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Fifty ears after King Edward VIII gave up his throne for the woman he loved, the Duchess of Windsor is buried ..

... throne for the woman he loved, the Duchess of Windsor is buried today beside her husband. DENNIS BARDENS looks at the setting and history of their final resting place Frogmore Park in Windsor. The mausoleum for the Duchess of Kent had been discussed with ...

Published: Tuesday 29 April 1986
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 219 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NAL table-topping Royals

... NAL table-topping Royals Lot's hoar It Duchess of Windsor to be buried next to beloved Edward Royals salute the dub's success or -A.\ . . a , ; ow I 4 .. I, . 4 ...

Published: Thursday 24 April 1986
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 35 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FAREWELL TO DUCHESS

... that marks the grave of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, in the royal graveyard at Frogmore in Windsor Great Park. Queues formed before the gates to the private burial ground were open and the steady flow of the respectful and curious continued throughout the ...

Published: Thursday 15 May 1986
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 86 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Ollie and the Duke

... Ollie and the Duke WITH the death of the Duchess of Windsor hueome.polgnantnmlnderol.pumto Sandwich Bay made by the Duke of mlmmnhewu{ictundwlthafm-mer Canterbury journalist, the late Mr Oliver Petts. Oliver is seen wunn{.gne course with the Duke and ...

Published: Friday 02 May 1986
Newspaper: Kentish Gazette
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

WINDSORS HAD DOGS DECKED IN DIAMONDS

... WINDSORS HAD DOGS DECKED IN DIAMONDS THE Duke and Duchess of Windsor fed their dogs capon from silver bowls and had their money ironed to make it crisp. They didn’t care what anything cost, according to a report in People magazine, and at dinner parties ...

Published: Monday 15 December 1986
Newspaper: Kent Evening Post
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Importance

... life alone Yet while Elizabeth, Duchess of York, was accorded all the honour long considered to be Royalty's due and. as Queen, earned the almost unreserved affection of the nation, Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, was subjected to the grossest calumny ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1986
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 166 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

in-, the Crown

... in-, the Crown Fifty years after the Abdication, a Royal biographer comes to the defence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. She does not, he says, conform to the Establishment view of her as a scheming adventuress. Pearl Murrey reports . . . That should ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1986
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 507 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MONDAY

... statistics for the Third World. Edward and Mrs Simpson (ITV), 9pm and 10.30 pm: Following the death last month of the Duchess of Windsor, ITV repeats its award winning reconstruction of the royal romance that led to the abdication of King Edward VIII. The ...

Published: Friday 16 May 1986
Newspaper: Mid Sussex Times
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

What cheek!

... What cheek! WITH the death of the Duchess of Windsor and the fascinating revival of interest in the late Duke’s local connections, this seems the right time to highlight a small matter of very bad taste. The late Colonel Sir Frederick Stern, who created ...

Published: Friday 30 May 1986
Newspaper: Worthing Herald
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 159 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

POSTCARDS.IIII Centre of world's attention

... King George V. apart. He furnished it with antiques and Wallis Simpson, the future paintings by Stubbs and Canaletto Duchess of Windsor, took refuge and used it as an off duty weekend from the Press here, in the fateful h ome . months leading up to the ...

Published: Thursday 13 November 1986
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 188 | Page: 10 | Tags: none