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The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor

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by Anna Pasternak


  prayer that Duke of York should succeed him, 72, 130

  death of Princess Victoria, 72–3

  rapid deterioration of health, 73–5

  death of, 75–6

  lying in state and funeral, 78–9

  will of, 79–80

  effigy for tomb of, 211–12

  George VI, King (Bertie, formerly Duke of York): Edward’s closeness to, 12, 40

  naval training, 13

  at Fort Belvedere, 37–8, 43, 44

  courtship of Elizabeth, 56

  and Edward’s station wagon, 89

  in Scotland (1936), 104, 105, 106

  rift with Edward, 108, 167, 191, 211, 212, 219–20, 250–1

  and abdication crisis, 130–1, 151, 161, 162, 163

  accedes to throne, 165n, 166, 171–2

  and Edward’s financial settlement, 166–7, 179, 211, 219–20, 263–4

  and issue of Windsors returning, 178, 179, 209, 212, 242

  feels threatened by Edward, 178–9, 239–40

  coronation of (May 12, 1937), 187

  and Edward’s wartime role, 214, 216–17

  meets with Edward (September 14, 1939), 216

  and wartime Fort Belvedere, 219–20

  and VE Day, 240

  sees Edward in London (October 1945), 242

  death of (February 6, 1952), 258

  Gibbs, Philip, 81

  Giles, Frank, 225–6

  Givenchy, Hubert de, 8, 245, 272

  Gladwyn, Lady (Cynthia Jebb), 23

  Goddard, Theodore, 101, 102, 104, 113–14, 115, 116, 121, 158–9

  Gort, Lord, 219

  Gozin, Elvire, 280

  Grafton, Duchess of, 271

  Great Depression, 33–4

  Grellet, Stephen, 11

  Guinness, Mrs. Kenelm “Posy,” 51

  Gwynne, Foxie, 144

  Halifax, Lord, 232–3

  Hambleden, Viscountess, 154

  Hamilton, Lord Claud, 16

  Hardie, Keir, 11

  Hardinge, Alexander, 83, 121–2, 123, 136, 154

  Hardinge, Dowager Lady, of Penshurst, 55–6

  Hardinge, Helen, 76, 154

  Harmsworth, Esmond, 110, 137, 139, 140

  Harris, Kenneth, xxiv

  Harry, Prince, 287

  Haslam, Nicky, xxi, 5, 9, 19, 23, 59, 191

  Hawke, Sir John, 115–16

  Haynes, George, 34

  Hearst newspapers, 68

  Henry, Prince (Duke of Gloucester), 11, 35, 72, 104, 209–10, 219, 260

  Hicks, Lady Pamela, 28, 277

  Hitler, Adolf, 203, 213, 221, 222

  Hoare, Sir Samuel, 120, 128, 131, 220–1, 222, 223

  Hore-Belisha, Leslie, 216

  Hôtel de Paris, Monte-Carlo, 208

  Hôtel du Cap d’Antibes, 208

  Hôtel Meurice, Paris, 200, 209, 210

  Howe, Commander C. L., 171

  Hunter, George and Kitty, 64, 108–9

  hunting, 3–4

  Ingrid, Princess, 35

  James, Admiral Sir William, 215

  Jardine, Reverend R. Anderson, 192, 193, 195

  Jarrow Crusade, 135

  Jenks, Sir Maurice, 40, 86

  Johnson, Sydney, 246, 272

  Jowitt, Sir William, 250

  Kell, Sir Vernon, 58

  Kerr-Smiley, Alex, 25, 40

  Kerr-Smiley, Maud, 1, 9, 26

  Khan, Prince Aly, 47

  King George’s Field Foundation, 81–2

  Kinross, Lord, 97

  Kipling, Rudyard, 75

  Kirkwood, Dr., 158

  Kruch, Edouard, 256

  La Croë, Cap D’Antibes, xxiii, 206–8, 209, 213, 246–7

  Labour Party, 140–1

  Ladbroke, George, 116

  Lang, Cosmo, archbishop of Canterbury, xviii, 75, 76, 82–3, 127–8, 154, 172–3, 197

