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INDEX
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abdication crisis: Wallis’s efforts to leave the king, 102–4, 109, 124–5, 145–6, 157–60
Wallis to “leave the country” proposal, 112, 122, 124–5, 132, 137, 138
Hardinge’s letter to the king (November 13), 121–3, 124
and Baldwin, 122–3, 124, 125, 126–8, 133, 139–41, 144–5, 150, 154, 158–9, 161
and Edward’s egotism, 125, 131–2, 157–8, 159–60, 285–6
divorce as central issue, 126–8, 132, 133
Wallis waits at Cumberland Terrace, 128, 141, 142
and Queen Mary, 128–30, 133, 151, 162, 163, 165–6
temporary separation proposal, 132, 139, 143
Edward’s visit to south Wales, 133–4, 135–7
morganatic marriage idea, 137, 138–41, 143, 144, 145
Edward’s base at the Fort, 142–4
Wallis has health collapse, 143–4, 188
bishop of Bradford’s speech, 144–5
British press breaks silence, 146–7
Wallis flees to France, 147–9, 151–3
king’s hope for final broadcast appeal, 148, 150
Commons debate (December 3, 1936), 150–1
MI5 taps the king’s phone, 152, 155
Edward’s strain and exhaustion, 154–5, 175–6
Edward’s final decision, 155–6, 159–60
statement by Wallis (December 7/8), 157–8, 162
attempt to withdraw Wallis’s divorce petition, 158–60
Fort Belvedere dinner (December 7), 161–2
instrument of abdication, 163
Abdication Act 1936 passed, 163–4
Aird, John, 35, 50, 51–2, 53, 55, 63, 70, 93, 94–5, 100, 208
Alexander, Ulick, 148, 161, 163, 166, 171, 172
Alexandra, Queen, 14, 247, 249
Alfonso, Prince, of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 264–5
Alice, Princess, Duchess of Gloucester, 72, 129, 209–10
Allen, George, 143, 148, 155, 159–60, 163, 195
Anderson, Mildred, 9
Antenucci, Dr., 266, 272–3
Ascot week, 50, 55, 92
Asquith, Margot, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, 83–4
Atatürk, Kemal, 97
Attlee, Clement, 250
aviation, 30
Avon, Lady, 274
Bahamas, 223–4, 225–30, 234–40
Baldwin, Lucy, 128
Baldwin, Stanley: campaign against Wallis, xviii, 58, 77–8, 111–12, 117, 122–3, 126–8, 131, 157, 158–9, 164
views on Edward, 18, 37, 83, 112–13, 154
and Edward’s visits to depressed areas, 57, 112–13, 136
and
covert surveillance operation, 58
third term as prime minister, 72
and death of George V, 75
dinner party at St. James’s Palace, 89
meets Edward at Fort Belvedere (October 1936), 111–12, 113, 116–17
and abdication crisis, 122–3, 124, 125, 126–8, 134, 139–41, 144–5, 150–1, 154, 158–9, 161
reports to Parliament on abdication, 164, 166
Balmoral, 101, 104–7, 112
Baltimore, xviii, 4, 6, 7, 233
Bateman, William, 150, 155
Beaton, Cecil, 59–60, 107, 117–18, 181–2, 186–7, 188–9, 253
wedding photographs at Candé, 192–3, 194
on duke’s funeral, 274
Beaverbrook, Lord, xxiii, 81, 112–13, 125, 146, 155, 162, 205
arranges self-censorship of press, 110
and morganatic marriage proposal, 140, 141, 143
Bedaux, Charles, 181–2, 195, 202, 205
Bedaux, Fern, 181, 182–3, 195
Beech House, near Felixstowe, 102, 108–9, 114
Benson, Mrs. Rex, 187
Berners, Lord, 91
Bethell, Charles, 229–30
Bevin, Ernest, 140–1
Birkett, Norman, 101, 115–16
Blum, Léon, 195
Blum, Maître Suzanne, 278–80
Blunt, A. W. F., bishop of Bradford, 144–5
Bocher, Main Rousseau, 188
Bohan, Marc, 8
Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria, 99–100
Boudin, Stéphane, 256
Brittain-Jones, Joyce, 98–9
Brockhurst, Gerald, 229
