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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