That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (40 page)

Read That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor Online

Authors: Anne Sebba

Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Royalty, #Rich & Famous

BOOK: That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
10.03Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Chapter 7:
Wallis Out of Control
 
112 ‘feel like a cigar’: Dr Catherine Blackledge,
The Story of V: Opening Pandora’s Box
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 182
112 ‘delay the genitals’: Higham,
Mrs Simpson
, p. 40
114 ‘your hair etc’: Diana Cooper diary, DUFC 2/17, Churchill Archives
115 ‘“care of that, Sir”’: Alfred Shaughnessy,
Both Ends of the Candle: An Autobiography
, Peter Owen 1976, p. 44
115 ‘reduced to tears’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 237, quoting Alfred Amos
115 ‘the offending nail’: Cooper,
The Light of Common Day
, p. 163
116 ‘possible, even likely’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 236
116 ‘“likes of me”’: W to AB, 30 Jan. 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 158
116 returning for more: I am grateful to Dr Domenico di Ceglie, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the London Tavistock Centre, for explaining to me how this theory would fit the known characteristics of Wallis’s behaviour and personality. For further clarification of this personality type see Domenico di Ceglie and David Freedman,
A Stranger in my Own Body: Atypical Gender Identity Development and Mental Health
, Karnac Books 1998
117 ‘than marrying her’: 2nd Earl of Birkenhead,
Walter Monckton: The Life of Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969, p. 126
117 ‘and harassed soul’: Martin Gilbert,
Winston S. Churchill
, vol. 5:
The Prophet of Truth 1922 – 1939
, Minerva 1990, p. 810
117 ‘of divorcing another’: marked ‘personal and very secret’, October 1936 – December 1937, Char 2/264, Churchill Archives
118 ‘marriage was impossible’: letter to Princess Royal, quoted in Francis Watson,
Dawson of Penn
, Chatto & Windus 1950, p. 296
118 ‘in twelve months’: Keith Middlemas and John Barnes,
Baldwin: A Biography
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969, p. 976
118 ‘other so tight’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 240
118 ‘have been weak’: W to EP, early Feb., Bloch,
Letters
, p. 156
118 ‘you have passed’: Ernest Simpson (hereafter EAS) to EP, 21 Jan. 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 156
118 ‘silly little affairs’: Watson,
Dawson of Penn
, p. 285
119 ‘whence she came’: Channon,
Diaries
, p. 71
119 ‘without an e!!’: W to AB, 1 Feb. 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 159
119 ‘1066 families here’: ibid.
120 ‘difficult to imagine’: Papers of Sir Edward Spears 6/4, Churchill Archives
120 ‘I don’t mind’: ibid.
120 ‘leave this about!’: Alan Lascelles to Joan Lascelles, Lascelles Paper, Lasl 11/01/15, Churchill Archives
120 ‘very clever woman’: ibid.
121 ‘who reads Balzac’: Brian Masters,
Great Hostesses
, Constable 1982, p. 140
121 ‘she has done’: Queen Mary to Prince Paul, quoted in Forbes,
TLS
, 4 Jan. 1980
121 ‘
and
Mrs Simpson’: Masters,
Great Hostesses
, p. 141
121 ‘at the Palace’: W to AB, 9 Feb. 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 159
122 ‘up the Can Can’: Channon,
Diaries
, p. 76
122 ‘but not profound’: ibid.
122 ‘a dangerous attribute’: Philip Ziegler, Conversation with author, 19 Jan. 2010
122 ‘“it quite soon”’: Philip Ziegler,
Diana Cooper
, Collins 1987, p. 176
123 ‘none at all’: Philip Williamson and Edward Baldwin (eds),
The Baldwin Papers: A Conservative Statesman 1908 – 47
, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2004 (hereafter
Baldwin Papers
), Monica Baldwin, Conversation with Uncle, p. 419
123 ‘is still there’: Michael Thornton,
Royal Feud: The Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor
, Michael Joseph 1985, p. 99, quoting James Lees-Milne’s biography of Harold Nicolson
