, London. The Churchill Archives Centre allowed me to quotefrom Jennie Churchill’s papers. The Esher Papers are reproduced by kind permission of the Churchill Archives Centre on behalf of the 5th Lord Esher. My thanks to the Marquess of Salisbury for permission to quote from the papers of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury at Hatfield House. The Royal College of Physicians gave permission to quote from the diaries of Edward Sieveking.
My colleagues at the University of Buckingham have supported my research, especially Judith Bray, Angela Brown, Roy Davis, and Terence Kealey. Special thanks to my students on the Biography MA program, who have no doubt had more than their fill about royal biography.
My son, Toby Thomas, read the book in manuscript and in proof and provided valuable and incisive criticism. My mother, Clayre Percy, was, as always, my first and most encouraging reader.
The Heir Apparent
began life as a gleam in the eye of my agent, Caroline Dawnay, and she has cheerfully supported me and the book through a long and sometimes bumpy gestation. Thank you also to Olivia Hunt and Maria Dawson at United Agents, and to my American agent, Emma Parry. Christopher Phipps did a brilliant job on the index.
I am so thankful to my publishers for standing by the book. Susanna Porter of Random House has been patient and trusting. At Chatto, I have benefited greatly from Becky Hardie’s clearheaded support. My thanks also to Alison Samuel and Parisa Ebrahimi. Silvia Crompton’s quiet efficiency has made working on the last stages of the book a delight. Most of all, I want to thank my editor, Penelope Hoare. She is wise, funny, and always right, and I am the luckiest of writers to have Penny as my editor.
BY JANE RIDLEY
The Letters of Edwin Lutyens
to His Wife Lady Emily
(ed. with Clayre Percy)
Fox Hunting: A History
The Letters of Arthur Balfour
and Lady Elcho, 1885–1917
(ed. with Clayre Percy)
Young Disraeli
The Architect and His Wife:
A Life of Edwin Lutyens
The Heir Apparent:
A Life of Edward VII,
the Playboy Prince
About the Author
J ANE
Material from the Royal Archives is quoted by permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Hon. Rupert Carington kindly gave permission to quote from the diaries and writings of Lord Carrington (Lincolnshire Papers) held by the Carington Estates at Bledlow and available on microfilm at the Bodleian Library. Passages from the Margot Asquith diaries in the Bodleian Library are reproduced by permission of Christopher Osborne. Edward Sandars and the Bodleian Library gave leave to quote from the Sandars Papers. For permission to quote from the Wilfrid Blunt diaries, I am grateful to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. For permission to quote from the papers of Nathaniel Meyer, 1st Lord Rothschild, I am grateful to the Rothschild Archive, London. The Churchill Archives Centre allowed me to quotefrom Jennie Churchill’s papers. The Esher Papers are reproduced by kind permission of the Churchill Archives Centre on behalf of the 5th Lord Esher. My thanks to the Marquess of Salisbury for permission to quote from the papers of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury at Hatfield House. The Royal College of Physicians gave permission to quote from the diaries of Edward Sieveking.
My colleagues at the University of Buckingham have supported my research, especially Judith Bray, Angela Brown, Roy Davis, and Terence Kealey. Special thanks to my students on the Biography MA program, who have no doubt had more than their fill about royal biography.
My son, Toby Thomas, read the book in manuscript and in proof and provided valuable and incisive criticism. My mother, Clayre Percy, was, as always, my first and most encouraging reader.
The Heir Apparent
began life as a gleam in the eye of my agent, Caroline Dawnay, and she has cheerfully supported me and the book through a long and sometimes bumpy gestation. Thank you also to Olivia Hunt and Maria Dawson at United Agents, and to my American agent, Emma Parry. Christopher Phipps did a brilliant job on the index.
I am so thankful to my publishers for standing by the book. Susanna Porter of Random House has been patient and trusting. At Chatto, I have benefited greatly from Becky Hardie’s clearheaded support. My thanks also to Alison Samuel and Parisa Ebrahimi. Silvia Crompton’s quiet efficiency has made working on the last stages of the book a delight. Most of all, I want to thank my editor, Penelope Hoare. She is wise, funny, and always right, and I am the luckiest of writers to have Penny as my editor.
BY JANE RIDLEY
The Letters of Edwin Lutyens
to His Wife Lady Emily
(ed. with Clayre Percy)
Fox Hunting: A History
The Letters of Arthur Balfour
and Lady Elcho, 1885–1917
(ed. with Clayre Percy)
Young Disraeli
The Architect and His Wife:
A Life of Edwin Lutyens
The Heir Apparent:
A Life of Edward VII,
the Playboy Prince
About the Author
J ANE
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