Read part one here. The continued quest Wallis later wrote, “The distinction did not seem particularly important to me. David (Edward) had given up the most exalted of titles. It hardly seemed worthwhile to me to quibble over a distinction in a lesser one. But nothing in the aftermath of the Abdication hurt David more [read more]
“This most flagrant act of discrimination in the whole history of our dynasty.” On 27 May 1937, just a few days before Wallis and Edward were due to be married, a letter arrived from King George VI with “not very good news.” Edward then learned that while Wallis would become Duchess of Windsor upon marriage, [read more]
Read part one here. Queen Mary is perhaps most remembered in the tale of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor as the one at whose insistence the style of Her Royal Highness was withheld from the Duchess. King George VI had promised his brother that Wallis would take her rightful place in the family; the [read more]
Queen Mary (born Mary of Teck) was the wife of King George V of the United Kingdom and the mother of King Edward VIII. As such, she was the mother-in-law of the Duchess of Windsor, but she never accepted Wallis and barely acknowledged her. Their first meeting happened before Wallis was even involved with the [read more]
In May 1972, The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were scheduled to visit Paris. By then, the Duke of Windsor was terminally ill. On 18 May, Wallis watched from the steps of their villa as The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Charles arrived. She curtseyed deeply but almost lost her footing. The [read more]
After the Duke and Duchess were married on 3 June 1937, they settled first in a hotel in Paris. Both initially assumed that they would be allowed to live in England and were reluctant to settle permanently in France. Wallis wrote to her aunt, “I don’t think we will be settled anywhere until the English [read more]
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