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Detail of photo from page 73.

I am indebted to many people without whom this book would have been difficult to write. Some, for reasons of sensitivity to the subject matter, have asked that their contribution remain anonymous. But I am pleased to be able to publicly acknowledge my obligation to the following:

In Canada:

I owe a special debt of gratitude to all whom I interviewed in the Canadian Forces. Not only did they give their time willingly and with unfailing courtesy, but some did so in what must have been periods of great stress — replying to my queries even as they loaded and flew the first CC-150 flights in the tsunami relief operations.

They are:

Captain Randy Henning

2 Lt Eric Martinat

2 Lt. V.G. Winter

Captain Steve Thompson

Major John Komocki

Captain Mike Chaytor

Major Mat Joost

Captain Al Mclean

Major Al Mornan

Master Seaman John Bourne

For speedily locating archival material and photographs, once more I relied on the skills of Janet Lacroix at the National Defence Imagery Library, Réjean Tremblay and Michel Meilleur in the Lester B. Pearson Library, and Anthony Pacey at the Science and Technology Museum. Vern Bethel, the owner of the 1939 McLaughlin-Buick, was unfailingly helpful, providing me with copious material on the use of his car by royalty.

In Britain:

When I began this book, I saw myself combing through the archives at Windsor Castle, accessing previously untapped sources at Buckingham Palace, and attending informative luncheons at Clarence House and Highgrove. Unable to do any of this (my day job just would not allow it), like Miss Blanche DuBois, I have depended on the kindness of strangers. Taking full advantage of the good nature and sympathies of several Brits, I have drawn heavily from their resources on the Windsors and their transport. They are:

Mrs. Nicky Colman, The Estate Office, Sandringham

Julia Stephenson, Head of Marketing and Visitor Experience, The Royal Yacht Britannia Edinburgh, Scotland

Miss Frances Dimond, Curator, Royal Photograph Collection, Windsor Castle

Mrs. Nicola Hunt, Crown Copyright Administrator, Intellectual Property Group, Defence Procurement Agency, Bristol

Sqn. Ldr. Ross Mattinson, 32 Squadron, RAF Northolt

David Pennington, Librarian and Archivist, LNWR Society

Morag Reavley, Web Editor, Buckingham Palace, London

Chris Hallewell, Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare

Lisa Heighway, Royal Collections, Windsor Castle

Peter Sharp, authority on the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Scotland

Labouring as I do in the Legal section of Foreign Affairs Canada, I have assiduously sought permission to use many of the photographs in the book, a difficult task when much that is available on the internet has no provenance. Where I have been unable to ascertain copyright, I can only hope that the author will forgive me.

In the course of writing this book, I have read thousands of words on the Windsors and scanned hundreds of photographs. Rather than bore the reader by listing all of the books, newspaper cuttings, websites, and magazines consulted, I have selected only those from which I derived exceptional pleasure.

Beginning with the basics: George VI by Patrick Howarth, Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson, The Queen Mother by Donald Zec, Prince Philip: First Gentleman of the Realm by Douglas Liversidge, Mountbatten by Philip Ziegler, Philip by Basil Boothroyd, Queen Elizabeth II: A Celebration of Her Majesty’s Fifty-Year Reign by Tim Graham, and The House of Windsor (A Royal History of England) by Andrew Roberts and Antonia Fraser.

For the royal motor cars:

Rolls-Royce and Bentley: The Crewe Years by Martin Bennett, Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars: From the Dawn of the 20th Century into the New Millennium by Klaus-Josef Roßfeldt, Rolls-Royce State Motor Cars by Andrew Pastouna, and Royal Daimlers by Brian Ernest Smith

For the royal aircraft:

A History of the King’s Flight and the Queen’s Flight: A Celebration of Royal Flying, 1936-1995 by The Queen’s Flight Association, edited by Sqn. Ldr. Brian Sowerby LVO MBE RAF (Retd)

For the royal trains:

C. Hamilton Ellis’s The Royal Trains and Royal Journey: A Retrospect of Royal Trains in the British Isles

As for the Royal Tours, Tom MacDonnell’s Daylight Upon Magic: The Royal Tour of Canada, 1939, Gustave Lanctot’s The Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States, and The William Lyon Mackenzie King Diaries on the National Archives website capture it all.