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Edward VIII's visitors' books showing how former King and Wallis Simpson had guests including Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten at their French home are tipped to sell for £30,000
13/11/23 04:34
The two red leather books were filled in by hundreds of VIPs who stayed with them at various locations between 1935 and 1970. High profile guests included Winston Churchill (left), who they invited to their French Riviera retreat in 1948. Other visitors were Prime Minister Antony Eden, Lord Tennyson and Earl Louis 'Dickie' Mountbatten. They reveal that Equerry Ulick Alexander, adviser Walter Monckton and solicitor Albert George Allen stayed with the Windsors during the abdication crisis of December 1936. Edward stepped down as King after 11 months so he could marry American divorcee Simpson. The first visitor book (inset) is embossed with 'The Fort', the name of Fort Belvedere - Edward's much-loved Windsor home where he signed the abdication papers....read
JAN MOIR: Edward VIII was a typical Windsor male: whiny and petulant... Remind you of anyone?
26/10/23 09:00JAN MOIR: A lost memoir of Edward VIII has come to light and for the first time we hear the authentic inner voice of the man who had briefly been King.
A controversial new book claims the Duke of Windsor was a GOOD EGG after all! But as biographer of the disgraced playboy, I VERY much doubt it, says historian ALEXANDER LARMAN...
20/10/23 04:04News that a forthcoming book is to offer a different perspective on the troublesome Duke of Windsor is both surprising and potentially revelatory.
Think you know who inspired Prince WILLIAM'S name? Then you're probably WRONG says CHRISTOPHER WILSON. It's a tribute to a swashbuckling royal cousin - friend, role model and hero to King Charles who was killed in a tragic plane crash in 1972...
16/10/23 06:17When finally he's crowned King William V, most people assume, the current Prince of Wales will be titled after the four British kings previously bearing that name.
Why Edward VIII visited Hitler: Author says book will shed new light on maligned monarch's dalliance with Nazi Germany and overturn his popular image as lazy and unintelligent
14/10/23 11:01Jane Marguerite Tippett spoke to The Telegraph about her upcoming book which will cast a 'very different light' on Edward and look into his trip to Nazi Germany.
Very awkward history of the Rolls-Royce that carried Meghan Markle to her fairytale wedding... so the car an act of tasteless REVENGE by angry courtiers?
07/10/23 12:12Millions of royal fans watched as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said 'I do' during their fairytale wedding at St George's Capel in 2018.
As never-before-seen photos are auctioned, meet the married lover who came BEFORE Wallis. Edward VIII had a 15-year affair with a woman he called Mummie (and begged her to beat him 'to bring him to his senses')
07/10/23 09:48It was a letter written by a man who clearly felt trapped. Weighed down by responsibility, the author was desperate to escape it all with the woman he loved.
The preening Prince: Edward VIII's youthful photos which he had taken for married lover 17 years BEFORE Wallis Simpson are seen in public for the first time - as they're set to fetch up to £1,500 at auction
03/10/23 03:24The portrait images, which were taken in 1919 when the then Prince of Wales would have been just 25, show the royal posing side-on in an informal shirt.
Meghan isn't really in my consciousness says Dame Joan Collins but Kate 'never puts a foot wrong: Dame reveals what she really thinks of the royals as she prepares to play Wallis Simpson in biopic
16/09/23 03:19The outspoken Dame unsurprisingly has some rather acerbic opinions about the latest generation of female Royals, too. (Pictured: Princess Kate and Meghan attending Wimbledon in 2018)
I gave Dodi the OK to take Diana out from the Ritz... if I'd said 'no' they would still be alive: ANDREW NEIL reveals how his old boss Mohamed Al Fayed blamed himself for the couple's crash deaths - and why he was warned NEVER to get in a car with Dodi
04/09/23 09:00ANDREW NEIL, who once worked for Mohamed Al Fayed, tells how the Harrods boss blamed himself for the crash that killed Diana and his son - and makes startling new revelations.
As King Charles enjoys the Braemar Gathering, a quiet revolution is unfolding at Balmoral with plans underway for a new gallery and visitor centre at the historic but modest Scottish royal home
03/09/23 12:09Having modernised Sandringham - including transforming his late father's farm on the Norfolk estate into an organic enterprise - Charles is now working on Balmoral.
HUGO VICKERS: Why I believe King Charles should TURN DOWN an invitation to the magnificent Paris villa where Edward and Mrs Simpson played at being King and Queen...
25/08/23 07:08The Duke and Duchess of Windsor's house in the Bois de Boulogne is to become a visitor attraction - and we are told that the King has been invited to pay a visit when he is in Paris next month.
When Wallis came to Balmoral! How Mrs Simpson's calamitous visit - and her triple-decker toasted sandwiches - outraged the royals. And set the clock running to the Abdication Crisis...