Brownlow, Perry, 159, 173, 174–5, 195
accompanies Wallis to France, 147, 148–9, 151–2, 153, 157–8
Buccleuch, Duchess of, 106
Buccleuch, Duke of, 72
Buckingham Palace, 16, 94, 107–8, 152, 155
Bullingdon Club, 14
Bullitt, William, 205
Burgess, Major Colin, 56, 259
Burrough Court, Melton Mowbray, 2–3
Burton, Sir Pomeroy, 206
Butler, Rab, 256
Cabrol, Baron de, 208, 244–5, 245
Cabrol, Daisy de, 247
Candé, Château de, 181–5, 186–90, 192–7
Canning, Albert, 58, 68
Cardozo, Harold G., 210
Cartland, Barbara, 24
Cazalet, Victor, 80
Chamberlain, Neville, 195, 209, 210
Chambrun, Comtesse René de, 212–13
Channon, Sir Henry “Chips”: high regard for Wallis, xx, 5, 66, 67–8, 77, 80–1, 92, 117, 148
on Edward, 16, 67, 74
on Mrs. Dudley Ward, 19
as friend of Edward, 37
first meeting with Wallis, 60
on insecure position of Wallis, 66, 77, 92
on alleged Nazi leanings of Windsors, 69
on George V’s funeral, 78–9
on campaign against Wallis, 84, 92, 117, 180
on marriage issue, 119
dines at Emerald Cunard’s, 133
holds dinner party at London mansion, 137–8
on Daily Mail’s praise for king, 139
on Commons debate (December 3, 1936), 150–1
on Wallis’s statement, 162
on Edward’s abdication broadcast, 169–70
anger at Lang, 173, 197
on the Windsors wedding, 197
on the Windsors in America, 238
Charles, Prince, 262, 268–9, 271, 274–5, 280
Charteris, Sir Martin, 271
China, 20–1, 23
Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of, 59
Christopher, Prince, of Greece, 55
Church of England, 127–8, 132, 144–5, 165, 192, 197
Churchill, Clementine, 155, 208
Churchill, Randolph, 189, 195, 203–4, 214
Churchill, Winston: and abdication crisis, xvi, 137, 140, 143, 146, 151, 154–5, 157, 165
on Edward’s love for Freda, 18–19
on Wallis and Edward’s love, 23, 70–1
as Edward’s mentor, 36, 93, 154–5, 164–5, 219
on Ribbentrop, 69
at Le Château de L’Horizon, 95
and status of Wallis, 137, 215, 219, 221, 223, 231, 234, 239–40, 261
and the Windsors visit to Nazi Germany, 205
at La Croë, 207, 208
and Windsors during Second World War, 214, 215, 219, 220–1, 222–4, 225, 230, 231, 234, 235
Liberty magazine interview, 230
provides plane for Mary Raffray, 233
addresses US Congress (May 1943), 238
and VE Day, 240
Colefax, Lady Sibyl, 59, 83, 91, 137, 143, 162
Colefax, Sir Arthur, 91
Collings, Albert, 94
Connaught, Duke of, 10, 80, 246
Coolidge, Constance, Comtesse de Jumilhac, 189
Cooper, Duff, 74, 77–8, 95, 96, 97, 244, 251
and abdication crisis, 128, 131–3, 138, 139, 143
Cooper, Lady Diana, 29, 80, 84, 87, 133, 162, 254
on Fort Belvedere, 31, 68
and Nahlin cruise (1936), 95, 96–7, 98, 99
curtsies to the duchess, 196, 232
Corrigan, Mrs. Laura, 59
Court Circular, 89, 92, 104, 105, 112, 195, 197, 267, 268, 273
Coward, Noël, 44, 208, 244
Crawford, Lord, 218
Crawford, Marion, 90
Cunard, Lady Emerald, 37, 59, 60, 67, 69, 87, 118, 133
Daily Express, 216
Daily Herald, 140, 146
Daily Mail, 139, 140, 146, 150, 210
Daily Telegraph, 96, 146, 162
Dauglish, Bishop John, 238
Davidson, Colin, 212
Davidson, Lord, 86–7
Davidson, Viscountess Joan, 265
Dawson, Geoffrey, 145
Dawson, Lord, 74, 75
Don, Reverend Alan, 165, 171, 192
Donahue, Jimmy, 253–5, 285
Drewes, Jean, 257
Dudley, Laura (Duchess of Marlborough), 247, 248, 249, 254, 279
Dudley, Lord, 197, 247
Dugdale, Major, 161
Dupré, Marcel, 195
Ednam Lodge, Sunningdale, 247–8
Edward VII, King, 12, 13