123 ‘Ernest and H.M.’: Wallis to AB, 4 May 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 173
123 ‘violent infatuation’: Airlie,
Thatched with Gold
, p. 198
124 great war in Europe: FO 371/19892, NA PRO, quoting Baldwin
124 ‘for doing so’: Memorandum of the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, 8 March 1936, quoted in W. N. Medlicott, Douglas Dakin and M. E. Lambert (eds),
Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919 – 1939
, vol. XVI:
The Rhineland Crisis and the Ending of Sanctions March – July 1936
, HMSO 1977, pp. 60 – 6
125 look after Wallis: all the above from Birkenhead,
Walter Monckton
, pp. 128 and 157
125 ‘and Cabinet papers!!!!!’: JCCD/d Feb. 1936, JCCD Papers 26, The Parliamentary Archive, House of Lords Record Office
126 ‘an extravagant basis’: Birkenhead,
Walter Monckton
, p. 128
126 ‘the Duchess’s loyalty’: George VI to Winston Churchill (hereafter WSC), 9 Dec. 1942, Churchill War Papers 20/52
126 ‘without appearing discourteous’: Sir Roderick Jones to G. W. D. Tennant, 15 June 1933, Thomson Reuters Archive
126 ‘genial and friendly’: Don diary, 5 June 1935
126 ‘most glorious flowers’: E. B. Kirk, NLD
127 ‘for Nazi Germans’: 26 Nov. 1936, the Hon. Lady Murray Papers
127 ‘state of collapse’: W to AB, 14 April 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 171
127 ‘old nervous indigestion’: W to AB, 4 May 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 174
127 ‘by this prospect’:
HHR
p. 222
128 ‘get a divorce’: MKR diary, private archive
128 ‘the previous year’: NLD
128 ‘to by everyone’: MKR to Anne Kirk, 23 April 1936,
TOMS
, p. 22
128 ‘Wallis’ life forever’: NLD
129 ‘ventured nothing gained’: W to AB, 16 March 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 169
129 ‘slightly second rate’: Harold Nicolson,
Diaries and Letters 1930 – 39
, ed. Nigel Nicolson, Athenaeum 1966, p. 255
129 ‘“Master of the Mistress”’: Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Airlie, 25 Feb. 1936, British Library Add. Mss 82766
130 ‘“my future wife”’:
HHR
p. 225
130 ‘without its good side’: Middlemas and Barnes,
Stanley Baldwin
, p. 981
130 ‘sad beyond calculation’: Lord Reith,
The Reith Diaries
, ed. Charles Stuart, Collins 1975, p. 188
131 ‘much, Mr Rubinstein’: Masters,
Great Hostesses
, pp. 182 – 4
132 ‘heard of Mrs Simpson?’: 30 April 1936, Lascelles Papers, Lasl 11/o1/15, Churchill Archives
132 ‘judge public opinion’: Conclusions of meetings of the Cabinet, 28 October – 16 December 1936, CAB 23/86, Addendum to Cabinet Conclusions, NA PRO
132 ‘was highly evident’:
HHR
p. 225
132 ‘other American interest’: ibid.
132 ‘account for much’: Lady Mosley to Duchess of Devonshire, 5 June 1972, in Charlotte Mosley (ed.),
The Mitfords: Letters between Six Sisters
, Fourth Estate 2007, p. 582
133 ‘became her implacable enemy’: Thornton,
Royal Feud
, p. 75, citing private information, letters to author, 30 May, 12 June 1983
133 ‘more and more’: EP to W, n.d., Sotheby’s
The Jewels
1987 catalogue, pp. 86 – 7
133 ‘he won’t move’: EP to W, 5 June 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 180
133 ‘starting divorce proceedings’:
HHR
p. 226
134 ‘pain for a month’: W to AB, 22 June 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 182
134 ‘here with me’: TS 22/1/2, NA PRO
134 ‘this stupid manner’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 282
134 ‘amount to £100’: ibid.
135 with other men’s wives: ibid.
135 ‘nicest man here’: 4 Sept. 1936, Lascelles Papers, Lasl 11/001/016, Churchill Archives
135 ‘yak milk diet’: DUFC 2/17, Churchill Archives
ockquote>
136 ‘on her wrist’: ibid.
136 ‘as a King’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 284
136 ‘were looking for’: Diana Cooper, DUFC 2/17, Churchill Archives
137 ‘
folie à deux
’: Forbes,
TLS
, 1 Nov. 1974, quoting Frances Donaldson biography of Edward VIII
137 ‘be dropped all night’: DUFC 2/17, Churchill Archives
137 ‘in old days’: Alan Lascelles to Joan Lascelles, 30 August 1936, Lascelles Papers, Lasl 11/01/15, Churchill Archives
Chapter 8:
Wallis in the Witness Box
 
