The Duchess: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Governess

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Her tantrums are justified, she is pregnant ofc and here's another bit*h trying to harm her and the baby just to covet her husband.

As someone who doesn’t really take much interest in the British royal family, I was still quite aware of the name Wallis Simpson and how the king infamously gave up the throne for her - a twice divorced woman. I've read a few biographical books about Edward and Mrs Simpson lately so it was nice to read one of fiction about them for a change. I was only briefly familiar with Wallis Simpson and her relationship with King Edward VIII and how it led to his abdication. The knight replies that he had played a game of chess with Fortuna, and lost his queen and was checkmated.

Told in alternating time lines, one when she first moves to London and the second after the death of her beloved David. Holden is hierdoor geslaagd in het opzet om een andere kant van Simpson te tonen dan het beeld dat we allemaal kennen uit de vele geschiedenisboeken. In the beginning Wallis is striving to have more, to be included in the elusive world of the rich and royal. Laat ik nu net nieuwsgierig zijn naar hoe het verder met hen verliep, hoe was hun leven in Frankrijk na het schandaal?

The poet, still not understanding the metaphorical chess game, asks the black knight to finish the story and explain what was lost.The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. And as Wallis inveigles herself into high society – thanks chiefly to eccentric design and fashion guru Cecil Beaton who recognises her as ‘a kindred soul’ – she finally gets to meet David, as the Prince of Wales is known to his friends and family, and he is captivated by her high spirits, lack of sycophancy and her encouragement of his efforts to modernise the monarchy. Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site.