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Before Wallis

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by Rachel Trethewey


  47 ‘Grand Cinema – The Curzon Out-Mayfairs Covent Garden.’ 13 March 1934. The Bystander.

  48 ‘Postponed by Penelope.’ 26 July 1934. Leeds Mercury.

  49 ‘A New Star.’ 5 April 1935. Derby Daily Telegraph.

  50 13 November 1935. The Tatler.

  51 ‘Moscow Nights.’ 8 November 1935. Western Morning News.

  52 ‘A Divine Time Altogether.’ 4 September 1935. The Bystander.

  53 Richard Mead. Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Military, 2016. 32.

  54 27 November 1934. The Bystander.

  55 ‘Seats Reserved for Workless Novel Feature at Society Wedding.’ 25 January 1934. Gloucester Citizen.

  56 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 120.

  57 Wallis Simpson to Aunt Bessie. 9 February 1936. In Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward: Letters 1931–1937. 159–60.

  58 Ibid. 192–4.

  59 27 October 1937. The Sketch.

  60 25 October 1937. Nottingham Journal.

  61 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.

  62 Andrew Morton. 17 Carnations.130.

  63 Quoted in Andrew Morton. 134.

  64 ‘Good Points in the Lighting and Heating of a New London House.’ September 1938. The Ideal Home. 164–70.

  65 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. Undated. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. DUFC 12021 (31).

  66 ‘Panorama.’ 21 April 1937. The Tatler.

  67 ‘The Paris.’ 25 April 1939. Western Mail.

  68 Duchess of Marlborough. Laughter from a Cloud. 138.

  69 Nicholas Wapshott. The Man Between: A Biography of Carol Reed. London: Chatto and Windus, 1990. 146–67.

  Chapter 14

  1 Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury to Winston S. Churchill. 11 November 1940. Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College Cambridge University. Char 20/10/35.

  2 ‘Minutes of the Feathers Clubs.’ October 1941. The Feathers Assocation Archive.

  3 ‘First Feathers Club. Annual Report. January to December 1940.’ Martha Milinaric Papers.

  4 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 20 January 1944. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (10).

  5 ‘Winston Churchill.’ The Ditchley Foundation. Ditchley.co.uk.

  6 11 January 1941. In John Colville. The Fringes of Power: Downing Street Diaries 1939–1955. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 332–4.

  7 12 January 1941. In ibid. 334–5.

  8 Freda Dudley Ward to Winston S. Churchill. 13 February 1941. Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University. Char 2/417.

  9 Winston S. Churchill to Freda Dudley Ward. 22 April 1941. Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University. Char 2/417.

  10 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 14 May 1944. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (16).

  11 Duff Cooper to Freda Dudley Ward. 24 October 1941. Martha Milinaric Papers.

  12 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 24 December 1943. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. DUFC 12021 (5).

  13 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 25 February 1944. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (5).

  14 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 14 May 1944. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (16).

  15 Richard Mead. Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Military, 2016. 43.

  16 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. Undated. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (31).

  17 Ibid.

  18 Andrew Morton. 17 Carnations. 178.

  19 Ibid. 181.

  20 This book is not about Edward’s life with Wallis. For further information about the Windsors’ behaviour in the war there are many excellent biographies – see Philip Ziegler, Frances Donaldson, Anne Sebba and Andrew Morton.

  21 Mead. Commando General. 204.

  22 Ibid. x–xi.

  23 Robert Langton. ‘The Wartime Raid that Shamed Mountbatten.’ 20 August 2012. The Daily Express.

  24 Philip Ziegler. Mountbatten: The Official Biography. London: Book Club Associates, 1985. 186–91.

  25 Ibid.194–6.

  26 Mead. Commando General. viii.

  27 Ibid. 129.

  28 Ibid. x–xi.

  29 Ibid. 183.

  30 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 20 January 1944. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (10).

  31 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 5 August 1944. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (26).

  32 Robert Laycock to Freda Dudley Ward. Martha Milinaric Papers.

  33 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

  34 Freda Dudley Ward to Duff Cooper. 14 May 1944. Duff Cooper Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. DUFC 12021 (16).

