King George V has passed, and it is David’s time to assume the throne. The new King of England is pretty okay with it, for now – but only if his rules are followed. The people of England are pretty fired up about the monarch who they feel will be a youthful, modern twist to the staid and formal reign of the past. There are a lot of other folks, mostly the ones close to David, who do not share this same enthusiasm.
Meanwhile, Wallis is still playing her hand, balancing between an ever more needy lover and a husband who will soon not be too bummed at all that she has been fooling around. What is Ernest playing at?
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Sources
Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson by Paul French (Amazon)
The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak (Amazon)
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba (Amazon)
Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie (Amazon)
The Duchess of Windsor by Greg King (Amazon)
The Windsor Story by J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy (Amazon)
Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton (Amazon)
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Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII by Jane Marguerite Tippett (Amazon)
The Heart Has Its Reasons by Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (Amazon)
The Duchess of Windsor: Memoirs of a Friend by Diana Mosley (Amazon)
Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue by Christopher Wilson (Amazon)
The Prince, The Princess and the Perfect Murder by Andrew Rose (Amazon)
Before Wallis: Edward VIII’s Other Women by Rachel Trethewey (Amazon)