22/08/23 02:09Edward VIII spent two weeks of his late summer holiday there in 1936, together with the woman for whom he would give up throne. It did not go well.
There was no crown for Wallis, but Edward created a £100m 'treasure chest of fantasy' including a glittering ZOO of jewelled big cats from Cartier...
17/08/23 07:11Edward had now attained his goal. Yet still the gifts of jewellery came until, as recounted here, the Duchess of Windsor had accumulated one of the most sensational collections in the world
How the Duke of Windsor wooed Wallis with a staggering collection of jewellery worth £100 million - gems fit for the queen she would never become
09/08/23 07:05Unsurpassed in their extravagance, Wallis drew bemused attention when she appeared in the company of Edward, Prince of Wales. The sheer size of her gems caused astonishment.
You can now spend the night in Leeds Castle in Kent and stay in regal bedrooms that have hosted Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor and Charlie Chaplin
25/07/23 10:28Leeds Castle in Kent was once one of Henry VIII's favourite homes, and in the 1930s, it gained a reputation as a country retreat for the 'influential and famous'...
ANDREW LOWNIE: The government MUST release secret files on the Royal Family. Hiding the truth means we are no better than a BANANA REPUBLIC...
20/06/23 11:59A few weeks ago, I wrote about the problems I've had as a historian in trying to access historical royal records. The response shows I'm not alone. How much has been hidden? How much destroyed?
Vain, petty, in thrall to Wallis Simpson, history has not been kind to the disgraced Duke of Windsor. Yet Charles III has some surprising things in common with his great uncle...
16/06/23 05:30While many have drawn comparisons between the Duke of Windsor and Prince Harry, there are more comparisons to be made between Charles III and Edward VIII than might be imagined.
Bride and GLOOM: Inside the miserable wedding of Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII - with tragic eyes caught on camera amid speculation American socialite 'was not in love with the former King'
03/06/23 07:57The former King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson got married at the Chateau de Cande at Monts in central France in June 1937. But Wallis did not love her husband, despite his devotion to her.
ANDREW LOWNIE: From Wallis Simpson's affair with a car salesman to the FBI's Mountbatten probe, our Royal Family and the government are colluding to destroy Royal records and falsify the past. Why DO we let them?
17/05/23 05:30EXCLUSIVE: A new reign is a chance to assess the past and see how things might be done differently. Will King Charles seize the moment? I am not convinced, writes ANDREW LOWNIE
The woman who could have changed history - if her family hadn't been 'mad'! How Edward VIII's love match with glamorous daughter of a duke was vetoed by his father - before she tragically died in a plane crash at 36
15/05/23 03:21As the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII met Rosemary Leveson-Gower in France in 1917, when she was a nurse treating First World War servicemen. Above: The pair in 1925; Rosemary in 1927.
Diamond ring and bracelet gifted to Wallis Simpson by her husband Edward VIII sell for £42,000 at auction - while handwritten letter from Queen Elizabeth II to Lord Plunkett goes for £1,100
27/04/23 11:57The royal jewels sold for £7,000 more than the estimate at Bloomfield Auctions in Belfast. The letter from the late Queen, suggested Lord Plunkett would be 'thankful' for leaving Palestine, inset.
How Prince William and Harry's feud echoes the bad blood between George VI and his disgraced older brother Edward VIII (with their wives despising each other too!)
27/04/23 05:30The most direct comparison to Harry and William's situation was the difficult relationship between the late Queen's father King George VI and her uncle Edward VIII (pictured above).
This week in royal history: The death of Wallis Simpson, the Queen Mother's wedding and the births of THREE princesses… an incredible look back at our archives
26/04/23 11:18On April 24, 1986, Wallis Simpson died aged 89. More than six decades earlier, on April 26, 1923, the future Queen Mother and King George VI tied the knot at Westminster Abbey.
Desperate and alone: How Wallis Simpson spent her final years a disabled prisoner in grand Paris home reduced to a 'slum' - with one close friend 'delighted' when she heard the American widow had died
25/04/23 03:32Wallis Simpson, the woman who became the Duchess of Windsor after marrying Edward VIII, who chose love over duty, died desperate and alone, aged 89, in April 1986. Above: At her Paris home in 1974
The Coronation that never was: remarkable plans for Edward VIII's ceremony are revealed in previously unseen sketches... before he abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson (and his brother George VI became King instead)
23/04/23 07:37Exclusive: Unearthed in the National Archives, these sketches produced by the Office of Works after Edward VIII became King in January 1936. Above: The decorations at Marble arch
'The look she gave me could have frozen fire...' the one question the Queen Mother BANNED people from asking: Part two of our deliciously waspish biography
22/04/23 06:21Here, in the second instalment of his waspish biography, Gareth Russell reveals how Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother made an art form of getting her own way,..