  Lascelles, Alan “Tommy,” xviii, 63, 154, 243, 250, 261, 265–6

  on Edward, xvi–xvii, 18, 35, 37, 79, 100, 105

  on Nahlin cruise (1936), 95–6, 100

  opposes Edward’s return to England, 239, 242

  Laura, Duchess of Marlborough, 247, 248, 249, 254, 279–80

  Le Château de L’Horizon, near Cannes, 94–5

  Le Corne, Julie, 228, 229–30

  Lees, Walter, 275

  Legh, Piers “Joey,” xvii, 154, 171, 172, 185

  Leopold, ex-King of Belgium, 208, 251

  Life magazine, 253

  Lloyd George, David, 36

  Lloyd-Thomas, Hugh, 50

  Londonderry, Lord and Lady, 59

  Lucinge, Jean-Louis de, 207

  MacColl, René, 231, 232

  MacDonald, Ramsay, 92

  Madame Tussauds, 177

  Magdalen College, Oxford, 14

  Marbella Club, Andalusian coast, xx, 264–5

  Margaret, Princess, 72, 73, 90, 284

  Marie Louise of Prussia, 15, 264

  Marigny, Alfred de, 235

  Marina, Princess, Duchess of Kent, xxiv, 53–4, 260, 268

  Markle, Meghan, 287

  Martin, Joan, 247

  Mary, Princess (sister of Edward), 129, 260

  Mary, Queen: Wallis presented at court (June 1931), 10

  lack of maternal warmth, 11, 12, 151, 260, 269

  frugal diet of, 16

  teaches Edward crochet, 31

  and Edward’s relationship with Wallis, 42–3, 89, 100–1

  only meeting with Wallis, 54–5

  final illness and death of George V, 73, 74, 75–6

  watches Edward address troops (July 1936), 93

  move to Marlborough House, 94, 107

  and abdication crisis, 128–30, 133, 151, 162, 163, 165–6

  refusal to receive Wallis, 130, 173, 179, 190, 238, 240, 242, 249–50

  family dinner party at Royal Lodge, 168, 284–5

  and Edward’s departure from England, 170

  hatred of Wallis, 180, 190, 194, 223–4, 250–1

  supports Edward’s exile, 180–1

  and Edward’s wedding, 193–4

  Edward ceases communication with, 211–12

  final attempt by Wallis to reach-out to, 236–8

  Edward stays with in London (October 1945), 242

  on Lilibet’s engagement, 249

  letter to Edward on Wallis’s illness, 252

  and death of George VI, 259

  death of (March 24, 1953), 260

  memorial plaque at Marlborough House, 266, 267–8

  Maugham, Syrie, 27

  Maugham, William Somerset, 176, 208–9

  Maxwell, Elsa, xvi, 8, 22, 28, 47, 100, 208, 255

  McKay, Frank, 34

  Mendl, Sir Charles, xxi

  Merryman, Bessie (Aunt Bessie), xviii, 20, 53, 118, 147, 150

  and Wallis’s childhood, 6, 7

  gift of $500 to Wallis, 39

  in Biarritz with Wallis and Edward, 50, 51

  at Fort Belvedere, 121, 123, 138, 145

  at Cumberland Terrace, 141, 142

  Wallis’s parting from, 148, 149

  at wedding of Wallis and Edward, 195

  death of (November 1964), 266

  Metcalfe, Lady Alexandra “Baba,” 194, 195, 196, 215, 216

  Metcalfe, Major Edward Dudley “Fruity,” 192, 195, 213, 214, 220

  Michael, Prince, of Kent, 272

  Monckton, Lady, xvii, 208, 245, 264

  Monckton, Sir Walter, 103, 113, 151, 161–2, 199, 213–14, 215

  as Edward’s personal advisor, 124, 143, 148, 155

  lives at Fort Belvedere, 152, 155

  and the abdication, 162, 163, 164, 167, 168

  negotiates abdication settlement, 166

  drives with Edward to Portsmouth, 170–1

  and HRH issue, 190

  at wedding of Wallis and Edward, 195–6, 197

  proposes return for the Windsors, 209

  and Second World War, 218, 230

  Moran, Lord, 238

  Morley, Sir Godfrey, 278

/>   Morshead, Owen, 178

  Mosley, Diana: on Wallis’s family heritage, 4

  on Wallis’s personal qualities, 5, 21

  on Wallis’s thinness, 22

  Edward’s friendship with, 36

  on Wallis’s social status, 59

  on Ernest Simpson, 60

  on the Court Circular, 89

  on royal embargo on Windsors, 130, 190, 191, 200, 211

  on Edward’s popularity, 137, 178

  on Wallis’s journey to Cannes, 153–4

  on Edward’s exile, 178, 200

  on acknowledgement of duchess, 196

  on the Windsors’ routine, 207

  on 24 Boulevard Suchet, 212

  on silly stories about Wallis, 229

  on Wallis’s popularity with staff, 245

  on the Mill, 256

  on death of the duke, 272

  on Wallis and death of the duke, 273, 276, 277–8

  on Wallis’s last years, 279, 280

  on Wallis’s funeral, 281

  on Edward’s love for Wallis, 286

  Mosley, Sir Oswald, 36

  Moulin de la Tuilerie (the Mill), 256–7, 260, 276, 284

  Mountbatten, Earl, 35, 89, 107, 266, 267, 277

  turns down Edward’s best man offer, 192

  and HMS Kelly, 214, 215

  supports return of Windsors, 269

  and Edward’s lying-in-state/funeral, 273, 274, 275

  Mountbatten, Lady Edwina, 89, 232

  Moyne, Lord, 51–2

  Mullens, Avril, 262–3

  Münster, Count Paul, 197

  Murphy, Charles, 253

  Mustin, Corinne, 20

  Nazi Germany: alleged sympathies of Windsors, xx, 36, 69, 86, 87–8, 202, 203, 204, 214, 222, 230–1, 235

  Windsors visit (October 1937), 202–4

  plans for duke as puppet king, 221–2

  Operation Willi, 222

  New York Times, 110, 205

  newspapers and print media: American reports on Edward and Wallis, 52–3, 68, 92, 94, 96, 100, 101, 110, 112, 117, 120

  British press silence on romance, 68, 92, 94, 96, 100, 109, 110, 117, 120, 122, 141

