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Divorced. Commander Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., 51, U. S. Navy retired, thrice married ex-spouse of the Duchess of Windsor; and Norma Reese Johnson Spencer. 47; in Santa Monica, Calif. During a stormy session of accusations and counteraccusations Navyman Spencer, charged with cruelty and habitual intemperance, testified that his weekly liquor bill was only about $10, that his wife "drank as much...
Greatly relieved were the Duchesses of Kent and Gloucester, who might otherwise have faced the prospect of entertaining the American-born, twice-divorced Duchess in London. No less relieved were English politicos who had uncomfortably listened to rumors of the former Wally Simpson's friendship for German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, heard reports that the Duke was willing to serve as a Nazi puppet king. Frankly delighted were the Duke's supporters who pounced on the chance to give him a job and a place to live safely out of the war zone...
Still a refugee in Lisbon, the Duke himself was "very happy indeed." As to how the war was going, he observed: "It's frightfully confusing, isn't it?" The Duchess was worried about the fate of U. S. Ambassador to France Bullitt, who subsequently turned up in Spain. "I'm particularly interested," said she, "because he's got the keys to my house." The democratic Duke noted that food in Spain had been available in quantity only for those with money. "It certainly shows how terrible war is for the people of a country," said...
More reservedly enthusiastic were the sun-&-fun-loving income-tax-avoiding members of Nassau's Anglo-American cafe society. As spokesman of the colony's inner circle, Jane, Lady Williams-Taylor, grandmother of onetime Glamor Girl No. 1, Brenda Diana Duff Frazier, decided the Duchess "will be received," primly explained that "she is the wife of the king's representative...
Still unsettled by this clique was the question of whether the Duchess was to be addressed as "Your Royal Highness," the title which Britain has never given...