Hitler dubbed her 'the most dangerous woman in Europe'. She turned down two proposals from the man who became King. And she loved a 'drinky-poo'! The strangely colourful life of the Queen Mother revealed...
21/04/23 07:00GARETH RUSSELL: The Queen Mother is fondly recalled for her love of pastel colours, horseracing and 'drinky-poos'.
Queen Elizabeth II 'broke Edward VIII's heart' when she denied his 'dying wish' to grant Wallis Simpson HRH title, Duke of Windsor's nurse claims
10/04/23 11:01Speaking on The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor, which airs on ITVX on April 20, the Duke's nurse said the rejection during the Queen's visit to his house in Paris 'broke his heart'.
The ultimate betrayal: How abdicated Edward VIII helped the Nazis bomb Buckingham Palace at the height of the Blitz by passing 'inside information' to the Germans, royal archives reveal
27/03/23 09:01Classified documents from The Royal Archives may reveal the truth of claims that the Duke of Windsor was a Nazi sympathiser who gave up plans of Buckingham Palace allowing it to be bombed.
King Edward VIII's letters to a royal fan accusing Britain of trying to 'humiliate and misrepresent' him and Wallis Simpson in 'parallel of today's Royal Family' set to go for £500 at auction
11/01/23 02:22The controversial monarch caused a constitutional crisis when he abdicated the throne in 1936 so he could marry the American divorcee.
Royal brothers at war more than 100 years ago: How fights used to erupt between teenage siblings Edward VIII and George VI before their brotherly bond finally broke over the abdication
05/01/23 12:07The future Kings Edward VIII and George VI (pictured as teenagers) quarrelled growing up, with their tutor telling in 1907 how the presence of one in the school room acted as a 'red rag' to the other.
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: CNN's Anderson Cooper joins a growing list of presenters subjected to a full Sussex moanathon
03/01/23 12:33EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: CNN's Anderson Cooper joins the growing list of TV presenters subjected to a full Sussex moanathon while interviewing Prince Harry.
Revealed: How Prince Harry interviewer Anderson Cooper's great-aunt had an affair with the Duke's great-great uncle Edward VIII when he was Prince of Wales
03/01/23 12:03Despite their families being born thousands of miles apart and on different sides of the Atlantic, Prince Harry and Anderson Cooper's families have crossed paths before.
Another military family are forced to abandon their 'shoddy' military home: Afghanistan veteran and his family face Christmas in a travelodge after water tank exploded while they were on holiday
24/12/22 09:14Corporal Glen Price (right) and his wife Anna (left) were left heartbroken when they returned from their dream holiday to the Dominican Republic on Thursday to find their home in tatters.
Lavish lifestyle of the abdicated King: Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson relax with friends in 1950s Venice in never-before-seen images
11/10/22 04:06The photos, which are among a trove of letters and documents being sold that were once owned by the royal couple's friend the Earl of Dudley, are believed to have been taken in Venice.
Wallis & Meghan, the Duchesses of Twinsor! Newly released image of Meghan with a lingering stare struck some observers as uncannily reminiscent of Wallis Simpson. But how else do they look alike?
04/10/22 09:00The Duchess of Sussex, it seems, is making a statement of firm resolution. The image struck some observers as being uncannily like the outfit of another Duchess, Wallis Simpson.
Prince Harry is looking as miserable as Edward VIII and 'radiates same sadness' as King who also quit royal duties for American divorcee, biographer claims
04/10/22 01:01Royal biographer Hugo Vickers claims Prince Harry has looked as miserable as Edward VIII after stepping down from royal duties alongside his wife, Meghan Markle.
A life shaped by her beloved papa: How the Queen was inspired by her father George VI who always made time for his 'little Lilibet' and led by example in putting duty before all else before his death when she was just 25
14/09/22 08:28Those who knew the Queen as a child described her as a loyal daddy's girl who idolised her father. As she grew up, her devotion to him shaped her 70-year reign.
How Edward VIII's daddy issues led to his 1936 abdication: Historian Jane Ridley says George V's neglect of his eldest son made him a 'rebel' who didn't have the 'self-discipline' to be king
22/06/22 06:28Speaking at the Chalke Valley History Festival, Professor Ridley said Edward's abdication stemmed from his father George V's failure to 'build a relationship' with his son. Above: The pair in 1910.
So would you live in the £1.5bn coffee stirrer? It's the Big Apple's newest and skinniest skyscraper. But you'll need a strong stomach to cope with the high life, writes TOM LEONARD
10/04/22 09:46More than a quarter of a mile high but no more than 60 ft wide, the Steinway Tower, which has opened for residents, isn't just exceptionally tall, it is almost painfully thin.
EXCLUSIVE: ALISON BOSHOFF: Crowning glory! Megabucks deal for prequel series of The Crown that will chart royals from Queen Victoria to the abdication crisis
07/04/22 08:59Millions of fans of The Crown can rejoice - plans for a £500million run of prequels are well advanced, the Daily Mail can reveal.
