Just a few weeks earlier, his brother George VI had been crowned in an impressive coronation to which he was not invited. But perhaps the wandering duke who had reigned…
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The truth about Wallis Simpson, her infamous ‘Shanghai grip’ technique in the bedroom, her facist lover, x-rated pictures… and other wild rumours from her year in China
by ElijahWas the Duchess of Windsor a sexual predator with an insatiable appetite for men who ensnared the future king with her infamous “Shanghai grip”? While she was having an affair…
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King Edward VIII and the courtier who hated him: how ‘Tommy’ Lascelles expected his boss to ‘break his neck’… before being described as a ‘snake’ by the former monarch after his abdication in 1936
by ElijahThey were words that, if spoken in another era, would have been tantamount to treason. The Palace’s senior courtier, Sir Alan ‘Tommy’ Lascelles, told Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin privately that…
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What drives Prince Harry to follow in Edward VIII’s unfortunate footsteps? Because, like the embarrassed monarch, the Duke of Sussex was adored before he abandoned royal duties and married an American divorcee, writes CHRISTOPHER WILSON
by ElijahWhat is driving Prince Harry to increasingly follow in the unfortunate footsteps of the Duke of Windsor? The two men, both of their generation’s pin-up boys, fled the country when…
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King Edward VIII and the coins that never were: As an exhibition unveils the monarch’s portrait and discarded coins, historian IAN LLOYD tells how a “vain” monarch fell out with the Royal Mint over his desire to sit facing left
by ElijahKing Edward VIII was famous for his vanity. As a young man, he defied tradition by wearing the latest fashions, especially flannel pants with sports jackets, cuffed trousers, and baggy…
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Gorgeous Baltimore home with incredible connection to a VERY famous duchess hits the market for $1 million
by JackA house fit for a duchess has hit the Baltimore real estate market for $1 million. This beautiful 1886 property once served as an educational institution for the former Duchess…
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The day Wallis Simpson lost £1.3m worth of jewelery in an absolutely mysterious heist in the Home Counties. But did the wealthy Duchess of Windsor steal her OWN jewels to get her insurance money? asks historian ALEXANDER LARMAN.
by ElijahWallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, was frantic with worry. On 16 October 1946, Wallis and her husband, the Duke of Windsor, the former Edward VIII, had left Ednam Lodge…
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In touch with Nazi agents…sudden, unexpected wealth…and a mission to rescue Wallis Simpson’s favourite green SWIMSUIT from Occupied France! The tawdry reality of the Windsor’s wartime exile in the Bahamas. By historian ANDREW LOWNIE
by ElijahOn 4 July 1940, with the possible threat of a German invasion, Winston Churchill drafted a memo to the Prime Ministers of the Dominions: ‘The Duke of Windsor’s activities on…
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Royal biographer’s claim that Meghan Markle is as narcissistic as Wallis Simpson coincides with a new documentary
by ElijahRoyal biographer Sally Bedell Smith’s claim that Meghan is as narcissistic as the Duchess of Windsor coincides with a new documentary about Wallis Simpson’s extravagance when the Duke was wartime…
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Meghan shares same ‘narcissistic and controlling’ quality as Wallis Simpson and also married equally ‘weak’ man, claims royal biographer
by ElijahMeghan Markle shares the same “narcissistic and controlling” qualities as Wallis Simpson while the Duke of Sussex is as weak as King Edward VIII, a royal biographer has claimed. Sally…
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