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Wallis Simpson: The Demonised
Duchess
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Edward VIII Abdicates
www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page143.asp
'Until now it has not been constitutionally possible for me to speak.'
A recording of the Duke of Windsor's 1936 abdication speech.
Car dealer was Wallis Simpson's secret lover
www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,885144,00.html
Guardian report from 2003 about the revelation – in papers released following the death of the Queen Mother – that Wallis Simpson had been trailed by detectives during her affair with the future Edward VIII and had been found to be also having an affair with a car salesman.
Alice Montague
www.montaguemillennium.com/familyresearch/h_alice.htm
Thoughts on Wallis's mother and her influence on Wallis's character.
Books
A King's Story by HRH Duke of Windsor (Prion, 1998) £12
A welcome reprint of Edward's own account of the affair and the abdication.
The Duchess of Windsor: The uncommon life of Wallis Simpson by
Greg King (Aurum, 1999) £25
A well-researched new account by a Wallis sympathiser.
The Duchess of Windsor by Michael Bloch (Orion, 1997) £10.99
Bloch, an acknowledged authority on the Duke and Duchess, suggests that sexual dysfunction was central to their relationship.
Wallis by Charles Higham (Pan, 1989) £7.99
An entertaining but speculative account, focusing on the Duchess's political and espionage connections.
Dancing with the Devil by Christopher Wilson (HarperCollins, 2000)
£16.99
An in-depth study of the Duchess's 1951 affair with gay millionaire playboy Jimmy Donahue.
Battle Royal by Kirsty McLeod (Constable, 1999) £20
An intriguing psychological study of the rivalry between George VI, Edward VIII and their wives.
King Edward VIII by Philip Ziegler (Collins, 1990). Out of print.
Invaluable biography of Edward VIII
The Heart Has Its Reasons by the Duchess of Windsor (Michael Joseph,
1956). Out of print.
Inimitable memoir by the duchess.
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