In all, it took just 25 short days from the moment Edward loftily told the prime minister he was going to marry Mrs Simpson until his ignominious flight to obscurity. Despite being told that a ...

Edward was created Duke of Windsor and married Mrs Simpson in France in 1937. He died on 28th May 1972 and was brought back to England for burial at Frogmore in Windsor. The Duchess died on 24th April ...