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Walsh, Blanche, 24–5
Ward, Freda Dudley, 71
Ward, John Montgomery, 12–13, H
Warner, Jack, 262
Warr, Lord De La, 65
Warwick, Lady Daisy, 38
Watson, Peter, 116
Waugh, Evelyn, 119, 121, 300*
Way of a Gaucho (Jacques Tourneur film, 1952), 316–17
Webb, Clifton, 81
Weiller, Paul-Louis, 300*
Weissmuller, Johnny, 149
Wellcome, Syrie, 87*, 154–5
Welles, Orson, 226, 263, 264, 266, 270, 287
Wells, H.G., 165
Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of (‘Bendor’), 59, 65, 83–5, 132, 327
Westminster, Loelia, Duchess of, 149
Weymouth, Lord, 219
Wilde, Oscar, 75
Wilding, Tony, 51–7, 58–60, 62, 64, 66, 71, 143
Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 38
Will C. Case (ship), 8–9, 13
Williams, Emrys, 265–8, 277, 284, 285, 290, 293–4, 297, 323; inspects FHorizon with Aly, 235, 236–7; trips to Paris from FHorizon, 269–70, 271; in Spain with Aly and Rita Hayworth, 272, 273, 274
Wilson, Lady Sarah, 49, 65
Wilson, Muriel, 32, 33, 51, 72, 149
Wimbledon tennis championship, 51–2, 53, 54, 57
Windsor, Duchess of (Wallis Simpson): Clementine’s dislike of, 141–2, 298, 347; deemed security risk, 151, 212; flees to Villa Lou Viei, 152, 153–4; plans wedding, 153–6; not allowed HRH title, 156, 160; and HRH courtesies, 160, 177, 181–2; decorates and refurbishes La Croë, 168–70; Red Cross work (1939), 200; friends at German Embassy, 212; and Jimmy Donahue, 305–6, 307–9; sexuality, 306–7; Anne Seagrim on, 308*; death of (1986), 392; The Heart Has Its Reasons (1956), 391; see also Windsor, Duke and Duchess of; Windsor, Duke of (formerly Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII)
Windsor, Duke and Duchess of (when referred to as a couple in the text): Cote d’Azur as sanctuary for, 4; and Churchill, 140–2, 151–3, 157, 158, 159–63, 182–3, i86, 211, 298, 299, 330, 347; wedding of, 156–7, 285; Christmas at Lou Viei, 158–9; at Hôtel Meurice in Paris, 158–9; dinners at Château de l’Horizon, 159–62, 181–2; sign two-year lease on La Croë, 167; at La Croë, 167–70, 182–3, 193–4, 211, 214, 262, 284, 293, 298, 299, 301–2; purchase of La Croë, 176; dinner at La Mauresque, 176–7; with Gloucesters at Hôtel Meurice, 179–80; and approach of war, 186; dinner at German embassy (June 1939), 192; house on Boulevard Suchet, Paris, 192, 213, 299; and outbreak of war, 193–4, 210–12; brief return to England (1939), 210–12; return to Paris (September 1939), 212–13; brief return to La Croë (1940), 213–14, 215; departure for USA (1940), 215; post-war return to Riviera, 227, 231–2, 298; war years in the Bahamas, 298, 302–3; Paris base on Bois de Boulogne, 299–300; visit to England (1946), 300–1; exclusion from royal occasions, 302; and the Donahues, 302–3, 304–6, 307–9; sale of La Croë, 309, 311, 359, 391; at La Pausa, 330; and Michael Canfield, 368*; at Circus Ball, Paris (1939), 389; later life (after i960), 391–2
Windsor, Duke of (formerly Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII): as Prince of Wales, 71, 84, 107t, 112, 123, 129*, 140–2, 148, 160–1; affair with Wallis Simpson, 123, 140–2, 150–5; holiday at 'Rock’s place’ (1935), 141–2, 148, 160–1; as King Edward VIII, 147–8, 150–3, 299; abdication of, 151–3, 299; Churchill on, 161, 330; and Fort Belvedere, 168, 183, 210; formal Highland evening dress, 170, 183; wartime post in Paris, 212–13; death and funeral of (1972), 391; A Kings Story (1951), 299, 307, 391; see also Windsor, Duchess of (Wallis Simpson); Windsor, Duke and Duchess of
Winn, Olive, 72
Winston, Norman, 224, 230–1, 232–3
Winston, Rosita, 224–5, 230–3
Winde, Major Alfred D., 220
Wodehouse, Lord, 65
de Wolfe, Elsie (Lady Mendl), 72, 75, 153, 172, 213; acting career, 21, 22, 27, 75; as leading interior decorator, 21, 44, 73, 75, 76, 81, 154–5, 170; and post-WWi Paris, 70, 75, 76–7, 81; and ‘Bessy’ Marbury, 75–6, 131*; owns Villa Trianon, Versailles, 76–7, 131*, 167, 300*, 389–90; marries Sir Charles Mendl (1926), 77*, 131*; at Château de l’Horizon, 97–8, 128, 190, 389; returns to Paris (1945), 390
Worthing, Frank, 22, 24, 25
The Wrath of God (Ralph Nelson film, 1972), 382
Yakymour (villa near Cannes), 244, 254, 277, 296, 316, 342, 378
Yasmin (daughter of Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan), 290–1, 296, 297, 326, 337, 343, 382, 383
You Were Never Lovelier (William A. Seiter film, 1942), 264–5
Zahra, Princess (daughter of Prince Karim), 392
Zanuck, Darryl, 262, 279
Zanzibar, 297
Credits
Text
77* ‘Harlem On My Mind’ by Irving Berlin (1933).
‘That Black and White Baby of Mine’ by Cole Porter (1919).
‘Anything Goes’ by Cole Porter (1934) © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
172 Extract from I Went to a Marvellous Party copyright © NC Aventales AG 1938 by permission of Alan Brodie Representation Ltd www.alanbrodie.com
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I am deeply grateful to those copyright owners who have kindly allowed me to quote from various publications and publish images. I have exhaustively attempted to find the copyright holders of all quotations and images used, but in a few cases it has not been possible as the publishers no longer exist and the authors/owners are presumed dead because of the passage of time and copyright holders cannot be traced. Please do not hesitate to contact the author c/o the publishers if this book affects a copyright held by you and it will be corrected in any future editions.
Mary S. Lovell has been a biographer for twenty-five years, during which time she has written a number of bestsellers, including Straight on Till Morning: The Biography of Beryl Markham and Amelia Earhart: The Sound of , which was made into a film in 2009. More recent subjects have been the Victorian adventuress Jane Digby (A Scandalous Life)-, the six Mitford sisters ( TheMitford Girls)-, and the Tudor entrepreneur, Countess of Shrewsbury ( of Hardwick).
Also by Mary S. Lovell
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The Sound of Wings: The Biography of Amelia Earhart
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A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby
A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton
The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family
> Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth 1527-1608
The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History – from
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