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32 ‘What Every Woman Wants to Know.’ 30 May 1934. The Sketch.
33 Robert Wainwright. Sheila: The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2014. 241–2.
34 Pond’s advert. 26 January 1934.
35 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 291.
36 Ibid.
37 Wallis Simpson to Aunt Bessie. 12 February 1934. In Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward. Letters 1931–37. 87.
38 Duchess of Windsor. The Heart Has its Reasons. 150.
39 Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story. 249.
40 Ibid. 250.
41 ‘Royal Obsession.’ 27 March 1975. Kenosha News.
42 Wallis Simpson to Aunt Bessie. 18 February 1934. In Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward. Letters 1931–37. 89.
43 Frances Donaldson. Edward VIII. London: Futura Publications, 1976. 169–70.
44 Wallis Simpson to Aunt Bessie. 18 February 1934. In Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward. Letters 1931–37. 89.
45 Mary S. Lovell. The Riveira Set. London: Little, Brown, 2016. 238.
46 Ibid. 251.
47 Elsa Maxwell. I Married the World. London: William Heinemann, 1955. 236.
48 Ralph G. Martin. The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 159.
49 Leonard Slater. Aly: A Biography. New York: Random House, 1964. 8.
50 Maxwell. I Married the World. 236–8.
51 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 294–5.
52 Slater. Aly. 7.
53 Martin. The Woman He Loved. 159.
54 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 296.
55 Duchess of Windsor. The Heart Has its Reasons. 206–7.
56 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 297–8.
57 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 229.
58 5 November 1936. Robert Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 76.
59 Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward. Letters 1931–37. 109.
60 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 298.
61 Martin. The Woman He Loved. 163.
62 Wallis Simpson to Aunt Bessie.15 April 1934. In Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward. Letters 1931–37. 92.
63 Quoted in Eve Brown. Champagne Cholly. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1947. 235.
64 Frances Donaldson. Edward VIII. London: Futura Publications, 1976. 142.
65 Wallis Simpson to Aunt Bessie. 25 April 1934. In Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward. Letters 1931–37. 93.
66 J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy. The Windsor Story. London: Granada Publishing, 1981.120.
67 20 February 1934. The Bystander.
68 Anne Edwards. Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor. London: Rowan and Littlefield, 2015. 367.
69 14 May 1935. In Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’. 33.
70 28 July 1935. In ibid. 39.
71 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 118.
72 14 May 1935. In Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’. 33.
73 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 120.
74 14 May 1935. In Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’. 33.
75 20 January 1937. In Susan Lowndes (ed.). Diaries and Letters of Marie Belloc Lowndes 1911–1947. London: Chatto and Windus, 1971. 142.
76 16 June 1935. In Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’. 36.
77 Wainwright. Sheila. 274.
78 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 235.
79 28 July 1935. In Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’. 39–40.
80 13 January 1935. In Nigel Nicolson (ed.). Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters 1907–1964. London: Phoenix, 2005. 154.
81 January 1936. In John Julius Norwich (ed.). The Duff Cooper Diaries 1915–1951. London: Phoenix, 2006. 228.
82 Philip Ziegler. Diana Cooper. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 177–8.
83 I do not go into that debate in detail here. It can be found in the many biographies of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
84 27 May 1935. In Kenneth Young (ed.). The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. Vol. 1: 1915–1938. London: Macmillan, 1973. 321.
85 Whitsuntide 1935. In Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’. 35.
86 Michael Thornton. ‘Did Mrs Simpson Ever Truly Love the King Who Gave Up His Throne for Her?’ 8 April 2017. Daily Mail. 56.
87 Anne Sebba. That Woman. 126–7.
88 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 169.
Chapter 11
1 ‘This Morning’s Gossip.’ 27 February 1919. Leeds Mercury.
2 ‘The Letters of Eve.’ 19 March 1919. The Tatler.
3 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 15 May 1918. In Rupert Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. London: Little, Brown, 1998. 32.
4 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 19 February 1919. In ibid. 140–1.
5 Rosemary Ednam to Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland. 9 March 1919. Letter in the possession of the Earl of Dudley. Quoted in Michael Thornton. Royal Feud: The Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor. London: Michael Joseph, 1985. 48.
