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Like his Berkshire neighbors, Bertie talked worriedly about the growing number of jewelry robberies. One of the most sensational hauls was in October 1946, when thieves entered Ednam Lodge at nearby Sunningdale, where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were staying, got away with $80,000 of the duchess' jewelry. Since then there had been a whole series of jewel burglaries in Sunningdale and nearby towns...
...Duke of Windsor undoubtedly had a bit of explaining to do at home. He had announced in Cherbourg that the Duchess of Windsor had "received several offers" of jobs. When they arrived in Manhattan aboard the Queen Elizabeth, the Duchess said to reporters who interviewed them: "I'm afraid that's just a rumor." Then, with a sidelong glance at the Duke: "I have quite a full-time job now." One of the Duke's first jobs on U.S. soil: escorting his Duchess to a New Year's Eve party at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, where...
...second straight year Mrs. William Paley, wife of the head of the Columbia Broadcasting System, headed the list of the ten best-dressed women, picked by the New York Dress Institute. Runners-up in the voting: the Duchess of Windsor and other such repeaters as Mrs. Harrison Williams, the Duchess of Kent...
...bargain, he is a peasant-born rogue posing as a noble cutthroat in the service of ruthless Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles). While carving out a promising career in treachery, Orsini comes heroically to his senses on a tough mission: to conquer an almost impregnable little duchy by seducing the duchess (Wanda Hendrix) and assassinating the duke (Felix Aylmer...
...Duchess of Windsor has "received several offers" of jobs, the Duke of Windsor announced in Cherbourg as they sailed for the U.S. "I know that everybody has to work today," said the Duke. "I am writing at present three articles of memoire which will be published in the United States...