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1、 / The Love of a King by Peter Dainty 5 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor1894 Edward is born in Richmond England1896 Wallis is born in BaltimoreUSA1911 Edward becomes Prince of Wales1912 Edward enters Oxford University1914 The First World War beginsEdward sees fighing on the front line in Belgium1916
2、Wallis marries Winfield Spencer1920 Edward begins a five-year journey round the world He visits 45 countries and travels 240 000 kilometres1927 Wallis divorces Winfield Spencer1928 Wallis marries Ernest Simpson1930 Edward meets Wallis at a weekend house party1936 January King George V dies Edward is
3、 now KingJune Edward tells his mother that he wants to marry WallisDecember Edward gives the crown to his brother and leaves England1937 Edward and Wallis marry in France They take the name Duke and Duchess of WindsorNone of the Royal Family come to the weddingFor the next thirty years the Duke and
4、Duchess live outside England1966 Queen Elizabeth meets the Duke and Duchess at a small party in LondonIts time to forget the pastshe says1972 Edward dies in ParisHis body is buried in England at Windsor Castle1986 Wallis dies in Paris and is buried next to Edward at WindsorIN APRIL 1987 THREE HUNDRE
5、D PEOPLE CAME TO A SMALL room in GenevaSwitzerland There were Presidents and Kings film stars and millionaires They came from the four corners of the world east and westnorth and southand they spoke many languagesBut they all wanted one thingto buy some jewelleryIt was the jewellery that a man calle
6、d Edward gave a woman called WallisOne womanMrs Namiki from Japanpaid 105 000 for a gold ringWhy did you pay all that moneya friend askedYou can buy a gold ring in Tokyo for half that moneyBecause Wallis and Edward were special to meMrs Namiki replied I never met them but Ill keep that ring all my l
7、ifeIn the next few hours in that small room in Geneva the jewellery was sold for50000000 But who was Wallis And who was Edward And why was their love story so specialLets begin at the beginning 1894 1896 1911 1912 1914 1916 1920 545241927 1928 1930 1936 16121937 301966 1972 1986 19874300105 0005000
8、1 A Lonely ChildPrince Edward was born in 1894His fatherKing George V was a tall cold man who did not like childrenWhy does Edward talk all the timehe once saidHes a very noisy childHis motherQueen Mary agreedIt doesnt matter if Edward is happy or unhappy she saidA child must be silent and strongThe family lived in Buckingham Palacewhich h
