Victoria, Queen 9, 10, 11, 12, 13–14, 18, 30, 31, 37, 38, 39, 76, 82, 116, 227, 228–30
Wales 83–4, 96, 196–7, 245
walkabouts introduced 175
Wallace, Anna 200
weddings
Edward Windsor and Wallis Simpson’s 104
Prince Albert and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 120–1
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson 179
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles 205
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer 176–7, 202
Prince William and Kate Middleton 1–5, 7
Princess Anne and Mark Philips 174–5
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip 144, 161–2
Wellesley, Lady Jane 200
Wells, H. G. 79
Welsh Guards 86
Welsh National Opera 210
Wessex, Countess of see Sophie, Countess of Wessex
Westminster Abbey 2, 63, 120, 127–8, 162
Westminster Bridge 21
Westminster Hall 243
Whitehall palace 227
Whiting, Audrey 165
Wilhelm II, Kaiser 11–12, 48, 54, 78
William IV, King 13
William, Prince 27, 188, 213–14, 258
armed forces 215, 220–1, 249, 251
charities 214
childhood 214, 215–17
death of mother 217
education 216–20, 223, 236
lifestyle 221, 251
and Prince Charles (father) 223
St Andrews University 218–20
wedding 1–5, 7
Willingdon, Lord 122
Wilson, Harold 144, 195, 242
Wimbledon Tennis Championships (1928) 115, 123
Windsor Castle 16, 17, 24, 43, 227
bombings 141–2
Chapel Royal 39
Edward VIII laid in state 105
Edward VIII’s abdication speech 101
fire and costs of repair 185–6
George IV’s embellishments 228
the Guildhall 186, 215
under Oliver Cromwell 256
Royal Library 155, 185
Royal Lodge 121, 122, 154
St George’s Chapel 21–2, 55, 150
Windsor, Duchess of see Simpson, Wallis
Windsor, Duke of (formally Edward VIII) see Edward VIII, King
Windsor name adopted 18–19, 22–5, 54
wireless see radio
Wood, Robin 193
Yahoo! Sports 251
Yeoman of the Guard (Beefeaters) 92, 231
York Cottage 40–1, 66, 82–3, 110–11
York, Duke of (later George VI) see Albert, Prince (Bertie - later George VI); George VI, King
Yugoslavia 246