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Issue 3 2009
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Photograph on cover by Mark Gaulding, 2009. Photograph is of the landmark book by historian and author, Hugo Vickers, title The Private World of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Photo of Mr. Vickers in bottom left corner is by Elizabeth Vickers. This organization is founded upon member participation and interest, which is collectively focused in a quarterly journal. You can receive this journal either via a printed version or an electronic version pdf file that you may download and print from your own computer. [To Order]
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| COVER: Photograph of the book, The Private World of the Duke & Duchesss of Windsor by Hugo Vickers | , | Photograph of British historian/author Hugo Vickers in lower left corner is by Elizabeth Vickers. The cover shows Mr. Vickers landmark 90's book, The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Mr. Vickers is interviewed in this issue about his career. |
| Editor's Column | Mark Gaulding (CA) | A review of this issue as well as topical commentary on current stories that are in the headlines |
| Letter to the Editor | Edward Pattillo (AL) | Society Member, Edward Pattillo (AL) writes a letter to the editor in response to previous issue about Baltimore, Maryland |
| COVER article: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF HUGO VICKERS |
by Mark Gaulding (CA)/Hugo Vickers (UK) | An interview with Society Member Hugo Vickers who talks about his career as a biographer and historian, his family, and how much he looks forward to the sunny skies in October at the upcoming Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society Conference in San Diego where he'll be featured speaker |
The Young Upstart and the Duchess of Windsor |
by Richard Rene Silvin (GA) and Mark Gaulding (CA) | Society Member and guest speaker at the upcoming Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society Conference in San Diego, Richard Rene Silvin, shares an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, Noblesse Oblige: The Duchess of Windsor I Knew. As administrator of the American Hospital of Paris, Silvin found an unlikely mentor and friend in the Duhcess of Windsor during the 70's |
| The Duchess of Windsor, the Prince of Wales and the Coronado Legend (Part 1) |
by Benjamin Sacks, PhD | Dr. Benjamin Sacks investigates the long held legend that Edward Prince of Wales and Wallis Warfield Spencer met originally in 1920 in San Diego when Edward made a two-day visit while on his Australian world tour. For years, this legend added even more mystery surrounding the Windsors. This two-part article originally appeared in The Journal of San Diego History Fall 1987 and is reprinted here with permissino of the family of Professor Sacks who passed away in 2007 at the age of 104. Part to will appear in the next issue of the journal |
| King Magnus/King Minus: A Play and a Playlet | by Stanley Weintraub | George Bernard Shaw influenced the abdication crisis with a short play that has been forgotten in the last seventy years. This article originally was published in the Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, Volume 27, 2007 and is reprinted in its entirety with the permission of the publisher, Penn State Press, and the author |
| Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society: Member Profile | John Makepeace (VA) |
An interview with Society Member John Makepeace |
| The Windsor Collection of John Makepeace (VA) | by John Makepeace (VA) | A look at his large Windsor Collection which includes exquisite King Edward VIII coronation commemoratives, faux jewelry, books and more | .
| Duke & Duchess of Windsor Regional Member Event Washington DC, March 20-21, 2009 | by Mark Gaulding (CA) | Photographs and article from the wonderful weekend meeting of Society Members in Washington, DC. Society Member and host of the event, Sylvia Grossberg (MD), provided a lovely "Windsoring" weekend with dinner at the private club, The George Town Club, followed the next day by a visit to Hillwood, the estate and museum of Marjorie Merriweather Post, "Where Fabulous Lives." Extensively illustrated with color photographs of both the event as well as the Hillwood mansiom rooms and items from the Hillwood Museum, reprinted here with permssion. Items include: Faberge Imperial Eggs, Paintings of Russian Tzar Nicholas II and Catherine the Great, Russian Icons, Sevres porcelain, the nuptial crown worn by Nicholas II's bride Alexandra |
| WE: cuisine-wise | June Gaulding (CA) | A southern recipe, Shrimp and Corn Pie, using receipes from Wallis' cookbook Some Favorite Southern Recipes and Suzy Menkes' The Windsor Style by June Gaulding |
| New Members/Member News/ For Sale |
a | Member news including exclusive WE photographs for sale, new Members, and the First Member Conference of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society schedule for October 16-19, 2009 at the chic Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. Featured speaker for the event will be noted historian/biographer, Hugo Vickers, author of The Private World of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor as well as the upcoming new biography, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: The Life and Death of the Duchess of Windsor. Additional, guest speakers to include Society Member James Leo who is former dean of the American Cathedral and vicar to the Duchess of Windsor in her final years. Leo adminstered last rights to the Duchess and performed the burial services for her at Frogmore. Leo will be signing his memoirs, Exits and Entrances. Also guest speaking will be Society Member Richard Rene Silvin, who is currently writing a memoir about his friendship with the Duchess of Windsor, titled Noblesse Oblige. Silvin was a friend of the Duchess' in the early 70s when he was administrator of the American Hospital in Paris, an organization where the both the Windsors received their healthcare and also in which the duchess served on the Board of Governors. The event will feature a cocktail party and gala dinner Saturday night, with a custom menu prepared by the hotel's chef which features menu items or recipes of the Duchess of Windsor. Entertainment will include excerpts by Society Member and playwright and actress, Lena Farugia, author of the Duchess of Windsor play, UNTITLED, which recently had its European debut this year in London at the Finborough Theater. The event will also feature the research material by Benjamin Sacks, PhD, including the Legend of The Duchess of Windsor and Coronado. |