Elizabeth, Queen (Queen Mother, formerly Duchess of York): at Fort Belvedere, 37–8, 43, 44
informs Queen Mary about Wallis, 42–3, 108
hostility to Wallis before abdication, 55–6, 90, 106, 108, 162, 284
rumored feelings for Edward, 56
and Aberdeen incident (September 1936), 104, 105, 106
in Scotland (1936), 104, 105, 106, 108
and abdication crisis, 131, 138, 141–2, 151, 161, 162
and rumors over Edward’s sanity, 154
Bertie becomes king, 165n, 168
sees new Duke of Windsor as threat, 178–9, 209, 214–15, 239–40
refusal to receive Wallis, 179, 190, 215, 217, 239–40
hatred of Wallis, xix, 179, 181, 190, 194, 217, 223, 231, 259
blames duke for “the king’s troubles,” 251, 258
blames Wallis for her husband’s death, 259
encounter with Wallis (June 7, 1967), 267–8
at Edward’s committal, 275–6
Elizabeth II, Queen: childhood, 72, 73, 90, 284
engagement to Prince Philip, 249
accedes to throne, 259–60
coronation of (June 1953), 261
agrees allowance for duchess, 263–4
kindness to the Windsors, 265, 266–8, 270–2, 273–5, 284
invites Windsors to London, 266–8
state visit to France (May 1972), 270–1
visits duke on his deathbed (May 18, 1972), 270–1
honors duke’s final wishes, 272
invites Wallis to stay at Buckingham Palace, 272, 273
Trooping the Colour (June 3, 1972), 273–4
at duke’s funeral, 274–5
/> at Edward’s committal, 275
at Wallis’s funeral and committal, 280–1
Elliot, Maxine, 94–5
Elliot, Walter, 78
Embassy Club, Bond Street, 40
Enzesfeld, Schloss, near Vienna, 167, 168, 172, 174–5, 183
d’Erlanger, Edwina, 232
Evans, Inspector, 147, 152, 158
fascism, 36, 198, 205
see also Nazi Germany
First World War, 7, 16–17
Fisher, Admiral Sir William, 171
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Evelyn, 59
Fitzherbert, Maria, 77n
Fort Belvedere, 29–33, 37–9, 63, 206–7, 283–4
garden at, 29, 30, 32, 33, 81, 217, 283–4
Cedar Walk at, 30, 113, 283, 284
Edward’s love of, 30, 211, 217–18, 242, 243, 284
the Yorks at, 37–8, 43, 44
Wallis as chatelaine of, 47–8, 68
weekends at (1936), 81, 91
Baldwin meets Edward at (October 1936), 111–12
Wallis returns to (November 23, 1936), 142–4
dinner party (December 7, 1936), 161–2
evening of the abdication, 166
Edward leaves, 167–8
Windsors visit before leaving England, 217–18
king turns over to government (1940), 219–20
sale of, 242, 243
Forwood, Sir Dudley, 185, 189, 191–2, 194, 203, 204–5
Fragnito, David Maude-Roxby-Montalto di, xxi, 15, 121, 252
freemasonry, 40, 86
Frogmore, 243, 272, 275, 276, 281, 286–7
Furness, Marmaduke, 1st Viscount, 2
Game, Sir Philip, 68
George, Prince (Duke of Kent), 3, 16, 38, 40, 76, 83, 231
Edward’s closeness to, 12, 41, 56, 246
drug addictions, 41
wedding to Princess Marina, 53–6, 199–200
on Balmoral under Edward, 106–7
at the Fort (December 7, 1936), 161
snubs honeymooning Windsors, 199–200
death of (1942), 246
George II, King of Greece, 98–9, 101
George IV, King, 77n
George V, King: Wallis presented at court (June 1931), 10
as severe parent, 11, 12, 13, 269
sense of duty and responsibility, 11–12, 13
coronation of (June 1911), 13–14
changes family name to Windsor, 17
and Edward’s private life, 18, 34, 35, 36, 62–3, 72
and Prince George’s addictions, 41
dislike of Wallis, 55, 63, 66
Silver Jubilee, 55, 63, 66–7
orders surveillance operation, 58–9, 67, 68–9
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