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...danced with a divorced American woman, Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, and lost his heart. Only 326 days after he ascended the throne, Edward VIII gave it up for "the woman I love," married her and remanded himself and his bride to exiled history as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...
...couple's 30th wedding anniversary, a much delayed invitation arrived from Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth II would be pleased if the Duke and Duchess of Windsor could come to England from the U.S. to attend the dedication next month in Marlborough House of a memorial plaque to the Duke's mother, the late Queen Mary. It was, said the palace, strictly a family affair. Nevertheless, it marked the first time since his abdication and marriage that the British crown has taken formal recognition of the former King's twice-divorced American wife-though the Duchess...
...Madrid is going crazy"). Favored this year by the rich and beautiful people: Sotogrande del Guadiaro on the Costa del Sol, a region that boasts 3,200 acres overlooking the Rock of Gibraltar, several fine hotels, two golf courses and fine swimming. Equally In: nearby Marbella (the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will be there...
Short skirts also mean new lengths in stockings. Courreges recommends tennis socks that rise to midcalf; Ungaro pulls his stockings two inches above the knee. And for Palm Beach, the Duchess of Windsor is packing along a pair of Givenchy's yellow knee socks to go with her Dior cullotte. What ever the length, bright, solid colors are in and applied dimensional texture is out; the pattern, if any, is now being knit right into the fabric...
...Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton version of The Taming of the Shrew. Among the credits were Bobby Kennedy and his sister Pat Lawford, joining a glittering list of 500 who paid $100 each to help the Society for the Rehabilitation of the Facially Disfigured. But it was the Duke and Duchess of Windsor who drew shrieks from the people watchers outside the theater. Resplendent in a blue-and-pink Givenchy gown, the duchess turned and waved. The duke, after blowing some stogie smoke at photographers, went to shake hands enthusiastically with fans in the crowd...