  35 Freda Dudley Ward to Winston S. Churchill. 15 December 1952. Churchill Archives Centre. Chur2/182A-B.

  36 Mead. Commando General. 184.

  37 Ibid. 188.

  38 Ibid. 187.

  39 Ibid. 193.

  40 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

  41 Mead. Commando General. 193.

  42 Nicholas Wapshott. The Man Between: A Biography of Carol Reed. London: Chatto and Windus, 1990. 188–92.

  43 Laura, Duchess of Marlborough. Laughter from a Cloud. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. 33.

  44 Ibid. 46–7.

  45 Ibid. 103.

  46 Ibid. 135.

  47 Ibid.

  48 Ibid. 132.

  49 Ibid. 134.

  50 Freda’s solicitor to Freda Dudley Ward. May 1952. Martha Milinaric Papers.

  51 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.

  52 Mead. Commando General. 192.

  53 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.

  54 Kenneth Lindsay to Freda Dudley Ward. Undated possibly 1955. Martha Milinaric Papers.

  55 Ibid.

  56 The Feathers Club Association Literature. Churchill Archives Centre.

  57 ‘Our Motley Notes.’ 2 July 1952. The Sketch.

  58 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  59 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

  60 Interview with Ned, Lord Lambton. 14 November 2017.

  61 Freda Dudley Ward to Winston S. Churchill. 18 March 1958. Churchill Archives Centre. Chur2/521 A–B.

  62 ‘Jennifer’s Social Journal.’ 21 January 1953. The Tatler.

  63 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.

  64 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

  65 Lord Willingdon to Winston S. Churchill. 9 November 1954. Churchill Archives Centre. Chur2/187.

  66 Eric Ednam, Lord Dudley to Winston S. Churchill. 31 July 1963. Churchill Archives Centre. Chur2/521 A–B.

  67 Winston S. Churchill to Eric Ednam, Lord Dudley. 3 August 1963. Churchill Archives Centre. Chur2/521 A–B.

  68 Prime Minister’s Office to Winston S. Churchill. 15 August 1963. Churchill Archive Centre. Chur2/521A–B.

  69 Eric Ednam, Lord Dudley to Winston S. Churchill. 8 August 1963. Churchill Archives Centre. Chur2/521/A–B.

  70 Eric Ednam, Lord Dudley to Winston S. Churchill. 31 July 1963. Churchill Archives Centre. Chur2/521/A–B.

  71 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  72 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

  73 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  74 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.

  75 Interview with Lady Isabella Naylor-Leyland. 23 October 2017.

  76 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  77 Interview with Max Reed. 10 June 2017.

  78 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  79 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

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bsp; 80 Interview with Martha Milinaric. 29 March 2017.

  81 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  82 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

  83 Lady Isabella Naylor-Leyland to the Feathers Club Association. No date. Feathers Club Association Archive.

  84 Interview with Lady Lucinda Worsthorne. 21 November 2017.

  85 Wapshott. The Man Between. 341.

  86 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  87 Interview with Ned, Lord Lambton. 14 November 2017.

  88 Interview with Ben Laycock. 22 November 2017.

  89 Ibid.

  90 Interview with Emma Temple. 2 January 2018.

  Chapter 15

  1 Gloria Vanderbilt and Thelma Furness. Double Exposure: A Twin Autobiography. London: Frederick Muller, 1958. 325.

  2 Elsa Maxwell. The Celebrity Circus. London: W.H. Allen,1964. 29.

  3 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 326.

  4 Ralph G. Martin. The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 165.

  5 Leonard Slater. Aly: A Biography. New York: Random House, 1964. 4.

  6 Ibid. 139.

  7 Mary S. Lovell. The Riviera Set. London: Little, Brown, 2016. 257–8.

  8 Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Palma Wayne. Without Prejudice. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1936. 264–5.

  9 ‘Deauville Asides.’ 5 September 1934. The Sketch.

  10 ‘Goings Out and Goings On.’ 21 August 1934. The Bystander.

  11 ‘Deauville Asides.’ 5 September 1934. The Sketch.

  12 Ibid.

  13 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 327.

  14 Slater. Aly: A Biography. 9–10.

  15 Ibid. 91.

  16 Michael Bloch (ed.). Wallis and Edward Letters 1931–1937: The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. 116.

  17 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 327.

  18 Ibid. xii.

  19 Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Come and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love and Loss. New York: HarperCollins, 2016. 29.

  20 Barbara Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. London: Pan Books, 1981 21.

  21 ‘The Vanderbilt Case.’ 6 October 1934. Gloucestershire Echo.

