He said they were none other the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, both close friends of his. He confided in me that he was especially close to the duke. Now you have to remember that this couple were more famous in their day than the so-called Camelot couple, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his bride Jacqueline Kennedy, were decades later. In the midthirties the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor had taken the entire world by storm. It was the stuff of legend. It was also touted by the international press as the romance of the century. Remember that at that time the British Empire was still at its height. Enormous swathes of the earth were under British rule. Innumerable nations were British colonies within the Empire, but there were dominions and protectorates and independent countries all over the world that also owed allegiance to Britain and who regarded the British monarch as head of state. George V was their emperor and king. His wife was the beloved Queen Mary and the couple had five sons and a daughter.
