Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson in France
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Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson in France
Wallis Simpson and Edward formerly King Edward VIII, married on 3 June 1937 at the ChÔ┤Ñau de CandÚ¼áFrance, lent to them by French millionaire Charles Bedaux. Wallis wearing a long- skirted cocktail dress in Wallis blue crepe, with high neck-line, worn with fitted long sleeved jacket, her hat was a tiny skull-cap of blue straw with turned-back halo brim of blue tulle and bandeau of blue and pink ostrich feathers. Photographed here with (left) Mr. H Rogers, the Duke of Winsorss host and (right) Major E.d Metcalfe, his best man. Edward abdicated the throne in December 1936 in order to marry Wallis.
3 June 1937
Media ID 14168739
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