The funeral of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer, later Simpson), took place on April 29, 1986. Wallis was the widow of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, who had been King of the United Kingdom from January 20 to December 11, 1936, reigning as Edward VIII before his abdication to marry Wallis, an American ...

The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, has been laid to rest alongside her husband, the abdicated King Edward VIII, at Frogmore in Windsor. She was buried in an English oak coffin, marked with...

BBC News reports on the funeral of the Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Simpson), 29th April 1986 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. (5 Jun 1972) The funeral at Windsor Castle of the late Duke...

2021年4月29日 · The Queen was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen Mother, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and Princess Anne among 16-members of the Royal Family for the Funeral of the Duchess of Windsor at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on this day in 1986, followed by the burial beside the Duke in the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore. Not once ...

Upon Edward's death from throat cancer in 1972, Wallis traveled to the United Kingdom to attend his funeral, [118] staying at Buckingham Palace during her visit. [119] She became increasingly frail and eventually succumbed to dementia , living the final years of her life as a recluse, supported by both her husband's estate and an allowance from ...

2020年11月16日 · Simpson’s sisters-in-law — the Queen Mother and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester — attended the funeral ceremony at St. George’s Chapel where she was buried next to Edward.

1986年4月30日 · Tuesday’s funeral, one of the most unusual held at the large 16th-Century chapel within Windsor Castle, was laced with contradictions--hinting that death had brought only partial forgiveness from...

The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, is buried alongside her husband, the abdicated King Edward VIII, at Frogmore in Windsor. (First broadcast 29 April 1986)

The funeral of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer, later Simpson), took place on April 29, 1986. Wallis was the widow of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, who had been King of the United Kingdom from January 20 to December 11, 1936, reigning as Edward VIII before his abdication to marry Wallis, an American ...

2023年4月26日 · On April 24, 1986, Wallis Simpson died aged 89. More than six decades earlier, on April 26, 1923, the future Queen Mother and King George VI tied the knot at Westminster Abbey.