'Edward VIII's treachery is mind-boggling': Viewers of Britain's Traitor King question 'why Duke of Windsor wasn't executed for treason' after he told Nazis to keep bombing England during WWII
28/03/22 11:47Viewers of Channel 4's Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King slammed the former king, who abdicated in 1936 to marry the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.
Edward VIII told Nazis to keep bombing England and passed information to Germany during WWII, new documentary claims
21/03/22 02:08Edward VIII (pictured meeting Adolf Hitler), encouraged the Nazis to bomb Britain into submission in World War Two and crown him as King, a new history documentary reveals.
George VI's 1937 Coronation: The last time a Queen Consort and King were crowned together
13/02/22 12:52The last time a Queen Consort was crowned alongside a King was during the 1937 Coronation of George VI. The King had acceded the Throne the previous year upon the abdication.
Life AFTER the crown: signed, never-before-seen images of recently abdicated King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson enjoying a luxury 1938 cruise along the French Riviera are up for auction for $2,000
11/02/22 04:11Never-before-seen photos of King Edward VIII and his wife, Wallis Simpson, enjoying a luxurious Mediterranean cruise in the wake of the abdication crisis have come to light.
Life AFTER the crown: signed, never-before-seen images of recently abdicated King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson enjoying a luxury 1938 cruise along the French Riviera are up for auction for £1,500
09/02/22 03:27The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were guests on board a yacht belonging to Greek millionaire Nicholas Zographos, a professional gambler who made his money in the casinos of the South of France.
Edward VIII's 1936 abdication was 'the last thing' Wallis Simpson wanted but he had 'a ferocious, obsessive love for her and was never going to let her go', says royal author Anna Pasternak
14/12/21 04:09British author Anna Pasternak told People for its Royals' special fall edition that Edward had 'a ferocious, obsessive love for Wallis and was never going to let her go'.
'Pompous, deadly dull and dour': Edward VIII reveals his gripes with royal life in letter to his OTHER woman - the MP's wife he courted for 15 years before he gave up the crown for Wallis Simpson
08/10/21 09:44The letter is thought to be one of hundreds sent by Prince Edward to Freda Dudley Ward most of which have been destroyed and is set to go up for auction with an estimated value of £600
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle risk becoming 'bit players' like Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson and could 'fade into obscurity' over the next decade, claims royal filmmaker
29/08/21 09:59CEO of True Royalty TV Nick Bullen, said Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should learn from the Prince's great-great uncle Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson, who faded 'into obscurity.'
Wallis Simpson dominated the Duke of Windsor... and he actually liked it: The secrets of the couple's twisted life in exile - and how tensions between their public duty and private desires triggered the abdication
14/08/21 09:01Royal analysts and the public have spent the past 50 years since the Duke of Windsor's death wondering what was his relationship with Wallace Simpson really like, writes ANDREW LOWNIE.
How Edward VIII had a poisonous feud with his brother, wrote a tell-all book and his American wife was obsessed with being treated as royalty (does that remind you of any other royals?!)
07/08/21 09:00Drawing on previously unexplored archives and a series of interviews, Andrew Lownie pieces together a comprehensive picture of former King Edward VIII and his wife during their years in exile
Inside the wedding that changed the British monarchy forever: Rarely seen intimate photographs of Edward VIII's marriage to Wallis Simpson 84 years later
15/05/21 01:00These black and white images give a fascinating insight into one of the most scandalous weddings in British history that changed the monarchy forever.
Intimate unseen photos reveal Wallis Simpson's enduring closeness to her shipbroker ex-husband Ernest Simpson during visit to her and Edward VIII's French country home 20 years after the abdication
16/03/21 04:18Wallis Simpson is seen smiling with American-born shipbroker Ernest Simpson during a visit to her and Edward VIII's French country home in the 1950s, some 20 years after their 1936 split.Intimate unseen photos reveal Wallis Simpson's enduring closeness to her shipbroker ex-husband Ernest Simpson during visit to her and Edward VIII's French country home 20 years after the abdication
16/03/21 12:05Wallis Simpson is seen smiling with American-born shipbroker Ernest Simpson during a visit to her and Edward VIII's French country home in the 1950s, some 20 years after their 1936 split.
The ORIGINAL bombshell Royal interview: How Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson spoke of his 1936 abdication from their exile in France... three decades after the scandal that shook the monarchy to its core
09/03/21 02:27In January 1970, 34 years after he gave up the throne so that he could marry Wallis, a divorcee, the Duke of Windsor sat alongside his wife to speak to the BBC's Kenneth Harris.
Explosive confidential letter from Edward VIII lays bare the Royal rift sparked by his marriage to American divorcee Wallis Simpson 81 years on - detailing fears Queen Mary would shun US socialite during visit to Britain
10/11/20 10:37Twice-married American socialite Wallis Simpson was at the center of one of the most scandalous love affairs of the 20th century when King Edward VIII abdicated the throne over their relationship.
