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tragic Duchess a wreck of dreams

... we treated the Duchess of Windsor.” - % ‘Royal Feud' caused heated controversy on both sides of the Atlantic, as it centred on what Mr Thornton yesterday called the “bitter relationship” between the Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor. The Queen Mother ...

Published: Friday 25 April 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 530 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

School hero Sam gets the B.E.M. A Lisburn man was

... School hero Sam gets the B.E.M. A Lisburn man was among 20 pemle presented with an honour by Lady Viola, the Duchess of Windsor, on Friday. VR O Mr. Samuel Mulholland of Seymour Street, spent his retirement day sipping tea in Hillsborough Castle, proudly ...

Published: Friday 04 April 1986
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 103 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Ex-footman to

... Ex-footman to ,:3:“ PR The late Duchess of Windsor: ‘downstairs’ view revealed in new ONE of the Duchess of Windsor's principal servants is to tell in a book how good members of the Royal Family were to her in her widowhood and her declining years. Jose ...

Published: Tuesday 06 May 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 118 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Duchess looks back on history

... Duchess looks back on history A frail old lady lay virtually paralysed at her mansion outside Paris yesterday, remembering - perhaps — that it is the 50th anniversary of her husband's accession to the British throne. The Duchess of Windsor, the American ...

Published: Tuesday 21 January 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 137 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Royals bury thewr past

... Royals bury thewr past THE Duchess of Windsor is to be buried alongside her husband — without the Royal title which eluded her all her married life. According to reirorts from Paris — the city where the Duke and Duchess spent most of their exile — neither ...

Published: Tuesday 29 April 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 468 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Royal love unveiled

... of the Duchess gf Windsor has written a book about er. Michael Bloch, one of the first people to be told of her death when word came through from Paris, is no stranger to the letters and papers of Mrs. Wallis Simpson and HRH the Duke of Windsor, the couple ...

Published: Saturday 03 May 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 216 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

IF EDWARD HAD REMAINED KING

... IF EDWARD HAD REMAINED KING THE DEATH of the Duchess of Windsor has drawn attention to speculation about who will get her jewels, and whether she will be granted the title of Her Royal Highness posthumously. Most people outside Britain couldn't care less ...

Published: Tuesday 29 April 1986
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 205 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Lived amid shattered

... Lived amid shattered THE Duchess of Windsor, who died in Paris yesterday, aged 89, is to be buried in the Royal Family’s private burial ground at Windsor Castle on Tuesday — alongside the husband who 50 years ago gave up his throne for her. The funeral ...

Published: Friday 25 April 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 605 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

RURIIIAN Blacks strike

... joining the protest. ® ’ . Wallis’s will THE Duchess of Windsor has named the Pasteur Institute research centre as a main beneficiary of her fortune, her lawyer said yesterday. Lawyer Suzanne Blum said the Duchess’s will stipulated the Institute would inherit ...

Published: Friday 02 May 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Tribute of lilies from the Queen

... farewell to the Duchess of Windsor in a simple funeral service trimmed of ceremonial. A single Royal wreath of white, orange and yellow lilies — a tribute from the Queen — lay on the Duchess’ coffin as it was taken from St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on ...

Published: Wednesday 30 April 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 816 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Town first with death of Duchess

... death of Duchess The Royal Lovers The Duke and Duchess of Windsor — from one of Michael Bloch’s books. THE first news of the Duchess of Windsor’s death in Paris on Thursday came through to Portadown — to Michael Bloch whose book of the ...

Published: Friday 02 May 1986
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 317 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Door stays shut on Abdication diary

... will severely restrict the ability of contemporary historians to do their job properly.” The private diaries of the Duchess of Windsor were published earlier this year. And notes on the Abdication crisis by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's parliamentary ...

Published: Saturday 13 December 1986
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 355 | Page: 4 | Tags: none