138 ‘they loathe adultery’: Lees-Milne,
Harold Nicolson
, vol. II, pp. 77 – 8
138 ‘the British public’: Dugdale diary
139 ‘with unremitting enjoyment’: A. G. Gardiner,
Certain People of Importance
, J. M. Dent 1929, pp. 107 – 8
140 ‘of social tyranny’: DoW,
A King’s Story
, p. 258
141 ‘without reference [to him]’: Memo, 9 Oct. 1936, Press Association/Thomson Reuters Archive
141 ‘create disaster together’: W to E, 16 Sept. 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 94
141 take his life: William Shawcross,
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The Official Biography
, Macmillan 2009, p. 366; Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 287
142 ‘cannot live with’: EAS to Mrs E. L. Simpson, 17 March 1937, private archive
142 ‘out at once’:
Baldwin Papers
, Monica Baldwin, p. 423
142 ‘along so well’: W to EAS, 16 Feb. 1937, private archive
143 ‘performance as Sovereign’: Helen Hardinge diary, pp. 101 – 3, Hon. Lady Murray Papers, quoted in Shawcross,
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
, p. 365
143 ‘myself against her’: ‘secret’ memo by WSC, Char 2/300, Churchill Archives
144 ‘from the throne’: J. G. Lockhart,
Cosmo Gordon Lang
, Hodder & Stoughton 1949, p. 397
144 ‘with the King’: Thornton,
Royal Feud
, p. 393, citing private information
144 ‘woman he loved’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 172
145 ‘about it sometimes’: Duchess of York to Queen Mary, 11 Oct. 1936, Royal Archives QM/PRIV/CC12/34A, quoted in Shawcross,
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
, p. 368
145 ‘with the American harlot’: TS 22, NA PRO
145 ‘never forgive him’: Channon,
Diaries
, 11 Nov. 1936, p. 101
146 ‘I am so lonely’: W to EAS, 25 Oct.o Eam so lon 1936, private archive
146 ‘education and maintenance’: TS 221/2, NA PRO
147 ‘Prince of Wales’:
Time
, 26 Oct. 1936
148 ‘Queen Mary’s place’: Nancy Dugdale diary
148 ‘but no heart’: Stanley Baldwin quoted in
Baldwin Papers
, p. 423
148 ‘hard bitten bitch’: Walter Monckton (hereafter WM) quoted in Tom Jones diary, November 1936,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 388
149 ‘the public view’: Duff Cooper diary, Jan. 1936,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 387; Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 248
149 ‘hated the idea’: Lucy Baldwin, 17 Nov. 1936,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 390, SB additional papers
149 ‘courteous and nicest’: ibid.
149 ‘was a lie’: Stanley Bruce to Stanley Baldwin, 16 Nov. 1936, series M104, Australian Archives
149 ‘it all intensely’: Lucy Baldwin,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 390
149 ‘to marry her’: Monica Baldwin account of conversation,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 421
150 cloth to advocate: 1 Nov. 1936, Lang Papers, vol. 318, Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 293
150 ‘short of life’: Violet Bonham-Carter to WSC, Char 2 264, Churchill Archives
151 their final decree: I am most grateful to Dr Stephen Cretney for supplying me with this information from
the Civil Judicial Statistics 1935 – 8
151 ‘its highest standards’:
New York World Telegram
, 21 Nov. 1936
152 ‘been indirectly involved’: TS 22 1/1, NA PRO
152 ‘marriage was intended’: diary of Hilda Runciman, Nov. 1936, Newcastle Library Ref. WR ADD. A/11. By kind permission of the librarian, Robinson Library