Wallis's lucky charm: US silver dollar coin that the Duchess of Windsor carried in her handbag to bring her good fortune set to fetch £1,000 when it is sold at auction next week
05/11/20 11:42The 1.5in piece, expected to fetch up to £1,000 at auction next week, is thought to have been given to the Duchess of Windsor by her parents or grandparents.
Humber Snipe car that helped facilitate secret trysts between Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII is set to go up for auction for £20,000
19/10/20 04:05The car which is alleged to have facilitated the controversial royal romance between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson is set to be sold at auction later this week in Derbyshire.
'The hostility always goes to the woman': Juan Carlos I's ex-mistress, 56, compares herself to Wallis Simpson as she questions why she was blamed for the 82-year-old Spanish king's downfall
18/10/20 07:51Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 56, who lives in London, had an affair with the 82-year-old royal between 2004 and 2009.
'I know not age, or weariness or defeat': Letter written by mother of JFK and Robert Kennedy to Wallis Simpson in which she vows 'not to be vanquished' after the assassination of both her sons emerges for sale
20/08/20 03:39Rose Kennedy penned the stoic correspondence in October 1968, four months after the murder of senator Robert Kennedy and five years after JFK was killed in Dallas, Texas.
Inside the wedding that changed the British monarchy forever: Rarely seen intimate photographs of Edward VIII's marriage to Wallis Simpson 84 years later
26/05/20 03:49These black and white images give a fascinating insight into one of the most scandalous weddings in British history that changed the monarchy forever.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cate Blanchett to star as the US divorcee Wallis Simpson who lured Edward VIII away from the Royal Family and caused the 1936 abdication crisis
03/04/20 11:12EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cate Blanchett is to be approached about playing the Duchess of Windsor after an author sold the film rights to her biography of Wallis Simpson, The American Duchess.
A royal bolthole in the Bahamas! Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson's former Caribbean home goes on the market for $8.5 MILLION
19/02/20 05:32The former Bahamas home of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson has gone on the market for $8.5 million (£6.5m). Scroll through to have a look inside...A royal bolthole in the Bahamas! Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson's former Caribbean home goes on the market for $8.5MILLION
19/02/20 04:12Edward and Wallis Simpson, who married in 1937, spent five years on the Caribbean island after Edward was appointed Governor of the Bahamas in 1940.
Revealed: How posh hotel nearly scuppered staged adultery plot that paved the way for Wallis Simpson to divorce her husband and marry Edward VIII
22/12/19 10:00American Wallis Simpson divorced her second husband Ernest Simpson in 1937. The couple had to make it look as if one of them was unfaithful and staged an adultery at Hotel de Paris in Berkshire.
Lord Mountbatten's daughter reveals her father faced an 'endless battle' to recover family heirlooms from Wallis Simpson after they were 'taken by King Edward' when he went into exile
26/08/19 12:55The late Lord Mountbatten's daughter Pamela Hicks, 90, claimed that her father Louis, who died in 1979, 'battled endlessly to get Wallis Simpson to return family treasures.
Get rid of Wallis Simpson for good! Edward VIII's abdication caused turmoil, not least among his own family. Now newly discovered letters from his sister, Princess Mary, reveal a shocking plan to prevent the marriage from ever happening
03/08/19 09:00In November 1936, it had become clear that King Edward VIII, the crown barely settled on his head, was determined to abandon the throne to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
Wallis Simpson's note to Judy Garland written in style of Over The Rainbow after Hollywood star couldn't join Edward VIII and the royal mistress for dinner sells for £3,250
31/05/19 11:49The message was written in an amended version of the ballad Over The Rainbow, the song Garland famously sung by Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
French country home where Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson entertained Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Oswald Mosley goes up for sale for £5.6m
30/04/19 08:21Le Moulin de la Tuilerie, in the Chevreuse Valley, south west of Paris, was the only home the Duke of Windsor and his American divorcée wife ever owned together.
My ringside seat for the most savage royal feud of all: Snide impressions and hateful anecdotes... what the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson told confidant MICHAEL THORNTON about each other
08/03/19 10:04During the turbulent history of the House of Windsor, sisters-in-law have seldom been friends. But the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson put Meghan and Kate to shame with their feud.
Like Meghan Markle she was an American divorcee who bewitched a royal, but Wallis Simpson was mocked as being born genetically male and infertile and had to travel to China to learn oral sex techniques to ensure her hold over Prince Edward
05/03/19 07:02New book The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor gives an unflinching look at her life and scandalous love affair. with Prince Edward..
