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HomeWallis Simpson

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England

The Year of the Duchess of Windsor – Her jewels

April 2, 2021 Brittani Barger 0

The Duchess of Windsor had an impressive jewellery collection that the Duke of Windsor gifted her throughout their marriage. The collection was so extensive that it was given the nickname “the alternative Crown Jewels.” The Duchess had many extravagant jewellery items in her royal life – including a diamond, onyx and emerald panther bracelet; a [read more]

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The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman Book Review

March 31, 2021 Moniek 0

*contains affiliate links* The abdication of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom shook the country to its core. Unable to marry the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson while also remaining as King and as head of the Church, he decided to abdicate. The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication is meticulously researched, though this does [read more]

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The Duchess of Windsor

The Year of the Duchess of Windsor – The move to Château de Candé

March 9, 2021 Moniek 0

The future Duchess of Windsor had left England at the beginning of December 1936 just as the British press began to write about the crisis. She had called her friends Herman and Katherine Rogers, who lived in Cannes and asked to stay with them. However, in early March, it was time to move on and [read more]

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The Duchess of Windsor

The Year of the Duchess of Windsor – The press and the hate mail

March 1, 2021 Moniek 2

Initially, the British press reported little on Wallis due to a gentlemen’s agreement, which lasted nearly the entire abdication crisis. The American press, however, had been hounding her but her name and references to her were censored in the American newspapers available in England. During her divorce court case, the international press had assembled at [read more]

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The Duchess of Windsor

The Year of the Duchess of Windsor – Wallis’ status as a Princess

February 13, 2021 Moniek 0

When Wallis Simpson (or rather Mrs Wallis Warfield as she was known at the time) married His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor on 3 June 1937, she should have become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Windsor. But, she was denied the style of HRH with her husband bitterly commenting that it was a [read more]

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The Duchess of Windsor

The Year of the Duchess of Windsor – The trip to Austria

February 5, 2021 Moniek 0

In February 1935, the Prince of Wales invited Wallis and Ernest Simpson to join him for a ski holiday in Kitzbühel in Austria. Wallis had eagerly accepted the invitation, but Ernest had no interest in skiing, and the two ended up quarrelling about the trip. Wallis remained determined to go, with or without Ernest. In the [read more]

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