Tag: King Edward VIII

The restored Paris residence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

HUGO VICKERS: Why I believe King Charles should TURN DOWN an invitation to the magnificent Paris villa where Edward and Mrs Simpson played at being King and Queen…

By Jacky
In 1917, when the future King Edward VIII was the Prince of Wales, he met Rosemary Leveson-Gower (right) in a field hospital in France. If the couple had married, history would have turned out very differently

The woman who could have changed history: Rosemary Leveson-Gower who almost married Edward VIII

By Jacky
At the age of 46, Elizabeth II famously visited Edward VIII at his and Wallis Simpson's home in Paris, France, during the former king's final days, and apparently declined his request to grant his wife an HRH title . In the photo the Queen, Wallis and Prince Philip during the visit in Paris

Queen Elizabeth II ‘broke Edward VIII’s heart’ when she denied his ‘dying wish’

By Jacky
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