  Nahlin cruise (1936), 94, 96, 97–8

  small boat photograph (summer 1936), 97–8

  Cavalcade and “the king’s matter,” 121

  changing attitude of British press, 122

  British press breaks silence, 146–7

  and Wallis’s journey to Cannes, 152, 153–4

  press besiege Lou Viei, 156

  statement by Wallis (December 7/8), 157–8, 162

  coverage of Edward’s wedding, 197

  and Windsors American visits, 232, 233, 238

  Nicholas II, Tsar, 12

  Nicolson, Harold, 137, 153, 208–9

  Norwich, John Julius, 19, 40–1, 77, 191, 196, 280

  on Edward, 15, 82, 132, 179–80, 244, 257

  on Wallis, 23, 59, 255

  on Nahlin cruise (1936), 96, 97

  Oakes, Sir Harry, 228, 235–6

  Ogilvy, Bruce, 61

  Olga, Princess, of Yugoslavia, 133, 137–8

  Olivier, Edith, 154

  Osborne (butler at the Fort), 42, 48

  Oursler, Fulton, 230

  Page, Russell, 256

  Paley, Babe, 8

  Palm Beach, Florida, xxi, 240, 252

  Panter-Downes, Mollie, 216

  Paris, Alexandre de, 245–6

  Paul, Prince, Regent of Yugoslavia, 54, 133, 137–8

  Peacock, Sir Edward, 163

  Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, 271, 274

  Phipps, Sir Eric, 210

  Pirie, Val, 188

  Pleydell-Bouverie, Ann, 229

  Plunket, Aileen, 278, 279

  Polignac, Princess Ghislaine de, 281

  Pope-Hennessy, James, 12, 35, 178, 257, 260, 262, 265–6

  Pownall, Henry, 219

  Preston, Kiki, 41

  racial discrimination, 227

  Raffray, Jacques, 23

  Raffray, Mary (Mary Kirk), 6, 23, 84–5, 115, 177, 233–4

  Rasin, John Freeman, 6–7

  Reboux, Caroline, 188

  Reith, Sir John, 168

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 68–9, 87, 221

  Ribes, Jacqueline de, 8

  Rickatson-Hatt, Bernard, 85

  Roberts, Cecil, 252

  Robertson, Cordelia Biddle, 254

  Robertson, Thomas, 152

  Rogers, Herman, xvii, 21, 22, 104, 107, 157

  Lou Viei (villa in Cannes), 52, 147, 156

  at Candé, 182, 186, 191, 194, 195

  Rogers, Katherine, 21, 52, 104, 147, 156, 182, 186, 194, 195

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 233, 234

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 39, 233

  Rothermere, Lord, 137, 162

  Rothschild, Eugene de, 167, 168, 195

  Rothschild, Kitty de, 167, 168, 172, 195

  Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, 89, 161, 163, 167, 168, 170, 284–5

