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A Brief History of the House of Windsor

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by Michael Paterson


  Victoria, Queen 9, 10, 11, 12, 13–14, 18, 30, 31, 37, 38, 39, 76, 82, 116, 227, 228–30

  Wales 83–4, 96, 196–7, 245

  walkabouts introduced 175

  Wallace, Anna 200

  weddings

  Edward Windsor and Wallis Simpson’s 104

  Prince Albert and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 120–1

  Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson 179

  Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles 205

  Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer 176–7, 202

  Prince William and Kate Middleton 1–5, 7

  Princess Anne and Mark Philips 174–5

  Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip 144, 161–2

  Wellesley, Lady Jane 200

  Wells, H. G. 79

  Welsh Guards 86

  Welsh National Opera 210

  Welsh nationalists 196–7

  Wessex, Countess of see Sophie, Countess of Wessex

  Westminster Abbey 2, 63, 120, 127–8, 162

  Westminster Bridge 21

  Westminster Hall 243

  Whitehall palace 227

  Whiting, Audrey 165

  Wilhelm II, Kaiser 11–12, 48, 54, 78

  William IV, King 13

  William, Prince 27, 188, 213–14, 258

  armed forces 215, 220–1, 249, 251

  charities 214

  childhood 214, 215–17

  death of mother 217

  education 216–20, 223, 236

  lifestyle 221, 251

  and Prince Charles (father) 223

  sports and hobbies 215, 217, 235

  St Andrews University 218–20

  wedding 1–5, 7

  Willingdon, Lord 122

  Wilson, Harold 144, 195, 242

  Wimbledon Tennis Championships (1928) 115, 123

  Windsor Castle 16, 17, 24, 43, 227

  bombings 141–2

  Chapel Royal 39

  Edward VIII laid in state 105

  Edward VIII’s abdication speech 101

  fire and costs of repair 185–6

  George IV’s embellishments 228

  the Guildhall 186, 215

  under Oliver Cromwell 256

  Royal Library 155, 185

  Royal Lodge 121, 122, 154

  Second World War 139, 141–2, 158, 159

  St George’s Chapel 21–2, 55, 150

  Windsor, Duchess of see Simpson, Wallis

  Windsor, Duke of (formally Edward VIII) see Edward VIII, King

  Windsor name adopted 18–19, 22–5, 54

  wireless see radio

  Wood, Robin 193

  Yahoo! Sports 251

  Yeoman of the Guard (Beefeaters) 92, 231

  York Cottage 40–1, 66, 82–3, 110–11

  York, Duke of (later George VI) see Albert, Prince (Bertie - later George VI); George VI, King

  Yugoslavia 246

 

 

 


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