From the summer of 1937, the Duke of Windsor had proposed a visit to Germany. With the Second World War looming, the policy of the British government was still one of appeasement and diplomats still made regular visits to Berlin. Most believed that communist Russia was the ultimate bad guy, and attempts were still being [read more]
In 1921, before the Prince of Wales became King Edward VIII and before Crown Prince Hirohito became Emperor Hirohito, the two heirs met when Hirohito came to England for a visit. They met again in 1922 when the Prince of Wales made an official visit to Japan in 1922. By then, Hirohito had also assumed [read more]
Why did King Edward VIII have to abdicate while Charles can become King while married to a divorcee? (And in Charles’s case, also being a divorcee himself!) In January 1936, the Prince of Wales succeeded his father, King George V and not only became King but also Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of [read more]
By September 1936, Wallis’s marriage to Ernest had completely broken down, and Ernest was living with Mary Raffray, whom he would later marry. Wallis’s divorce had been set in motion, the King had settled a very generous sum of money on her, and he was determined to marry her. Wallis began to panic, wondering how [read more]
While Wallis spent the majority of her royal life outside of the United Kingdom, that did not prevent her from wearing some of the most fashionable items during her time. Wallis was always on top of the current trends and even ahead of her time in some instances. For example, Vogue reported how when most [read more]
Read part one here. Her marriage with Marmaduke ended in 1933 in divorce on the grounds of adultery – his, not hers. Marmaduke had not wanted to cite a member of the royal family as a correspondent. The divorce did not mean that Thelma intended to marry the Prince; she held no such fantasies. In [read more]
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