  Royal Marriages Act (1772), 127

  Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, 13

  Royal Naval College, Osborne, 12–13

  Sandringham, 12, 73, 74, 75–6, 110–11

  Schellenberg, Walter, 222

  Schönburg, Count Rudolf von, xx, 15, 243, 255, 257, 263, 264–5, 286

  Schultz, Joanna, xxi

  Schumann, Maurice, 193

  Scott, Captain Robert Falcon, 12

  Second World War, 213–24, 225–40

  Sefton, Lord and Lady, 270

  Selby, Lady, 195

  Shackleton, Sir Ernest, 12–13

  Shanley, Oonagh, 270, 271

  Sigrist, Frederick, 228

  Simon, Sir John, 58, 190

  Simpson, Ernest: at Burrough Court with Wallis, 1, 3–4

  as staunch monarchist, 3, 40, 78

  advice from Wallis’s mother, 6

  and Coldstream Guards, 9, 10

  shipping business, 24, 33, 46

  marries Wallis, 24–5

  character, 25

  flat at Bryanston Court, 26, 27–8, 41–2, 44, 46, 67

  weekend at Fort Belvedere (January 1932), 29–30, 31, 32–3

  frequent invitations to the Fort, 37–8, 39, 40, 44, 46–7

  view of Wallis-Edward relationship, 40–1, 48, 60–1, 62, 64, 286

  in prince’s party for Ascot week, 50

  guest at Prince George’s wedding, 55

  growing friction with Wallis, 61, 62, 64, 65

  in Cornwall with Edward and Wallis, 64–5

  misses Villa Le Roc holiday, 70

  Edward’s jealousy of, 71

  relationship with Mary Raffray, 84–5, 115, 233–4

  confronts king over his intentions, 85–6

  Davidson memorandum, 86–7

  separation from Wallis, 88, 91

  last time as king’s guest, 89

  divorce from Wallis, xviii–xix, 101–2, 104, 108–14, 115–17, 184–5

  Wallis considers return to, 102–4

  offers to turn king’s evidence, 156

  letter to Edward, 164

  post-abdication correspondence with Wallis, 176–7, 199, 200, 204, 205–6, 233–4

  death of (November 1958), 262–3

  Slipper (dog), 142, 167, 168, 171, 174, 175, 283

  Edward presents to Wallis, 48

  stays with king in England, 149

  killed by a viper, 183–4, 187

  Smith, Fred, 172

  Soames, Sir Christopher, 269, 270

  Spanish civil war, 95, 138

  Spencer, Earl Winfield, 19–20

  Spry, Constance, 188–9

  Storrier, Chief Inspector, 183

  Sunday Despatch, 230

  Sunday Times, 265–6

  Thaw, Benjamin, 1, 2

  Thaw, Consuelo (née Morgan), 1–2, 10

  Thelma, Viscountess Furness, 1–2, 3, 10, 30, 38–9, 40, 41, 44

  visit to America (1934), 44–5, 47

  and Prince Aly Khan, 47

  end of �
��reign” of (April 1934), 47–8

  Thin, Dr. Jean, 270–1, 271

  Thomas, Godfrey, 63, 95, 105, 171, 183

  Thomas, Hugh Lloyd, 195

