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Profiles |
Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor |
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor |
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Creative Team |
Judith Shubow Steir
Book, Music & Lyrics
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Peter Mansfield
Music Supervisor, Arranger, Orchestrator |
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Organizations |
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Historical Society
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Historical Society is an exclusive Society of individuals interested in Wallis and Edward ("WE") who are dedicated to recording the historical importance of the lives of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor |
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The Abdication Speech of Edward VIII |
Audio Recording of Radio Speech with Photo Slideshow |
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Pasteur Institute Bequest and Nobel Prize
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Wallis Warfield Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, bequeathed her entire estate
to the Institut Pasteur in 1986. |
The Duchess of Windsor's bequest to the Pasteur Institute |
A Nobel Prize for Pasteur AIDS Researchers |
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Historical Importance |
False Accusations of Nazi Sympathies |
75th Anniversary of the Abdication of Edward VIII |
The Legacy of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor |
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Video |
Duke of Windsor - Discusses meeting Wallis |
England's American Queen |
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Books |
Wallis and Edward Letters 1931-1937, The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Edited by Michael Bloch. By the end of this fascinating and superbly edited collection of the 1930s letters of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, one comes as close as possible to knowing the writers. |
A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor by the Duke of Windsor. Written in 1951, the Duke recalls his austere upbringing, his days at Oxford, the Great War, his profound love for Wallis Simpson, and the dilemma that confronted him in the months leading up to his abdication. Out of print, but available from Alibris. |
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The Heart Has Its Reasons by the Duchess of Windsor
The memoirs of the woman Edward VIII loved, first published in 1956. |
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King Edward VIII: The Official Biography by Philip Ziegler. A study of the life of Edward VIII, from boyhood to Prince of Wales, uncrowned King, in exile, and as governor of the Bahamas. It also examines his relationships with George V, Queen Mary, George VI, Freda Dudley Ward, and Wallis Simpson. |
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The King and Mrs. Simpson: The True Story of the Commoner Who Captured the Heart of a King by Erin Frances Schulz. A narrative history that uses flashbacks and passages from the couple's memoirs. |
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The Duchess of Windsor by Michael Bloch A biography of Wallis Warfield (1896-1986), the American woman for whom, in 1936, Edward VIII gave up the throne, thus becoming the Duke of Windsor. Bloch was one of the Duchess's legal representatives before her death, quotes at length from her letters and covers information published elsewhere, including the story of Wallis's first two marriages and her love affair with Edward. |
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New York Times Articles |
The Jewels of Windsor |
Duke of Windsor - Obituary |
Inside the Windsor Closets |
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Photos |
Fashion Icon - Wallis Simpson (13 Pages with Forum) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Fashion Paper Doll Book |
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