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5 days ago · The celebrated fashion designer, who just unveiled his final runway show in Paris, reveals why a portrait by Cecil Beaton means so much to him. By Dries Van Noten. June 24, 2024. I knew from books of this 1936 Cecil Beaton gouache of Wallis Simpson wearing a Schiaparelli, or perhaps Mainbocher, dress and her Cartier brooch, and it was a nice ...
1 day ago · Wallis Simpson and Camilla Parker Bowles had few differences when it came to be accepted by the British Monarchy. Wallis was judged as a scheming seductress ...
4 days ago · Viserys, her cousin, was chosen to lead simply because he was a man. You may recognize Best as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara on Nurse Jackie, or from playing Wallis Simpson in The King's Speech.
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1 day ago · U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump traded attacks on abortion and their handling of the economy in their debate on Thursday night, giving voters a rare side-by-side ...
2 days ago · Edward VIII was king for less than a year before abdicating in order to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson.
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- George V, in full George Frederick Ernest Albert, was king of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936. He was the second son of Prince Albert Edward,...
- George V became heir to the throne when his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, died in 1892. He succeeded his father in 1910 and was crowned on J...
- George V died in 1936 after being injected with a mixture of cocaine and morphine by the royal physician while gravely sick. He had fallen seriousl...
- George V was succeeded by his son Edward VIII. Edward VIII was king for less than a year before abdicating in order to marry American divorcée Wall...
3 days ago · Between the world wars it became a well-known meeting place for the hunting society of Melton; in the autumn of 1930 the first meeting between Edward, Prince of Wales, and Mrs. Wallis Simpson (later Duke and Duchess of Windsor) took place there.
5 days ago · Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born naturalized British shipping executive best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson. He was a partner with the City shipbroking firm Simpson, Spence & Young.