153 ‘his responsibility acutely’: Don diary, 16 Nov. 1936
153 ‘and Wallis Simpson’: Thursday 19 Nov. 1936, Runicman Papers, Newcastle Library Ref. WR 282/8
153 ‘to do so’: Lockhart,
Cosmo Gordon Lang
, pp. 395 – 8
153 ‘he quite normal?’: Don diary, 28 Oct. 1936
154 ‘could be certified’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 275, citing memo by Wigram, 15 Feb. 1936, KEVIII Ab. Box 4, Royal Archives
154 ‘happy Prince Charming’: Channon,
Diaries
, 3 Nov. 1936, p. 96
154 ‘upon your deliberoitions’: Harold Nicolson diary, quoted in Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 265
154 ‘of the divorce’: Don diary, 4 Nov. 1936
154 ‘“Yes – Mrs Simpson”’: Channon,
Diaries
, 10 Nov.spapon 1936, p. 100
154 Queen Mary acknowledged: Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart,
The Diaries of Robert Bruce Lockhart 1915 – 38
, ed. Kenneth Young, Macmillan 1973, 13 Nov. 1936, p. 357
154 ‘and complete person’: Herman Rogers to W, 28 Oct. 1936, Bloch,
Letters
, p. 209
155 ‘has become irretrievable’: Hardinge,
Loyal to Three Kings
, p. 133
155 ‘him to Gallipoli?’: 27 Nov. 1936, Statement at Cabinet Meeting,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 394
156 ‘an alternative government’: Bruce to Baldwin, 16 Nov. 1936, series M104 item 4, Australian Archives
156 ‘marry Mrs Simpson’: Lucy Baldwin diary,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 390
156 ‘he said good-bye’: ibid., p. 391
156 ‘“kettle of fish!”’: Monica Baldwin,
Baldwin Papers
, p. 425
157 ‘of all concerned’: E to Queen Mary, 20 Nov. 1936, quoted in Shawcross,
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
, p. 373
157 ‘was so divergent’: Nancy Dugdale diary
157 ‘temporarily gone into’: W to Sybil Colefax, n.d., Colefax Papers, Ms eng c 3272 ff. 1 – 15, Bodleian Library (hereafter Bodl. Lib.)
158 ‘getting it now’: Nicolson,
Diaries and Letters
, 18 Nov. 1936, p. 279
158 ‘man she loves’:
HHR
p. 247
158 ‘catastrophe for me’: ibid., p. 246
159 ‘disgustingly conceited fellow’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 303
159 ‘“a Queen Cutie”’: Cole Lesley,
The Life of Noël Coward
, Jonathan Cape 1976, p. 187
159 ‘support the Government’: Nancy Dugdale diary
160 ‘most formidable kind’: 27 Nov. 1936, Zetland Papers, Mss Eur D 609/7
160 ‘by my Government’: Ziegler,
King Edward VIII
, p. 306
160 ‘UK Parliament legislating’: Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, 1932 – 36, National Archives of Ireland
161 ‘seem to be alive’: W to EAS, 11 Jan. 1937, private archive
161 ‘to them all’: ibid.
161 ‘agony for him’:
HHR
p. 247
162 ‘might shoot her’:
Baldwin Papers
, p. 423
162 ‘and to myself’: W to EAS, n.d. but postmarked 30 Nov. 1936, private archive
162 ‘was hurtin >160 g the K’: ibid.
163 ‘concerned, won’t it?’: ibid.
163 ‘I fold my tent’: W to Sybil Colefax, n.d., Monday, Colefax Papers, Ms eng c 3272 ff. 1 – 15, Bodl. Lib.
163 ‘straight with his country’: W to Sybil Colefax, 18 Dec. 1936, Colefax Papers, Ms eng c 3272 ff. 1 – 15, Bodl. Lib.

Other books

1 Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer
Rabbit Racer by Tamsyn Murray
The Distracted Preacher by Thomas Hardy
The Perfect Mistress by Betina Krahn
Gladyss of the Hunt by Arthur Nersesian
Waking the Dead by Kylie Brant
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen