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4 giorni fa · 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 ...
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1 giorno fa · American socialite Wallis Simpson is dubbed a ‘Queen Dictator ... Alan’s last formal ... on 4 June guided at £3,000-£5,000. The lot includes a never-before-seen photo of ...
2 giorni fa · The lot includes a never-before-seen photo of Edward in royal robes, as if dressing up as a king, with Wallis at his side, and an equestrian portrait given to the butler, who died in 2006, by his ...
4 giorni fa · Chi era Wallis Simpson, la donna americana che fece abdicare Edoardo VIII (Di martedì 28 maggio 2024) Per diversi decenni il nome di Wallis Simpson non è stato nemmeno bisbigliato tra gli ampi ...
2 giorni fa · Lot 140 details: Alan Fisher’s manuscript notes and typed draft recording his time spent serving the Duke of Windsor [Edward VIII, 1894-1972] and Duchess of Windsor [Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986] together with a colour-printed equestrian portrait of Edward as Prince of Wales [after Sir Alfred J. Munnings, the original of which was in the French villa, and a copy of which sits above the ...
2 giorni fa · Wallis Simpson was a “Queen Dictator” who never loved Edward, their former butler claimed in explosive secret memoirs. Alan Fisher worked for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for six years in ...
6 giorni fa · But when the stories emerged in the press, just days after Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953, the Palace panicked. The old guard was fearful that a marriage between the Queen’s fun-loving sister and the divorced war hero would damage a monarchy still recovering from Edward VIII’s abdication for the twice-wed American Wallis Simpson.