How Queen Mother put Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in Exile: Senior royal called American divorcee a 'naughty lady' as she ensured the Royal Family shunned their wedding
03/03/19 09:42Secret letters and diaries reveal how she implied that Simpson was a 'naughty lady', made sure 'no one' went to her wedding with Edward and that the pair left for France.
History has long maligned Wallis Simpson as the manipulative American divorcée. In reality, she was the opposite says biographer ANNA PASTERNAK in surprising new book
24/02/19 12:03Ever since Meghan Markle came into the royal spotlight, comparisons have been made with her notorious predecessor, says biographer Anna Pasternak
A stellar year for royal biographies reveals secrets: From Wallis Simpson’s vicious temper to how nighties are ironed at Balmoral and the day Prince Charles set out to get madly DRUNK
20/12/18 10:02Ysenda Maxtone Graham rounded up a selection of this year's best royal biographies. Her selection includes stories about Prince Charles, the Queen and King George VI.
Never-before-seen letter from Wallis Simpson that hints at her unhappiness while married to Edward VIII emerges after 70 years
26/09/18 11:54The letter reveals the Duchess of Windsor was not impressed at having to move from the sunny south of France to a ‘gloomy dark house’ in Paris where the Duke wanted to live.
Style snap! Meghan Markle and Wallis Simpson - two glamorous American divorcees who met their smitten princes when they were 34
26/07/18 09:25Meghan Markle is not the first glamorous American divorcee to fall in love with, and utterly enchant, a member of the Royal Family. Wallis Simpson from Baltimore married the Prince of Wales.
Was Meghan's wedding car a cruel joke? Rolls-Royce sent to pick up the bride was the same model used to ferry fellow US divorcee Wallis Simpson
29/05/18 12:08SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Rolls-Royce Phantom IV which took Meghan to St George’s Chapel was the same vehicle used to carry Wallis Simpson to the funeral of her husband.
Couple's private collection of Wallis Simpson memorabilia - including the late Duchess of Windsor's gloves and brooches - is set to go up for auction
06/03/18 01:35A Baltimore, Maryland couple's private collection of Wallis Simpson artifacts is set to go up for auction on eBay in May.
What did the Duke see in a double divorcee who looked a bit like TV’s rag-and-bone man? Andrew Morton’s clichéd ‘untold’ story rattles along... but provides precious few insights
24/02/18 10:01Beware any book with the word ‘Untold’ in its title. Invariably, it really means either ‘told countless times’ or ‘untrue’. Andrew Morton’s new biography of the Duchess of Windsor is a bit of both
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Would YOU be able to tell these doughnuts are healthier? From Double Chocolate to Peanut Caramel Protein and Strawberry Cheesecake - these treats all have less, fat, sugar AND calories
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Jenna Coleman cuts an elegant figure as she makes a rare public appearance with boyfriend Jamie Childs at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards
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I'm A Celebrity's Josie Gibson makes a cryptic swipe at her ex minutes into the show: 'Snakes I'm quite good with... I fell in love with enough!'
Veiled comment
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Cat Deeley to 'replace Holly Willoughby as This Morning's permanent host in a bid to save the ITV show': 'She can steady the ship'
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Duchess of York to dole out relationship advice: Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson is set to guest edit This Morning - and will have her very own segment
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Ronnie Wood's granddaughter Maggie, 14, is 'hailed as the next Kate Moss' by agency boss who scouted the original supermodel as a teen
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I'm A Celeb's Jamie Lynn Spears fails to mention estranged sister Britney as she's awkwardly questioned by Josie Gibson in the jungle camp
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Bebe Rexha flaunts her ample cleavage and curves in a futuristic black and silver corset gown at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards
Racy display
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I'm A Celeb's Nigel Farage and Nella Rose will face first horrific eating trial in the Jungle Pizzeria - but viewers expect unlikely duo to be 'TV gold'
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I'm A Celebrity's Nick Pickard covered in dozens of SPIDERS as hapless Hollyoaks star is thrown straight into the deep end for first trial
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Are STEM CELL EXOSOMES the secret to a 'snatched' jawline? Discover the products that influencers are claiming gave them taut, flawless skin...
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Mariah Carey, 54, dazzles in a busty white mini dress at Billboard Awards 2023 as she reveals her favorite memory from the award show
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Josie Gibson was inspired to enter the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! camp by her former This Morning co-star Holly Willoughby
Encouragement
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Doctor Who fans fume and brand show 'woke' as iconic villain Davros returns standing and able-bodied rather than in his life support unit
Not happy
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Kim Kardashian and her family pose with Mariah Carey at her Hollywood Bowl show (and even Heidi Klum and Nicole Richie head to the concert!)