6 ‘Engaged to Viscount Ednam: Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower.’ 22 February 1919. Illustrated London News.
7 19 February 1919. The Tatler.
8 ‘Undergrads Fined.’ 19 June 1914. Diss Express.
9 Eric, Viscount Ednam to Rosemary Leveson-Gower. 18 May 1918. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/1.
10 Tommy, Lady Rosslyn to Eric, Viscount Ednam. No Date. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/6/48.
11 Ibid.
12 Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower to Eric, Viscount Ednam. No date. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/6/63.
13 ‘Engaged to Viscount Ednam: Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower.’ 22 February 1919. Illustrated London News.
14 Philip Ziegler. King Edward VIII: The Official Biography. London: Fontana, 1991. 37.
15 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 19 February 1919. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 141.
16 Eric, Viscount Ednam to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. 8 January 1920. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/3.
17 Eric, Viscount Ednam to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. 19 January 1920. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/4.
18 Edward, Prince of Wales to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. 23 February 1920. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/5.
19 ‘Men and Women of Today: Former Home of Whistler.’ 18 March 1930. Dundee Courier.
20 Eric, Viscount Ednam to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. 26 July 1921. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/8.
21 ‘Men and Women of Today.’ 20 October 1929. Dundee Courier.
22 Eric, Viscount Ednam to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. Undated. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/14.
23 Rosemary Ednam to Duff Cooper. No Date. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University. DUFC12/029.
24 Billy to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. 21 April 1927. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/11.
25 Denis Stuart. Dear Duchess: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1867–1955. London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. 144–6.
26 ‘The Third Time.’ 30 October 1919. Yorkshire Evening Post.
27 Stuart. Dear Duchess. 146–7.
28 Ibid. 158.
29 Eric, Viscount Ednam to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. 26 July 1921. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/8.
30 Rosemary Ednam to Eric Ednam, Undated. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/6/65.
31 Naomi Levine. Politics, Religion and Love: The Story of H.H. Asquith, Venetia Stanley and Edwin Montagu. New York: New York University Press, 1991. Accessed via Google Books.
32 Eric, Viscount Ednam to Rosemary, Viscountess Ednam. 5 March 1923. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/7/9.
33 29 April 1924. Dundee Courier.
34 Duff Cooper to Lady Diana Cooper. 30 July 1926–3 August 1926.
Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University. DUFC 01006004.
35 Enid to Eric, Viscount Ednam. 28 March 1926. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/6/57.
36 Anonymous. ‘Eulogic or Romantic Notes on “Rose”.’ 4 November 1926. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/6/2 (1).
37 Hugo Vickers. Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor. London: Arrow, 2012. 266.
38 ‘The Dancing Prince.’ 7 March 1924. Leeds Mercury.
39 ‘Mariegold in Society.’ 9 July 1924. The Sketch.
40 ‘A Resident Landlord.’ 30 November 1937. The Bystander.
41 The Duke of Sutherland. Looking Back: The Autobiography of the Duke of Sutherland. London: Odhams Press, 1957. 165.
42 ‘Living the Pampered Life.’ 25 May 1929. The Graphic.
43 ‘Mariegold in Society.’ 20 November 1929. The Sketch.
44 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. Undated. Max Reed Papers.
45 ‘The Duke’s Private Film.’ 19 May 1923. Dundee Courier.
46 Duke of Sutherland. Looking Back. 89–92.
47 Ibid. 157.
48 Robert Wainwright. Sheila: The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2014. 164–5.
49 Duff Cooper to Diana Cooper. 29 January 1927. In Artemis Cooper (ed.). A Durable Fire: The Letters of Duff and Diana Cooper 1913–1950. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985. 249.
Chapter 12
1 ‘Masked Women at Hornsey.’ 7 November 1921. Pall Mall Gazette.
2 ‘Men and Women of Today: Lord and Lady Ednam.’ 29 November 1921. Dundee Courier.
3 ‘Hornsey Canvassing.’ 8 November 1921. Pall Mall Gazette.
