Plowden

In 1965, a government study, known as the Plowden Report, had found British aircraft production costs to between 10 and 20 per cent higher than American counterparts due to shorter production runs, which in turn was due to the fractured European market.

It was in Bangalore he met Pamela Plowden, daughter of a civil servant; she became his first love. citation He privately described most British women in India as “nasty” and scoffed at their unshakable belief in their own beauty.

Plowden, p. 175 Caroline needed a powerful ally to help her oppose George's increasing ability to prevent her from seeing her daughter.

Plowden, p. 25; Robins, p. 16 She was upset and disappointed by George's obvious partiality for Lady Jersey over her.

Plowden, p. 3 Caroline seemed eminently suitable: she was a Protestant of royal birth, and the marriage would ally Brunswick and Britain.

Plowden, p. 44; Robins, pp. 20–21 She despised Lady Jersey and could not visit or travel anywhere without George's permission.

Plowden, pp. 109, 128 Meetings took place at either Blackheath or an apartment in Kensington Palace designated for Caroline's use.

Plowden, pp. 184–185; Robins, p. 46 George's relationship with his daughter was also deteriorating, as Charlotte sought greater freedom from her father's strictures.

Plowden, pp. 39–40; Robins, p. 20 Gossip about Caroline and George's troubled marriage was already circulating.

Plowden, pp. 69–71; Robins, pp. 29–30 She further alleged that Caroline had been rude about the royal family, touched her in an inappropriately sexual way, and had admitted that any woman friendly with a man was sure to become his lover.

Quoted in Plowden, p. 16 However, Malmesbury was impressed by her bravery; on the journey to England, the party heard cannon fire, as they were not far from the French lines.

She also appeared as Winston Churchill 's lover Pamela Plowden in Young Winston, produced by her father-in-law Richard Attenborough.