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The Hunger Games is BACK! Everything you need to know about the prequel of the epic games and the all-star cast
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Billboard Music Awards 2023 WINNERS: Karol G kicks off night with TWO microphone trophies including Top Latin Female Artist
Success
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Joss Ackland death: British actor dies aged 95, family says - after iconic film career featuring alongside Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October
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Celebrities who waited until MARRIAGE to have sex: From Adriana Lima abstaining due to her Catholic faith and Jessica Simpson sporting a purity ring
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Strictly Come Dancing's Krishnan Guru-Murthy reveals how the show totally changed his outlook on life - and his 'sceptical' son's view of him
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Calling all foodies and fashionistas! Why Madrid should be at the top of your travel wish list
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I'm A Celeb hosts Ant & Dec take BRUTAL swipe at rival channel as the ITV series makes it's much anticipated return
Banter
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I'm A Celeb 2023 starts with HUGE shake-up as Nigel Farage, Nella Rose and Josie Gibson are dropped into the Australian outback alone
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Ashley Jensen debuts her huge diamond wedding ring at the Scottish BAFTA Awards with husband Kenny Doughty - days after secretly marrying
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I'm A Celeb fans ALREADY predict Nella Rose will be crowned queen of the jungle as she makes show debut 2,000 miles away from camp
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Santa is coming to town! Top 10 gifts you should buy NOW to get ahead with your Christmas shopping
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I'm A Celeb star Fred Sirieix tries setting up single Josie Gibson in the jungle in true First Dates fashion as he asks' her a VERY personal question
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I'm A Celeb's Nigel Farage beats TikTok nemesis Nella Rose to win more stars in first gruelling trial
The pair got stuck in on Sunday evening
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Jennifer Lopez dons a gorgeous Burberry dress as she departs celeb hotspot The Ivy with her stylish husband Ben Affleck
Looking good
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I'm A Celeb's Sam Thompson leaves fans in HYSTERICS as he passionately greets' his fellow campmates for the first time
Ecstatic
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Are healthy eating trends your love language? How you can turn your passion for wellness into a lifelong career
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Hailey Bieber looks stylish as she leaves her apartment in New York City- while husband Justin Bieber gets lost looking for his hotel suite in Las Vegas
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Adam Sandler and wife Jackie walk red carpet for premiere of his new animated Netflix film Leo in LA
Enjoyed a public appearance on Sunday
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I'm A Celeb viewers HORRIFIED after Danielle Harold is left trembling by terrifying high rise challenge
Joined fellow campmates for the trial
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Priyanka Chopra beams with joy as she takes her adorable daughter Malti Marie, one, to lunch with friends in LA
Doting mother
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Home and Away star Lincoln Younes' scathing response to Kim Kardashian being named GQ's Man of the Year: 'There are other women I would put first'
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I'm A Celeb's Jamie Lynn Spears, Marvin Humes and Nick Pickard take on the infamous skydive before entering the camp
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Strictly Come Dancing fans left furious as Bobby Brazier finds himself in the bottom two alongside Angela Rippon: 'If he leaves we riot'
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes - starring Rachel Zegler - TOPS the US box office in opening weekend with $44million
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A$AP Rocky cheekily discusses 'collaborating' with Rihanna to make sons RZA and Riot: 'I think that's our best creation so far!'
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Early Black Friday sale at Beauty Bay with up to 70% off top picks - including Mielle rosemary scalp oil, Olaplex's no.3 hair perfector and more
SHOPPING
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Second Taylor Swift fan, 25, dies in Rio de Janeiro stabbing after pop star's run of concerts was blighted by the heatstroke death of 23-year-old
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Jonnie Irwin says he feels 'really privileged' as he celebrates 50th birthday in Spain with wife Jessica and their three children amid terminal cancer battle
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Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden beams as she arrives at Blackpool Tower on crutches and in a glitzy orthopaedic boot after breaking her foot
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Zawe Ashton sports a dazzling navy gown as she joins her dapper fiancé Tom Hiddleston at the 67th Annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards
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Margot Robbie is pretty in a feathery pink ensemble as she giggles with Greta Gerwig and America Ferrera during Barbie panel in Hollywood
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Heidi Klum goes topless under a black leather jacket as she makes a very racy appearance at the Las Vegas Grand Prix with husband Tom Kaulitz
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Casual Victoria Beckham gets into the festive spirit and sweetly snaps pictures of daughter Harper, 12, at Winter Wonderland
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Worrying clip shows Taylor Swift 'struggling to BREATHE' at sweltering Rio show where fan, 23, died of cardiac arrest
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Hayley Atwell exudes glamour in a classy black gown as she arrives at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards
Looking good
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Anita Rani reveals she feels 'sexier than ever' and that being single is 'liberating' following split from her husband of 14 years
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Holly Willoughby 'isn't in a good place', according to close pal and Celebrity Juice co-star Leigh Francis as he reveals he texts the presenter often