  The Times, 144–5, 146, 162, 197, 263

  Tomkins, Lady Gillian, 277

  Toussaint, Jeanne, 220

  Trotter, “G,” 50

  Trundle, Guy Marcus, 58–9, 68

  Turkey, 97

  Turnquest, Sir Orville, 227, 236

  Utter, Sir John, 278

  Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1

  Vansittart, Sir Robert, 70

  Verdura, Fulco di, 9

  Vickers, Hugo, xix, xxi, xxiii–xxiv, 70, 103, 267, 273, 281

  on Edward’s romantic life, 34–5, 56

  on Edward’s rift with Queen Mary, 212, 238

  on Maître Blum, 278–9

  Victoria, Princess, 72–3

  Victoria, Queen, 11–12

  Vidal, Gore, 244, 278, 279

  Villa Le Roc, Cannes, 69–71

  Vreeland, Diana, xvi, xx, xxi, 8, 118, 147, 256, 257, 258, 277

  Walker, Stanley, 37

  Wallace, Barbie, 90, 91

  Ward, Mrs. Freda Dudley, 2, 12, 18–19, 26, 48–9, 241

  Warfield, Alice (mother of Wallis), 4, 5–7, 19–20

  Warfield, S. Davies (“Uncle Sol”), 6, 20

  Warfield, Teackle (father of Wallis), 4, 5

  Warren, Sir Herbert, 14

  Weiller, Paul-Louis, 244

  Wenner-Gren, Axel, 235

  West, Rebecca, 206

  Weymouth, Countess of, 59

  Wigram, Sir Clive, 62–3, 86, 87, 154, 156, 168, 189

  Wilding, Dorothy, 239

  Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 11

  Williams, Francis, 140

  Williams-Taylor, Sir Frederick and Lady, 228–9

  Windsor, Duke and Duchess of: fairy tale version of story, xv–xvi

  live television interview, xxiv

  Dorchester Hotel dinner (January 1934), 45–6

  summer holiday (1934), 50–3

  surveillance operation on, 58–9, 67, 68–9

  holiday in Kitzbühel/Vienna/Budapest (February 1935), 61–3

  at Villa Le Roc (summer 1935), 69–71

  Nahlin cruise (1936), 94–100

  in Vienna (1936), 100

  forced separation due to divorce laws, 167, 172, 174, 175–6, 181–5

  wedding at Château de Candé, 181, 182–3, 186–7, 188–9, 192–7

  reunited at Candé, 184–5, 187–90

  honeymoon at Schloss Wasserleonburg, 197–200

  pact not to discuss abdication, 198–9

  in Paris as newlyweds (1937), 200

  empty, peripatetic life after abdication, xxiii, 200–1, 221, 239, 251–2, 253, 257, 262–3

  visit to Nazi Germany (October 1937), 202–5

  lease of La Croë, 206–7

  lease on 24 Boulevard Suchet, Paris, 212–13, 218, 243–4

  return to England at outbreak of war, 214–16

  in Madrid (1940), 220–2

  duke as Governor of the Bahamas, 223–4, 225–40

  visit to America (1941), 231–3

  apartment in Waldorf Towers, New York, 232, 252

 

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