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6 days ago · Wallis Simpson (born June 19, 1896, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died April 24, 1986, Paris, France) was an American socialite who became the wife of Prince Edward, duke of Windsor ( Edward VIII ), after the latter had abdicated the British throne in order to marry her. The duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) and duchess of ...
Buckingham Palace was targeted by the Nazis early on in the war in an act of extraordinary audacity – and one that backfired. George VI noted in his diary: ‘We all wondered why we weren’t ...
Mar 3, 2012 · 5 minute read. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Lisbon, Portugal, 1940. Thomas D. McAvoy—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Wallis and Edward, the Romance of the Century. The evocative phrase so ...
Oct 4, 2021 · The New York Times reported, “Two former Crown Princes, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and the Duke of Windsor, held a reunion in Paris; the last meeting was 50 years ago. As part of a European tour with Empress Nagako, Hirohito took tea with the Duke and Duchess. The 70-year-old Emperor and the 77-year-old former King of England reminisced on ...
Dec 11, 2018 · Controversy about Edward, Duke of Windsor and Nazi Germany had a long history before the fall of France in June 1940. From his youth, Edward had manifested a fondness for the German language and ...
Mar 10, 2016 · 00:30. Duke of Windsor's visit to Nazi Germany in 1937. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor made a controversial visit to Nazi Germany in 1937. The former King Edward VIII and his new wife Wallace ...
Oct 4, 2021 · Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako of Japan had Tea with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at their home, the Château Le Bois, on the Bois du Boulogne in Paris on this day in 1971, during the Emperor and Empress’ extensive Tour of Europe, the first from a reigning Japanese Emperor outside Europe. The visit came the day after a visit from the ...
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