4 Rosemary Ednam to Eric Ednam, Undated. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/6/65.
5 ‘Lord Ednam’s Debut.’ 1 April 1922. Faringdon Advertiser.
6 Sushila Anand. Daisy: The Life and Loves of the Countess of Warwick. London: Piatkus, 2008. 244–51.
7 ‘Rosemary Ednam Speech to Conservatives: Notes for a Speech Given to Worcestershire Conservatives before General Election 1924.’ Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/12/1/6 (1).
8 Diana Cooper. Autobiography. London: Michael Russell, 1979. 275–8.
9 ‘The Letters of Evelyn.’ 5 November 1924. The Sketch.
10 Philip Ziegler. King Edward VIII: The Official Biography. London: Fontana, 1991. 183.
11 ‘Lady Ednam Re-Elected President.’ 20 October 1928. Staffordshire Advertiser.
12 ‘Lady Ednam’s Visit.’ 26 October 1929. Staffordshire Advertiser.
13 ‘Cripples’ Aid Society.’ 30 January 1932. Staffordshire Advertiser.
14 J.M. Barrie. ‘Obituary: Lady Ednam.’ 25 July 1930. The Times.
15 Quoted in the Duke of Sutherland. Looking Back: The Autobiography of the Duke of Sutherland. London: Odhams Press, 1957. 167.
16 ‘A Woman’s Letter: The Tweed Look.’ 6 October 1928. The Graphic.
17 Clementine Churchill to Winston Churchill. 16 February 1924. In Mary Soames (ed.). Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. London: Doubleday, 1998. 276.
18 ‘Ripples from the Riviera.’ 6 February 1924. The Sketch.
19 ‘One Stunt Too Dizzy for Chicago’s Diving Countess. How Lord Beatty’s Dare-devil Wife Tried to Swim the Hellespont as Byron Did and Almost Met the Fate that Overtook Leander.’ 17 October 1924. Hamilton Evening Journal.
20 Cooper. Autobiography. 321.
21 ‘Lord A. Leveson-Gower.’ 7 June 1921. Aberdeen Press and Journal.
22 7 August 1930. In Kenneth Young (ed.). The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. Vol. 1: 1915–1938. London: Macmillan, 1973. 124.
23 ‘Viscount Ednam’s Son Fatally Injured.’ 10 December 1929. The Scotsman.
24 ‘Tragic Death of Viscount’s Son.’ 11 December 1929. Nottingham Evening Post.
25 ‘Miniature Bicycle in Collision.’ 10 December 1929. Aberdeen Press and Journal.
26 ‘A Tragic Happening.’ 11 December 1929. Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail.
27 Ibid.
28 Rosemary Ednam to Duff Cooper. No Date. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University. DUFC 12 029 (4).
29 Rosemary Ednam to Elizabeth, Marchioness of Salisbury. December 1929. Hatfield House Archive.
30 Duke of Sutherland. Looking Back. 166.
31 Ibid.
32 Michael Thornton. Royal Feud: The Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor. London: Michael Joseph, 1985. 48.
33 Elsa Maxwell. I Married the World. London: William Heinemann, 1955. 183.
34 Alfred Shaughnessy (ed.). Sarah: The Letters and Diaries of a Courtier’s Wife 1906–1936. London: Peter Owen, 1989. 152.
35 Barbara Cartland. We Danced All Night. London: Arrow Books, 1977. 105–6.
36 ‘Four Passengers and Two Pilots Dashed to Death.’ 25 July 1930. Western Gazette.
37 ‘Plane Blown to Pieces.’ 22 July 1930. Sheffield Independent.
38 Cartland. We Danced All Night. 108.
39 ‘Air Disaster.’ 25 July 1930. Gloucester Citizen.
40 ‘Search Parties Organised.’ 22 July 1930. Dundee Courier.
41 26 January 1935. In Robert Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 23.
42 ‘Society’s Tribute.’ 26 July 1930. Sheffield Independent.
43 Cartland. We Danced All Night. 107.
44 ‘With Love E.P.’ 26 July 1930. Leeds Mercury.
