Charles Ritchie mentions that the railings surrounding Berkeley Square have been removed in the war. He correctly guesses the square will not return to being a private garden.
The second volume of Chips Channon’s Diaries, edited by Simon Heffer, will be released on Thursday. It covers the period 1938 – 1943, so quite a lot saved up for the third volume.
There are so many niceties if you move in royal circles. The Duke of York has “stepped back”; Michael Fawcett has “stepped down”. It sounds as if they are Scottish dancing at Balmoral.