Bessie Wallis Warfield
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After the abdication, Edward was made Duke of Windsor by his brother, the now-King, who took the name [[George VI, King of England|George VI]]. Bessie was styled Duchess of Windsor but by a new statute created just for her, she was not called "Her Royal Highness". This is much discussed in Kitty Kelly's book ''The Royals'', where she states that George's wife was jealous of Bessie because she had wanted to marry Edward herself. | After the abdication, Edward was made Duke of Windsor by his brother, the now-King, who took the name [[George VI, King of England|George VI]]. Bessie was styled Duchess of Windsor but by a new statute created just for her, she was not called "Her Royal Highness". This is much discussed in Kitty Kelly's book ''The Royals'', where she states that George's wife was jealous of Bessie because she had wanted to marry Edward herself. | ||
| − | Edward and Bessie were thought, during WWII to be sympathetic to the | + | Edward and Bessie were thought, during WWII to be sympathetic to the Nazis. They adopted a jet-setting life-style of socialites until Edward died, after which Bessie was rarely seen in public. A picture of Edward and Bessie in their later years appears in the 1985 edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Bessie died on [[Apr 24]], 1986 in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. She was buried on [[Apr 29]], 1986 in Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England. |
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