It was a letter written by a man who clearly felt trapped. Weighed down by responsibility, the author was desperate to escape it all with the woman he loved.
Edward had now attained his goal. Yet still the gifts of jewellery came until, as recounted here, the Duchess of Windsor had accumulated one of the most sensational collections in the world
The former King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson got married at the Chateau de Cande at Monts in central France in June 1937. But Wallis did not love her husband, despite his devotion to her.
Windlesham Moor, in Surrey, was lived in by the late Queen and Prince Philip for two years after their wedding in 1947. There they spent time with their eldest son, the then Prince Charles.