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That was all, but it marked the first time that Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, 70, had been invited to a royal function in the 30 years since the Duke, as Edward VIII, had abdicated his throne to marry the nonroyal divorcee. The ceremony over, the Queen left for the Derby at Epsom, and the Windsors flew home-to Paris...
...since King Arthur. A near-worshiping public chanted the popular song: "I know a girl who knows a girl who danced with the Prince of Wales." But as all the world now knows, five years before Edward became king, he had 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...
When Edward VIII decided in 1936 to marry twice-divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson, the King's friend Lord Beaverbrook was one of the first to rally to his side. Not that the Canadian-born press lord was impressed by Baltimore-bred Mrs. Simpson. He noted with a hint of irony that she had protested that she knew nothing about politics and was inexperienced in worldly affairs. Besides, "She was plainly dressed and I was not attracted to her style of hairdressing." Beaverbrook's basic motives seemed to be that he loved a good scrap, especially against the established...
...love," an American divorcee named Wallis Warfield Simpson. Afterward, the ex-King, who was narrator as well as star of the film, murmured to French reporters: "Beaucoup de tristesse et beaucoup de joie...
...thing to get the ball, and another to move it. To beat the Browns, the Packers knew they would have to stop Jim Brown, put constant pressure on Cleveland Quarterback Frank Ryan so that he could not throw the "bomb" to Paul Warfield or Gary Collins. The first job fell to Packer Linebacker Ray Nitschke. "Brown was my big heat," Nitschke said afterward. "I keyed on him 85% of the time." The measure of his success was that in the crucial second half Brown gained a grand total of 9 yds. Ryan was the responsibility of the whole Packer line...