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« Reply #780 on: April 09, 2009, 08:10:42 AM »
Hi everyone-I'm a newbie and still learning to roam this forum. But soooooo pleased to have found the discussion about Edward and Wallis. Has anyone any photo's of the home they lived in? I've searched a lot of sites and come up with nothing  :-*

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« Reply #781 on: April 10, 2009, 10:57:00 PM »
I think the home in Neuilly which was bought by Dodi's father had been published. There is a book on their style written by Hugo Vickers, full of pictures.

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« Reply #782 on: April 11, 2009, 12:03:04 AM »
Hi everyone-I'm a newbie and still learning to roam this forum. But soooooo pleased to have found the discussion about Edward and Wallis. Has anyone any photo's of the home they lived in? I've searched a lot of sites and come up with nothing  :-*

You're right, Lindelle.  Photos of the exterior of the home seem quite rare while many have been published of the Duke and Duchess's interior decor.  Here is one where it was used as a backdrop to a fashion shoot, hence the posing model.


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« Reply #783 on: April 11, 2009, 02:31:20 AM »
Thanks so much friends for the info and pics. So the interior pics are easy to access? :)

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« Reply #784 on: April 13, 2009, 07:26:24 AM »
You will certainly find some if you "google" around a bit.  Some were posted here on the forum, from memory, but I can't really remember where.  Sorry.  Someone else might be able to help.

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« Reply #785 on: April 13, 2009, 07:47:53 AM »
Thanks so much friends for the info and pics. So the interior pics are easy to access? :)

Are we on about the villa on the Bois de Boulogne? If so I have quite a few. I will post them later as I'll have to scan them.

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« Reply #786 on: April 13, 2009, 08:58:52 AM »
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« Reply #787 on: April 13, 2009, 09:17:11 AM »
Hi,

Thank you Tom;  these pictures are great and very revealing, I think....
Notice all the photos of her - in portraits and pictures on his bedroom table, as you pointed out.
But, she has none of him - only those ugly pugs everywhere.  Ugh!!
It says a lot about them both, doesn't it??

Larry

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« Reply #788 on: April 13, 2009, 11:52:39 AM »
Your quite right Vecchiolarry, it speaks alot about their characters, all those pictures of Wallis- even in the bathroom! But then, times and people are different but those pugs! (I doubt I'd be able to sleep in Wallis' bedroom with all those teddies at the end of the bed).

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« Reply #789 on: April 13, 2009, 12:15:34 PM »
She looks so elegant in this photo, meriting the reputation of being one of the best-dressed women of her time...........



Lots of pictures on this thread.  This is my favorite picture of Wallis.

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« Reply #790 on: April 13, 2009, 12:17:13 PM »
The lovely sapphire and diamond jarretiere bracelet - David's wedding gift to Wallis. I wonder if it made up for the lack of the HRH status that he had asked for her, or the small scale of their wedding celebrations?



This is MY bracelet!

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« Reply #791 on: April 13, 2009, 12:36:34 PM »
Wallis was more of a realist than sentimentalist. I think she grew to love him and depended on him (more than she realise). She did not need photos of Edward, since she saw him on a daily basis. Edward on the other hand (like most of Queen Mary's sons) had this "mother" complex that needed reconfirmation on a daily basis (interesting that Camilla seems to be doing that role for Charles now). It was no joke when Wallis told her friends that it is not easy to live out "the romance of the century". She was expected to be the strong one, the keeper. Even Queen Mary, later in life realised this trait in her sons, and made a final gift of reconciliation of a pearl necklace to Wallis. I think the old Queen would have liked to tie up the loose end with her eldest son, but did not due to consideration for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mum). It was perhaps fate that the Winsors's first official appearance in Britian was to open a plack dedicated to Queen Mary. She most certainly would have approved.

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Re: King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson (Duke and Duchess of Windsor)
« Reply #792 on: April 13, 2009, 12:40:46 PM »
Hi,

Thank you Tom;  these pictures are great and very revealing, I think....
Notice all the photos of her - in portraits and pictures on his bedroom table, as you pointed out.
But, she has none of him - only those ugly pugs everywhere.  Ugh!!
It says a lot about them both, doesn't it??

Larry

Actually, she did always have at least one picture of him on her bedside table, IIRC, but it's not visible in these pictures. She did have more pictures of the dogs than he did because they were her 'babies'. Kind of like Paris Hilton and Tinkerbell.

There are three great books with more pictures. The Private Life of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Hugo Vickers, The Windsor Style by Suzy Menkes, and the Sotheby's Auction guide from 1997. I have the last one which my mom got on ebay for a steal and I've checked the other two out of the library at various points. The pics tom romanov posted give the general idea, though. The whole place was very royal looking, though I think the pug pillows were rather tacky.


Our scanner is crap and gave out on me but I'll upload more as soon as I can, but here's what I got:

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5504/windsorstudybooks.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5958/windsorbooks.jpg  (okay, this one is upside down, sorry!)

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/9149/windsordinner.jpg

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6939/windsorsalon.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5866/windsorscanfoyerstairs.jpg

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8839/windsordesk.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4462/windsorsalon2.jpg

Wallis was more of a realist than sentimentalist. I think she grew to love him and depended on him (more than she realise). She did not need photos of Edward, since she saw him on a daily basis. Edward on the other hand (like most of Queen Mary's sons) had this "mother" complex that needed reconfirmation on a daily basis (interesting that Camilla seems to be doing that role for Charles now).

I agree that she loved him very much, she was just more independent than he was. She was in love with him and she liked being spending time with him but she didn't need to be around him all the time to be happy. But he needed her and thought about her every second she wasn't with him. It definitely had something to do with his relationship with his mother that he was so dependent on her. He would get fidgety and frustrated when she wasn't with him while she didn't need him all the time. If you look at her letters (especially from after they were married) she missed him when she had to go a while without seeing him but on the flip side there were times when she really wanted time to herself and got a bit claustrophobic with his constant attention. It reminds me of one of my favorite songs "Leave Me Alone, I'm Lonely".
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« Reply #793 on: April 13, 2009, 12:50:37 PM »
Anyone have a scan of the famous Bib necklace ?

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« Reply #794 on: April 13, 2009, 01:49:53 PM »
Anyone have a scan of the famous Bib necklace ?

I think it was posted earlier on this thread, but the picture may not be showing up anymore... On the subject Amy Adams wore something that reminded me a bit of that necklace to the Oscars. It's one of those pieces that looks rather ugly when you see a picture of it, but when worn properly with just the right outfit it looks really edgy and cool.

http://z.about.com/d/accessories/1/0/K/K/-/-/amy-adams-oscars-2009.jpg