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Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (née Morgan, 23 August 1904 – 29 January 1970), was a mistress of King Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales. She was supplanted in his affections by Wallis Simpson, for whose sake Edward abdicated, becoming the Duke of Windsor.
- She Has A Famous Twin
- She (May) Have Royal Blood
- Her Mother Ruled Her Life
- She Lived A Nomadic Life
- She Was An Unwilling Princess
- She Couldn’T Live Without Her Mother
- She Experienced Cruelty
- Her Life Was Horrific
- Her Mother Lied to Her
- Her Childhood Was Chaotic
During the early morning hours of August 23, 1904, a cry rang out in the Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, Switzerland. That was the cry of baby Thelma Furness. Suddenly, another cry joined her's—that of her twin sister, Gloria. After getting over the shock of giving birth to twin girls, Thelma’s parents celebrated. Her mother was especially joyful,...
Thelma’s mother dearest had a deep-seated obsession with her heritage, and she wanted to make sure that Thelma and her sister lived up to it. According to Thelma’s dear old mom, they descended from illustrious heights—none other than Spain’s Royal House of Navarre. Thelma didn’t know if these claims were true, but she wasn’t about to question her m...
Thelma’s mother had a nasty habit of flying into random bouts of rage at the slightest provocation. According to Thelma, even something as simple as “A nail file borrowed from her dressing table and not put back would cause a storm.” However, her mother would just as quickly “forgive” her children for displeasing her. This emotional manipulation fo...
Due to her father’s job as an American diplomat, Thelma and her family never stayed in one place for long. Case in point: when Thelma became a toddler, her family moved from Lucerne, Switzerland, to Barcelona, Spain. Thelma’s mother quickly took the whole “Spanish royalty” thing to a whole new level. She was going to make sure that Thelma looked an...
First, Thelma’s mother ordered everyone to only speak Spanish. This caused more than its fair share of problems for Thelma, who grew up speaking French. Her mother forbade her from doing anything “unladylike,” such as skating, which she feared would cause the development of unsightly muscles. Although these restrictions angered Thelma, they didn’t ...
Thelma’s descriptions of her mother reveal the dark and twisted nature of their relationship: “[My mother] was a possessive woman; and all possessive people—most of all a possessive parent—develop an abnormal sense of independence in those close to them; without her we were lost.” Her love for her mom made her easy to manipulate, even when her mom’...
While Thelma’s mother was in America, the family physician gifted she and her sister a pair of pigeons. Thelma loved those pigeons, which soon had a brood of baby chicks. When her mother returned, she excitedly showed her their new family pets. She expected her mother to be happy, but what her mother actually did next was something straight out of ...
Thelma’s mother ordered a servant to release the adult pigeons, which was already upsetting enough for the young girl. But the fate that befell her baby chicks was far, far worse. In a stomach-turning twist, Thelma’s mother ordered a servant to killand cook the baby pigeons for dinner. Thelma, crying and wailing, refused to eat the baby pigeons ser...
In 1913, Thelma’s dad attempted to move the family to Germany for his next job, but her mother flat-out refused to leave Barcelona. With little choice, the family's patriarch left his precious daughter behind. Without her father to keep her mother in check, Thelma suffered even more from her mother’s cruelty. Her mother refused to spend money on Th...
WWI threw Thelma’s life into absolute chaos. Her mother, for some reason, moved the family to England to avoid the war. While this made little sense (Spain would’ve been the safer choice), we all know that Thelma's mother seldom made good choices for her children, and the issue only got worse when her mother left to join their father in Germany. Le...
Dec 3, 2023 · Thelma Furness was an American actress and socialite who had a long affair with the future King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom from 1929 to 1932. She married Marmaduke Furness, a wealthy shipping magnate, in 1926, but divorced him in 1933 after Edward proposed to her.
Aug 30, 2020 · Twin sisters Thelma Morgan Furness, left, and Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt feature in a recent novel that focuses on Furness, who had a role in one of the most notable royal stories of the 20th...
Aug 24, 2021 · Thelma Furness was the former wife of the Prince of Wales's cousin and a socialite who travelled the world with him. She also supported Wallis Simpson, the woman who replaced her in the Prince's heart, and helped her in her custody battle.
Jan 23, 2024 · Thelma Furness was a daughter of an American diplomat and a shipping company chairman. She had a brief affair with the Prince of Wales in the 1930s, introduced him to Wallis Simpson, and later married a British peer.
Thelma Furness (Emma Campbell-Jones) mistress of the Prince of Wales. William Tallon at Clarence House. William Tallon (Henry Luxemburg), a steward in the Queen Mother's household....
