Duchess of windsor

The American socialite-turned-Duchess of Windsor married King Edward VIII in 1937, here’s a look into how Wallis Simpson’s charm won over King Edward and caused him to choose love over the crown.

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1946: Duke and Duchess of Windsor on Worth Ave, Palm Beach, Florida in 1946. The Duchess is the former Wallis Simpson (Photo credit: Bert Morgan/Getty Images). For information about licensing this image, visit: Getty Images

H.G. Duchess Wallis of Windsor and H.R.H. Duke Edward of Windsor

The Duke of Windsor - Former King of England, Style Icon - Knot Standard Blog

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Original 6x9 Kodakchrome 64 slide taking on Twin-lens 4x5 Gowlandflex camera with a special 6x9 back by Yousuf Karsh, Shelton Chen collection

The late Charles Pick had a starry client list. Now his memoirs documenting encounters with everyone from the Duchess of Windsor to the Queen and Catherine Cookson have gone on view at the University of East Anglia.

As the stylish royal is portrayed on our screen in new Netflix series The Crown, we look at back at some of his greatest sartorial feats

A post by Claibourne Poindexter and Natalie Bos Without a doubt, one of the greatest style icons of the 20th century is Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. She had one of the most beautifully a…

Few men can lay claim to have known as many of the great and the good as Kenneth Rose. From the Fifties, he befriended the Royal Family, their courtiers, prime ministers and aristocrats.

Truman Capote first coined the term 'Swans' to describe his beautiful, stylish, and wealthy coterie of female friends. These women were the It Girls of their era.

Twenty exquisite pieces formerly owned by the Duchess of Windsor are estimated to fetch in the region of £3 million.

Items from probably the most exquisite wardrobe in the world are being sold later in aid of the fund set up by Mohamed al Fayed in memory of his son, Dodi, killed in Paris alongside Princess Diana in 1997.

A look at the woman who rocked the monarchy

Wallis

Writing for Vogue in 1949, Wallis Simpson shared her satirical guide to entertaining with tips including avoiding celebrity guests and accusing guests of having controversial views.

Queen Mary Pearls | Duchess of Windsor Pearls Pearlstring | Important Jewels of the Wallis Simpson http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/duchess-windsor/duchess-windsor-pearl.htm #jewelhistory and her famous pearl necklace

MADONNA’S controversial new film W.E., about the romance behind the abdication crisis, is the latest to draw on the glamour of royalty. It’s a canny move by film-makers that has often been successful at the box office. Exploring the differences between the intimate lives and the burdens that fall upon a monarch is a never-ending source of rich material.

Bejeweled bracelet owned by Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. Vintage bracelet is made by Kenneth J. Lane, who designed it