THE PRIVATE WORLD OF DUKE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
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THE PRIVATE LIVES OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR COMPLETE COFFEE TABLE SIZE BOOK CAPTURES THE LIVES OF TH DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR FROM BEGINNING TO END. INCREDIBLE PHOTOS OF THE INSIDE OF THEIR PARIS HOME AS WELL AS LA CROE AND BOULEVARD SUCHET. When the Duchess of Windsor died in 1986, the lease of her Paris villa, near the Bois de Boulogne, and its contents had to be disposed of. Along came Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egyptian-born owner of Harrods, "the international businessman and philanthropist" who had already bought and refurbished the Paris Ritz. This sumptuous selection of photographs from the collections of the ex-king and his duchess, flanked by others of the restored house actually owned by the city of Paris, is a dual biography of the expatriate pair with the harsh edges softened, and a public relations exercise for Mohamed Al Fayed. Voyeurs of English royalty will be transfixed, as many of the photos are unfamiliar and often brilliantly reproduced, although in no sense historically significant. The text, by the author of lives of Cecil Beaton and Greta Garbo, retells the familiar tale of the aging playboy king who relinquished his crown for the ambitious, twice-divorced American. Their prewar fling with the Nazis and their lengthy life in exile are handled with loyal tact. Following the social seasons and migrations
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