45 Diana Cooper. Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to her Son John Julius Norwich, 1939–1952. New York: The Overlook Press, 2014. Accessed via Google Books.
46 ‘With Love E.P.’ 26 July 1930. Leeds Mercury.
47 Duff Cooper. Quoted in Denis Stuart. Dear Duchess: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1867–1955. London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. 167.
48 William Cooke. Wings Over Meir. Stroud: Amberley, 2010. Accessed via Google Books.
49 Edward, Prince of Wales to Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland. No date. Sutherland Collection. Staffordshire Records Office. D6528-15-174-3.
50 Duke of Sutherland. Looking Back. 174.
51 Cooke. Wings Over Meir.
Chapter 13
1 J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy. The Windsor Story. London: Granada Publishing, 1981. 78.
2 Martha Milinaric photograph collection.
3 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.
4 Hugo Vickers. Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor. London: Arrow, 2012. 266.
5 Philip Ziegler. Mountbatten: The Official Biography. London: Book Club Associates, 1985. 95.
6 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 87.
7 Ibid. 86.
8 Ralph G. Martin. The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 150.
9 Philip Ziegler. King Edward VIII: The Official Biography. London: Fontana, 1991. 185–6.
10 The Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story: The Memoirs of HRH the Duke of Windsor. London: Pan Books, 1957. 213.
11 Ibid. 243–4.
12 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 215.
13 Ibid. 215–16.
14 Frances Donaldson. Edward VIII. London: Futura Publications, 1976. 133.
15 Ibid. 134.
16 ‘Feathers Club.’ 15 December 1933. Dundee Courier.
17 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 217.
18 ‘Duke of Kent Tour of London Community Centres.’ 20 January 1937. Nottingham Journal.
19 ‘Italian’s Plea.’ 15 January 1936. Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette.
20 Interview with Lady Isabella Naylor-Leyland. 23 October 2017.
21 Ibid.
22 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.
23 9 May 1934. The Sketch.
24 11 Sep
tember 1934. In Kenneth Young (ed.). The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. Vol. 1: 1915–1938. London: Macmillan, 1973. 305.
25 Brendan Bracken to Winston S. Churchill. 30 July 1935. Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University. Char2/236/149.
26 Winston S. Churchill to Sir Kingsley Wood. 1 August 1935. Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University. Char2/236/150.
27 14 September 1934. Diana Cooper. Autobiography. London: Michael Russell, 1979. 391.
28 Lord Moran. Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival 1940–1965. London: Constable, 1966. 746.
29 Laura, Duchess of Marlborough. Laughter from a Cloud. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. 103.
30 Denis Stuart. Dear Duchess: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1867–1955. London: Victor Gollancz, 1982. 168.
31 Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, to Eric, Viscount Ednam. 21 March 1934. Dudley Archives and Local History Service. DE/15/1/6/115.
32 26 January 1935. In Robert Rhodes James (ed.). ‘Chips’: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 23.
33 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 82.
34 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 15 April 1931. Max Reed Papers.
35 Wallis Simpson to Aunt Bessie. 14 April 1936. In Michael Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward. Letters 1931–1937: The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. 171.
36 ‘Celebrities in Cameo: The Marquis de Casa Maury.’ 11 December 1935. The Bystander.
37 Robert Wainwright. Sheila: The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2014. 304.
38 ‘Miss Paula Gellibrand.’ 20 December 1932. Leeds Mercury.
39 Cecil Beaton. The Glass of Fashion: A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them. New York: Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2014. 176.
40 ‘Mrs Dudley Ward to Marry.’ 13 October 1937. Gloucestershire Echo.
41 ‘Featured: The Style Moderne in the London House of the Marquise de Casa Maury.’ 16 August 1930. The Sphere.
42 ‘Celebrities in Cameo: The Marquis de Casa Maury.’ 11 December 1935. The Bystander.
43 ‘At the Pictures.’ 13 December 1946. The Tatler.
44 ‘The Curzon Cinema.’ 10 March 1934. Illustrated London News.
45 ‘The Cinema.’ 29 March 1939. The Tatler.
46 ‘The Curzon Cinema.’ 6 March 1934. The Bystander.