  22 Gloria Vanderbilt. Once Upon a Time: A True Story by Gloria Vanderbilt. London: Chatto and Windus, 1985. 7.

  23 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 457.

  24 Ibid. 6.

  25 Vanderbilt and Wayne. Without Prejudice. 245.

  26 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. ix.

  27 Ibid. 448.

  28 Ibid. 406–10.

  29 Vanderbilt and Wayne. Without Prejudice. 316.

  30 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 428.

  31 Ibid. 437.

  32 Ibid. 428.

  33 Vanderbilt and Wayne. Without Prejudice. 248.

  34 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 384–6.

  35 Cooper and Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Come and Goes. 79.

  36 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. xii.

  37 ‘Listen.’ 18 December 1934. The Bystander.

  Chapter 16

  1 30 January 1935. Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail.

  2 Barbara Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. London: Pan Books, 1981. 511.

  3 Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Palma Wayne. Without Prejudice. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1936. 337.

  4 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. xiv.

  5 ‘Peeress Designs Coronation Garb.’ 24 November 1936. Del Rio Evening News.

  6 7 October 1936. The Tatler.

  7 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 512.

  8 2 June 1937. Daily News. Quoted in ibid. 511.

  9 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 511.

  10 Gloria Vanderbilt and Thelma Furness. Double Exposure: A Twin Autobiography. London: Frederick Muller, 1958. 328.

  11 ‘Coronation Review.’ 10 February 1937. The Tatler.

  12 Pat Cavendish O’Neill. A Lion in the Bedroom. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2004. 16–17.

  13 Ibid. 38.

  14 Ibid. 21–4.

  15 Ibid. 42.

  16 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 304–5.

  17 Cavendish O’Neill. A Lion in the Bedroom. 117.

  18 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 308–9.

  19 ‘Extreme Gallantry of Guards’ Officer.’ 8 April 1941. Western Mail.

  20 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 309–10.

  21 Cavendish O’Neill. A Lion in the Bedroom. 73.

  22 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 310.

  23 Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love and Loss. New York: HarperCollins, 2016. 114–20.

  24 Gloria Vanderbilt. Once Upon a Time: A True Story by Gloria Vanderbilt. London: Chatto and Windus, 1985. 295.

  25 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 313.

  26 29 April 1941. Charleston Gazette.

  27 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 313.

  28 Richard Fawkes. ‘Obituary: Viscount Furness.’ 11 May 1995. The Independent.

  29 Vanderbilt. Once Upon a Time. 133–40.

  30 Cooper and Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Comes and Goes. 131–40.

  31 ‘Hold Up Follows Gloria’s Wedding: Stick Up Man Robs Mrs Vanderbilt and her Sister, Lady Thelma Furness.’ 30 December 1941. Hanover Evening Sun.

  32 Cooper and Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Comes and Goes. 152–5.

  33 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 515.

  34 Cavendish O’Neill. A Lion in the Bedroom. 135–6, 157.

  35 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 515.

  36 Ibid.

  37 Ibid. 517.

  38 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 342.

  39 Ibid. 347.

  40 Richard Fawkes. ‘Obituary: Viscount Furness.’ 11 May 1995. The Independent.

  41 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. xiii.

  42 Cooper and Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Comes and Goes. 84.

  43 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 515.

  44 ‘Socialite Morgan Twins, Beauties of the 20s and 30s Now Make Dolls.’ 8 June 1953. Brazil Daily Times.

  45 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 517.

  46 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 350.

  47 ‘How the Stars Stay Slim.’ 12 May 1957. Corpus Christ Caller Times.

  48 Vanderbilt and Furness. Double Exposure. 351.

  49 16 March 1959. Daily Herald. Quoted in Ralph G. Martin. The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 159.

  50 Cooper and Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Comes and Goes. 39.

  51 Ibid. 17–18.

  52 Ibid. 94.

  53 Ibid. 208–9.

  54 Ibid. 211.

  55 Ibid. 209–11.

  56 Goldsmith. Little Gloria … Happy at Last. 517.

  57 Ibid.

  58 Cooper and Vanderbilt. The Rainbow Comes and Goes. 214.

  59 Ibid. 94.

  60 Ibid. 217.

  61 ‘Vanderbilt Puts Life in Order in Autobiography.’ 14 June 1985. Fort Walton Beach Playground Daily News.

  62 Dominick Dunne. Fatal Charms and Other Tales of Today. New York: Crown Publishers, 1987. 162.

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