year. Whether searching for obscure books when I could not make it to the library, hauling them back and forth for me, or setting aside her own intense schedule to step in and offer advice on the manuscript, she never failed to provide inspiration and assistance. I keep trying to convince her to write her book on the Souls; maybe one day she will.
Finally, it is a great pleasure to acknowledge the contributions of Erna Bringe. It would be impossible to describe my debt to her. For the last eighteen months, she has provided me with weekly packages of material on the Duke and Duchess, read and extracted pieces on them from her personal library, made telephone calls, secured photographs, arranged permissions, sat in her local library and done research on my behalf, and even provided me with delicious cookies to keep me going. Her constant support, through letters, telephone calls, and our E-mail correspondence, has kept my head on track when the project threatened to overwhelm me. If not for Erna, this book simply would not exist. I am convinced that from somewhere Wallis is smiling on Erna.
Source Notes
I N MY SOURCE NOTES , Wallis‘s book The Heart Has Its Reasons is cited as WW; David’s book, A King’s Story is cited as David; Philip Ziegler’s authorized biography of David, King Edward VIII, is cited as Ziegler, with all other titles cited by the same author delineated according to individual title; and the auction catalogs from Sotheby‘s are cited as Sotheby’s, Private or Public Collection.
Introduction
International News Service article, 21 February 1956.
WW, vii.
Prologue
Bradford, Elizabeth, 456.
Sarah Ferguson, 199.
Hugo Vickers in Hello! 23 August 1997, 26.
Private information.
The quotation from Wallis’s commonplace books (at the beginning of the book) is quoted in Bloch, Letters , 343.
Chapter 1
WW, 5–6.
New York Herald Tribune, 13 December 1936; New York Daily News , 2 December 1936.
Martin, 15-16; Wilson, 26.
Wilson, 26.
Thornton, 14.
Martin, 18.
WW, 4.
Ibid., 4.
Bocca, Woman Who Would Be Queen , 14; London Sunday Chronicle , 7 December 1936.
Culver, Francis, and William R. Marye, Southern Spectator, March 1937.
Martin, 16.
WW, 4.
Ibid., 4.
Ibid., 5–6.
The cottage burned to the ground on 1 July 1942. Baltimore Evening Sun , 2 July 1942.
See Higham, 14.
Bloch, Duchess , 13.
Information from Dr. Jean Thin to author.
Thornton, 21.
WW, 4–5.
WW, 5.
Chapter 2
WW, 8.
Ibid., 8.
Ibid., 7.
Ibid., 10.
Gordon, 71.
Amory, Who Killed Society? 235.
Ibid.
WW, vii.
Ibid., 8.
Ibid., 11.
Ibid., 4.
Ibid., 6.
Ibid., 9.
Ibid., 9.
Ibid., 10.
Ibid., 10.
Ibid., 9.
Ibid., 12.
Ibid., 13-14.
Ibid., 16.
Ibid., 13.
Ibid., 13.
Ibid., 15.
Ibid., 15.
Baltimore News-Post , 4 February 1957.
WW, 16–17.
Ibid., 20-21.
Amory, Who Killed Society ? 235.
WW, 19.
Ibid., 19.
Ibid., 20.
Ibid., 15-16.
Bove, 243.
Donaldson, 157.
WW, 18–19.
Ibid., 24.
Bryan and Murphy, 18.
WW, 25.
Ibid., 25.
Ibid., 25-26.
Ibid., 26.
Chapter 3
WW, 27.
Ibid., viii, 28.
New York Evening-Journal, 6 February 1937.
WW, 30.
Wilson, 33; WW, 31.
WW, 31.
Ibid., 32.
Ibid., viii.
St. John, Honeycomb , 490.
The Sunday People , London, 29 April 1973.
Ibid.
Baltimore News-Post , 1 October 1936.
WW, 36.
Quoted in Martin, 33.
WW, 37.
Wilson, 49-50.
WW, 38–39.
Ibid., 39.
Ibid., 38.
Ibid., 39–40.
Ibid., 40; Beime, 286-89.
Ibid., 41.
Baltimore News-Post , 30 September 1936.
WW, 42.
Baltimore News-Post , 21 November 1936.
Baltimore Sun, 8 December 1936.
The Sunday People , London, 29 April 1973.
Baltimore News-Post , 1 October 1936.
Baltimore News-Post , 8 February 1957.
Brody, 65.
WW, 44.
Chapter 4
WW, 47.
Ibid., 47.
Ibid., 48.
Ibid., 48.
