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The Royal Family in 1923

The British Royal Family on the wedding day of the Duke of York (later King George VI). From left to right: Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor after abdication); Princess Mary (Viscountess Lascelles, later Princess Royal, and Countess of Harewood); Henry, Duke of Gloucester; King George V; Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI); Queen Mary; George, Duke of Kent. Date: 1923

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The Tatler front-cover: The Duchess of Windsor

The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, in The Tatler magazine, March 1939. The caption reads: This portrait of the beautiful wife of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor, with whom she is also seen in a photograph on the succeeding page, has only just been taken. The Duke and Duchess have spent much time recently at their villa at Cap d'Antibes and are moving into their new house in the Avenue Sauchet in Paris very shortly. The Duchess has the well-deserved reputation of being one of the best dressed women in the world. The Duke, as every one knows, is an ardent golfer and is rapidly becoming first class at the game

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Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex, painted by Holbein. Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, KG, PC (c

Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex, painted by Holbein. Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, KG, PC (c. 1485(1) - 28 July 1540), known as 1st Baron Cromwell of Wimbledon between 1536 and 1540, was an English statesman who served as King Henry VIII's chief minister from 1532 to 1540

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