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Chapter 46
 
Pryce-Jones, 38.
 
Pryce-Jones, 38. This was not the first production featuring the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, nor would it be the last. American television had been the first to produce a one-hour drama,
The Woman I Love
, starring Richard Chamberlain as the duke and Faye Dunaway as Wallis. In the fall of 1972, the play
Crown Matrimonial
opened in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Written by Royce Ryton, it starred Wendy Hiller as Queen Mary, Peter Barkworth as Edward VIII, and Andrew Ray as the duke of York. Wallis did not appear as a character in the play, but her archrival the Duchess of York did, played by Amanda Reiss. In October 1973 actress Phyllis Calvert took over the role of Queen Mary, while actor John Frasier assumed that of the King. Interestingly, both Andrew Ray and Amanda Reiss would reprise their roles as the Duke and Duchess of York in the Thames TV series
Edward and Mrs. Simpson
, reflecting something of a career association with the royals for Ray, who, as a child, had appeared as “Wheeler,” the boy in the film
The Mudlark.
In 1978 a play called
The Woman I Love by
Dan Sutherland opened at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley Kent, starring Martin Jarvis as David, Holly Palance as Wallis, Ellen Pollock as Queen Mary, and Robert Beatty as Lord Beaverbrook. The last production before Wallis’s death in which she was featured was the 1983 film
To Catch a King,
based on the Windsors’ experiences in Portugal in 1940 and starring John Standing and Barbara Parkins as the Duke and Duchess. In April 1988, Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews played Wallis and David in the CBS Television
production The Woman He Loved,
written by Tony Award-winning playwright William Luce. The program aired to good reviews and won for its time period.
Pryce-Jones, 38.
Ibid., 38.
London Evening Standard, 8
October 1976.
Bloch,
Duchess
, 225.
Interview with Dr. Jean Thin.
Interview with Aline, Countess of Romanones.
Interview with Linda Mortimer.
Interview with Michael Bloch.
Ibid.
Interview with Dr. Jean Thin.
Romanones, “The Dear Romance,” in
Vanity Fair,
73.
Interview with Dr. Jean Thin.
Romanones, “The Dear Romance,”
in Vanity Fair
, 73.
Interview with Dr. Jean Thin.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Information from Diana, Lady Mosley, and interviews with Janine Metz; Aline, Countess of Romanones; and Linda Mortimer.
Interview with Linda Mortimer.
Romanones, “The Dear Romance,” in Vanity Fair, 122.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Interview with Janine Metz.
Interview with Dr. Jean Thin.
Jim Leo to press, on CBS Television Evening News, 24 April 1986.
Interview with Dr. Jean Thin.
Georges Sanegre died in 1989.
Information from Kenneth Jay Lane to author.
Information from Diana, Lady Mosley to author.
Interview with Linda Mortimer.
Private information.
Bradford, Elizabeth, 417.
Private information.
Information from Diana, Lady Mosley to author.
Warwick, 170.
Epilogue
 
Brendon,
Our Own Dear Queen
, 135.
 
Bloch,
Duchess,
221.
Ibid., 222.
Interview with Michael Bloch.
Bloch,
Duchess, 22.
Menkes, Style, 198.
“A Love Affair with Style,” in
Town and Country,
163.
Culme, 10.
Menkes,
Royal Jewels
, 100.
Morrow,
Queen Mother
, 80.
Menkes, Royal Jewels,
101.
Culme, 11.
Ibid., 11.
Dunne, 223.
Culme, 7.
Dunne, 226.
Private information.
Interview with Janine Metz.
“Edward on Edward,” in Hello! 46.
Edward on Edward,
1996, Ardent Productions.
Interview with Janine Metz.
Vickers, Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 10.
Erna Bringe to author, 12 August 1997.
Al-Fayed Windsor Villa booklet, in private collection.
Edward and Mrs Simpson
:
Going Going Gone,
BBC Television, produced and hosted by Desmond Wilcox, 1997.
Ingrid Seward, editor in chief’s letter,
Majesty,
September 1997, 4.
Letter of 3 September 1997, from Diana Brooks of Sotheby’s.
New York Times,
12 February 1998; Lacey,
Bidding for Class,
306.
Menkes,
Style,
200-201.
Interview with David Metcalfe.
Interview with Linda Mortimer.
Interview with Janine Metz.
WW, 178.
Afterword
 
PRO/CAB 21/4100/2.
 
PRO/HO 144/21070/1.
PRO/PREM 1/461.
PRO/ PREM 1/467.
Daily Mail, January
30, 2003.
PRO/ MEPO 10/35.
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