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The Duke and Duchess
of Windsor
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He came running into the reception room. "Dolly!
Dolly! I do hope you aren't taking cold."
This was the only time I ever heard him address the
Duchess by the familiar, diminutive form of his usual
"Darling," which indicates how disturbed he must have
been. The Duke went from room to room banging down
windows, seeing to it that a fire burned wherever she
was likely to go.
The least indisposition on the Duchess' part sends him
into quick action. Later in New York, my secretary an
swered the telephone and was startled to hear a clipped
British voice announce: "This is the Duke of Windsor."
The Duchess, he told the secretary, was running a slight
temperature; would I postpone my appointment for a day
or two? Remembering his concern when she had merely
sneezed, I had no difficulty picturing the haste with which
he had bounded to the telephone to call me.
The tea that was served when I visited the Mill was a
fragrant China tea which J. Pierpont Morgan had intro
duced the Duke to many years ago. Now wherever the
Duke goes, this tea goes, too. He keeps a canister at his
golf club at Saint-Cloud so he may have a spot when he
finishes playing.
- The Duchess Continues Glamorous (
That afternoon the Duchess certainly looked lovely. She
wore a pink tweed suit, fashioned with the short jacket
she favors. Her jewels were diamond earrings, a large
square-cut solitaire and, fastened high on her lapel, a
diamond and ruby brooch.
At luncheon we were served halves of avocados filled
with rum and brown sugar. The Duke and Duchess looked
at each other with amusement. "
"Avocado Tahiti," she said, "came into our culinary
repertoire during our stay in the Bahamas . . ."
The Duke interrupted, ". . . as an unfailing aid when
guests were stuffy."
They have many running jokes like this over which
they reminisce and laugh together. The Duke, for ex
ample, calls the Duchess' boudoir in the town house her
"conning tower" where she observes everything that goes
on around the grounds.
Only once did I see the Duchess give even a slight
evidence of bitterness; and only then was the Duke ad
monishing. The conversation which brought this about was con
cerned with the perquisites, such as special prices, that
certain people enjoy. Someone said to the Duchess, "You
get special prices, surely?"
She nodded. "Always! Windsor prices! They're higher!"
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The Windsors' country estate is 30 miles outside Paris.
The Duke, gently shaking his head at her, began to
talk of his garden. '
Sometimes, I suspect, both the Duke and Duchess have
a sense of loneliness, like all who are logical prey for
opportunists, whether they be industrial tycoons, mem
bers of royalty, or stars of the theater. Undoubtedly, too,
they often have been hurt by those in whom they have
put trust; the Duchess more frequently, perhaps, than
the Duke who, at an earl; age, must have learned to ac
cept people for what they had to offer and stand clear of
their deficiencies.
I think the Duchess is a more understanding and re
laxed woman today because of the Duke. And the Duke,
I think, is a far better adjusted and more contented man
because of the Duchess, the utter dependence she places
on him, and the stimulating friends she brings into their
ordered life.
Despite Critics, They Live with Zest
Houses have a way of reflecting those who live in them.
Where a joy in living prevails, you find, as a rule, Buch
things as good food, cheerful fires, dogs that are im
portant members of the household, attractive arrange
ments of flowers and, in a house with a domestic staff,
smiling servants with long tenures of service. At the
Windsors', all these things are abundantly in evidence.
The Windsors have been criticized for the idleness of
their lives, which is understandable when so much needs
doing in the world today. However, remember that there
are severe limitations as to what a royal duke and an ex
king is allowed to do.
The Windsors are even criticized for what they have
done for example, writing their memoirs, "A King's
Story" and "The Heart Has Its Reasons." It unquestion
ably was less than royal of them to tell their side of the
story but it certainly was human.
The Duke is meticulous in his reticence where the
Royal Family is concerned. Should they be mentioned,
even in the most casual way, he slips quietly from the
room. Nor does the Duchess comment; she smiles and
talks of something else. I strongly suspect the Duchess
is a "people watcher," and has her fun with it.
If the Duke visits England's royal houses, no one hears
about it from him. But it seems likely he has seen some
thing of Princess Margaret, who is reported to have given
her son the name of David for her "favorite" uncle.
There are still thbse who are pro-Windsor and those
who are anti-Windsor. Undoubtedly there always will be.
But let it be said in the Windsors' favor that, after 25
years of marriage fraught with the gravest difficulties,
they live with much more than the semblance of happi
ness to which they were committed.
They live with laughter.
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