Picture No | 10837854 |
Date | 3 June 1937 |
Description | Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson in France |
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Wallis Simpson and Edward formerly King Edward VIII, married on 3 June 1937 at the Château de Candé, France, 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 Winsors's host and (right) Major E.d Metcalfe, his best man. Edward abdicated the throne in December 1936 in order to marry Wallis.
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Source | Photograph in 'Weekly Illustrated', 12 June 1937 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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