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...His Simpson’s reboot, meanwhile, sounds like it will be comparable to previous revivals of The Ivy and J Sheekey. “Hopefully, I know how to do Simpson’s,” he says....
...Coverage of Trump’s journey to and from the New York court was a cross between the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and the OJ Simpson car chase....
...“They are growing in popularity as people look for increasingly inventive ways to entertain friends,” says Jess Simpson, who runs an eponymous property search business....
...One of the costume designers’ favourite pieces is seen for just seconds: a velvet dressing gown for Wallis Simpson in a print that matches the wallpaper....
...Neither his mother nor he might ever have taken the throne had it not been for Edward VIII’s decision to abdicate and marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson....
...But his decision to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson soon forced his abdication. And so Princess Elizabeth's shy, stammering father became King George VI....
...The experience of the abdication of her uncle, Edward VIII, to marry the divorcee Wallis Simpson — elevating her father, George VI, reluctantly to the throne — reinforced the young Elizabeth’s resolve to...
...She may never have assumed the crown if the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, had not caused her uncle, King Edward VIII, to abdicate in 1936 in order to marry her....
...And the institution is unbalanced by family members who won’t play the game: once the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, then Diana, now Harry and Meghan....
...For Edward VIII, choosing marriage to the divorcée Wallis Simpson, a royal vocation took second place to the consummation of personal happiness....
...The death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 was another moment when the Queen appeared out of step with the public mood....
...Charles and Diana separated....
...For these commentators, however, the main point of reference is not Diana but Wallis Simpson, that other forceful American divorcee who bagged a Royal....
...So have Elton John, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Madonna and Judy Garland....
...He once met Diana, Princess of Wales, but is still waiting for his invitation to tea at Buckingham Palace....
...The artists whose work I would collect if I could are Barkley L Hendricks, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems and Kerry James Marshall....
...It was the jewel of choice for many of the great style leaders of the midcentury: Millicent Rogers with her massive Boivin starfish, Diana Vreeland’s Verdura Maltese crosses and Wallis Simpson with her Cartier...
...Ms Markle is the most interesting addition to the Windsors since Diana Spencer in 1981 — or possibly Wallis Simpson in 1937....
...However in an era where even popes “retire”, the Queen shows no signs of stepping back with “abdication” a taboo word in royal circles after the scandal of Edward VIII who opted to live with his lover Wallis Simpson...
...Even The Simpsons slipped in some reverence on their 1990 The Simpsons Sing the Blues album, with a version that includes some tasty sax from Bleeding Gums Murphy, after Lisa Simpson demands a live band....
...In the ancient world, the mountains were known as “Lunae Mons” (mountains of the moon) and were said to be the mythical retreat of Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting....
...Admittedly, it did get a bit dull after the first world war, but from the moment King Edward VIII ran off with Mrs Simpson, we were into several decades of absolutely fizzing stories....
...Like Diana herself among the Windsors, Watts seems frighteningly isolated....
...Black is traditionally well-dressed and chic in a classic Duchess of Windsor, Diana Vreeland, Jackie Kennedy way.” And it is season-appropriate....
...Its inclusion was also cancelled in 1997 when it was considered inappropriate in the wake of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales....
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