This is the first-hand testimony of the love story between King Edward VIII and the twice-divorced American Mrs Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson. It is told in her own words, later in life, to Jennifer Bowes-Lyon, a cousin to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The book includes the inside story of the Queen Mother, as told in conversation to Jennifer's mother, Fanny Rose Bowes-Lyon, a relative, as well as a confidante to the Queen Mother. It reveals the emotional drama of the vendetta between Wallis Simpson and the Queen Mother. Some of the personalities revealed include: King George VI, Winston Churchill and some prestigious contemporaries.
Other revelations include: why David, the heir to the throne, shied away from young women, virgins or otherwise, and how Wallis Simpson succeeded in unlocking his sexual inhibitions; the root cause of the Queen Mother's ruthless rejection and ostracism of the Windsors; why Wallis Simpson was so vilified and, in particular, blamed for the death of David's brother, King George VI, and the real reason for his premature death; the parallels with the isolation of the current future King's consort, Princess Diana; and a personal testimony of the greatest constitutional crisis of the modern era. Dennis Eisenberg is the author of "Mayer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob".
- ISBN10 1856851249
- ISBN13 9781856851244
- Publish Date April 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Imprint Smith Gryphon
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English