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Las Vegas Grand Prix sees Hollywood and sporting greats mix in the pits as Rihanna joins Cara Delevingne, Heidi Klum, Brad Pitt and David Beckham
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Nigel Farage's secret French politician girlfriend Laure Ferrari WON'T travel to Australia to meet him when he leaves jungle
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I'm A Celeb SPOILER: Marvin Humes, Nick Pickard and Jamie Lynn Spears look terrified as they take on first trial Temple of Doom
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Carrie Bickmore touching tribute to Johnny Ruffo as she raises $537,000 for cancer charities with gruelling walk after his death at age 35
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Karol G leaves nothing to the imagination as she goes BRALESS beneath bizarre sheer nude mini dress at 2023 Billboard Music Awards
Hard to miss
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Christina Aguilera jets out of Los Angeles and makes her way to Australia for the first time in 15 years - with a very interesting handbag choice
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Maya Jama displays her jaw-dropping figure in a skimpy pink bikini as she takes a break from filming Love Island Games in Fiji
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Nigel Farage gets splattered with gunge as ex-UKIP leader is submerged in mud for his first I'm A Celebrity trial as he teams up with nemesis Nella Rose
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Olivia Jade Giannulli cuts a fashionable figure in a two-tone double-breasted coat while leaving Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica
Stylish
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Arabella Chi showcases her jaw dropping figure in a crop top and leggings as she signs a four figure deal with Boohoo
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Patrick Mahomes is adamant that his Chiefs 'brother' and teammate Travis Kelce's romance with Taylor Swift is NOT a 'distraction' to the NFL
Speaking out
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Real Housewives Of Miami star Dr. Nicole Martin announces the passing of her father Miguel: 'So many things left unsaid'
Sad news
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Summer Warne thanks Chris Martin for touching onstage tribute to her late dad Shane... after Coldplay announce Sydney and Melbourne shows
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Simon Cowell reveals the rules he sticks to for the perfect work-life balance and says he NEVER works Fridays anymore: 'It's just pointless!'
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Holly Ramsay puts on a daring display in strapless leather jumpsuit as she joins famous father Gordon in Las Vegas for F1 Grand Prix
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Kaia Gerber exudes sophistication in trench coat as she lovingly holds hands with boyfriend Austin Butler during New York City stroll
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Sofia Richie and husband Elliot Grainge have romantic date night at hot spot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica
The couple enjoyed a night out
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Katie Price's mum Amy gives a health update after undergoing 'life saving' lung transplant: 'I've had quite a few setbacks'
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Megan McKenna shares health update after finally returning home from hospital where she was treated for severe stomach pain
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Russell Brand is 'quizzed by Met Police detectives while under caution' over allegations of historical sex offences
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Strictly fans notice Anton Du Beke's 'telling' comment to Angela Rippon as 'fix' row continues during Blackpool week
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NOLA OJOMU reveals the most expensive celebrity divorces EVER - from Bill Gates' $76 billion split to Steven Spielberg's $100 million settlement
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Billboard Music Awards 2023: How to watch, what time it starts and who will perform at the glitzy awards bash
All you need to know
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Peter Spellos from American Dreams and Transformers: Robots in Disguise dies following battle with pancreatic cancer at age 69
Sad news
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Holly Madison talks not mourning Hugh Hefner's death after their 'toxic relationship': 'Why am I supposed to post a memorial?'
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Amanda Holden puts on a very leggy display in a dazzling black mini dress as she dresses up for a date night with husband Chris Hughes
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Leonardo DiCaprio keeps it casual in shorts and signature hat as he awaits start of Las Vegas Grand Prix with cup of coffee
Low key appearance
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Madonna, 65, turns heads in a blue headscarf and fishnet tights as she wraps up in a black fur coat as she leaves the Ritz Hotel in Paris
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Linda Robson puts on a brave face as she takes granddaughter Betsy to Disney's Wish screening after announcing her split from husband Mark Dunford after 33 years
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Bobby Brazier shares a sweet hug with a young fan as he leaves his hotel with his fellow Strictly Come Dancing stars following Blackpool afterparty
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Iconic Disney Channel star turned 'Degrassi' actress looks exactly the same in new photo... 17 years after starring in Cow Belles - can you guess who she is?
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Martha Stewart, 82, admits she's still interested in finding love - as she reveals her SECRET dating advice for 'beautiful girls' wanting to meet a man
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I'm a Celebrity past winners: Where are the former Kings and Queens of the Jungle now? A look at where they ended up
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Brad Pitt looks just like his Fight Club character Tyler Durden almost 25 YEARS after movie... as he arrives at F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas
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Strictly's Carlo Gu is comforted by partner Angela Scanlon as he breaks down in tears following the duo's 'incredible' performance in Blackpool
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Ant and Dec joke that the I'm A Celeb stars will be living in a 'ten bed luxury mansion' as they give tongue in cheek tour of their basic camp in Australia
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President Biden is skewered on SNL for his foreign policy gaffes, confusion and teleprompter flubs in sketch show's cold open