Ibid., 49.
Ibid., 46.
Ibid., 49.
Ibid., 50.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 53.
Ibid.,
Finally, it is a great pleasure to acknowledge the contributions of Erna Bringe. It would be impossible to describe my debt to her. For the last eighteen months, she has provided me with weekly packages of material on the Duke and Duchess, read and extracted pieces on them from her personal library, made telephone calls, secured photographs, arranged permissions, sat in her local library and done research on my behalf, and even provided me with delicious cookies to keep me going. Her constant support, through letters, telephone calls, and our E-mail correspondence, has kept my head on track when the project threatened to overwhelm me. If not for Erna, this book simply would not exist. I am convinced that from somewhere Wallis is smiling on Erna.
Source Notes
I N MY SOURCE NOTES , Wallis‘s book The Heart Has Its Reasons is cited as WW; David’s book, A King’s Story is cited as David; Philip Ziegler’s authorized biography of David, King Edward VIII, is cited as Ziegler, with all other titles cited by the same author delineated according to individual title; and the auction catalogs from Sotheby‘s are cited as Sotheby’s, Private or Public Collection.
Introduction
International News Service article, 21 February 1956.
WW, vii.
Prologue
Bradford, Elizabeth, 456.
Sarah Ferguson, 199.
Hugo Vickers in Hello! 23 August 1997, 26.
Private information.
The quotation from Wallis’s commonplace books (at the beginning of the book) is quoted in Bloch, Letters , 343.
Chapter 1
WW, 5–6.
New York Herald Tribune, 13 December 1936; New York Daily News , 2 December 1936.
Martin, 15-16; Wilson, 26.
Wilson, 26.
Thornton, 14.
Martin, 18.
WW, 4.
Ibid., 4.
Bocca, Woman Who Would Be Queen , 14; London Sunday Chronicle , 7 December 1936.
Culver, Francis, and William R. Marye, Southern Spectator, March 1937.
Martin, 16.
WW, 4.
Ibid., 4.
Ibid., 5–6.
The cottage burned to the ground on 1 July 1942. Baltimore Evening Sun , 2 July 1942.
See Higham, 14.
Bloch, Duchess , 13.
Information from Dr. Jean Thin to author.
Thornton, 21.
WW, 4–5.
WW, 5.
Chapter 2
WW, 8.
Ibid., 8.
Ibid., 7.
Ibid., 10.
Gordon, 71.
Amory, Who Killed Society? 235.
Ibid.
WW, vii.
Ibid., 8.
Ibid., 11.
Ibid., 4.
Ibid., 6.
Ibid., 9.
Ibid., 9.
Ibid., 10.
Ibid., 10.
Ibid., 9.
Ibid., 12.
Ibid., 13-14.
Ibid., 16.
Ibid., 13.
Ibid., 13.
Ibid., 15.
Ibid., 15.
Baltimore News-Post , 4 February 1957.
WW, 16–17.
Ibid., 20-21.
Amory, Who Killed Society ? 235.
WW, 19.
Ibid., 19.
Ibid., 20.
Ibid., 15-16.
Bove, 243.
Donaldson, 157.
WW, 18–19.
Ibid., 24.
Bryan and Murphy, 18.
WW, 25.
Ibid., 25.
Ibid., 25-26.
Ibid., 26.
Chapter 3
WW, 27.
Ibid., viii, 28.
New York Evening-Journal, 6 February 1937.
WW, 30.
Wilson, 33; WW, 31.
WW, 31.
Ibid., 32.
Ibid., viii.
St. John, Honeycomb , 490.
The Sunday People , London, 29 April 1973.
Ibid.
Baltimore News-Post , 1 October 1936.
WW, 36.
Quoted in Martin, 33.
WW, 37.
Wilson, 49-50.
WW, 38–39.
Ibid., 39.
Ibid., 38.
Ibid., 39–40.
Ibid., 40; Beime, 286-89.
Ibid., 41.
Baltimore News-Post , 30 September 1936.
WW, 42.
Baltimore News-Post , 21 November 1936.
Baltimore Sun, 8 December 1936.
The Sunday People , London, 29 April 1973.
Baltimore News-Post , 1 October 1936.
Baltimore News-Post , 8 February 1957.
Brody, 65.
WW, 44.
Chapter 4
WW, 47.
Ibid., 47.
Ibid., 48.
Ibid., 48.
Ibid., 49.
Ibid., 46.
Ibid., 49.
Ibid., 50.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 51.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 52.
Ibid., 53.
Ibid.,
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