Wallis Simpson Auction: Duchess of Windsor's Belongings Up For Sale

Wallis Simpson's lingerie, handbags, and luggage are being auctioned off in London on March 17, and we have the pictures.

Perhaps the most famous divorcée in British history, Wallis--later, The Duchess of Windsor--was notorious for her affair with King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry her.

Their story was an integral part of The King's Speech, which garnered four Academy Awards last week, including Best Picture.

Proceeds from the auction, held by Kerry Taylor Auctioneers, will be donated to the Dodi International Charitable Foundation, which benefits children in need of medical care.

Click through our picks from the collection and tell us what you think--would you bid for a piece of history?

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Louis Vuitton monogrammed vanity case, with 'The Duchess Of Windsor' stenciled on the side. An address tag accompanying the luggage has the Duchess' name and Paris address. Low Estimate: £6000 High Estimate: £10000

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Louis Vuitton monogrammed vanity case, with 'The Duchess Of Windsor' stenciled on the side. An address tag accompanying the luggage has the Duchess' name and Paris address.

Low Estimate: £6000
High Estimate: £10000

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[NatTurner1]

04:56 PM on 03/07/2011

The spoils of a golddigger!

[SAVEME]

09:42 PM on 03/05/2011

I need that red handbag..................................

[wetcoastm]

05:30 PM on 03/04/2011

Look at her wiki page, a person who is be better forgotten. She told an American journalist that she couldn't say she felt sorry for the British when they were being bombed in WWII, and her view of her Bahamian subjects are especially revolting. She was good friends with the Mosleys too. Why would anyone want anything of hers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis,_Duchess_of_Windsor

[kaffando]

05:04 PM on 03/04/2011

Wanting all bags please....please.....sad, I know!

[tkns]

11:38 AM on 03/04/2011

Ugh..

[shespeaks]

08:32 AM on 03/04/2011

Vanity not so fair.

[ramal]

04:47 AM on 03/04/2011

Well, at least the proceeds are going to Charity.

The problem with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.---Wilhelm de Kooning

The problem with being rich is that it takes up everyone else's.---Me

[EKD]

04:32 AM on 03/04/2011

Did she wear anything but nightgowns?

[cnick]

08:31 AM on 03/04/2011

Her priorities, sexy nightgowns to entice, and purses in which to keep the fortune she managed to access through wearing the nightgowns, too perfect!! Also, a make up bag to enhance her not so beautiful appearance.

[inARCTICulate]

01:17 AM on 03/06/2011

Had more facelifts than ZsaZsa.

[freddsky]

04:14 AM on 03/04/2011

More dazzling than these mere trinkets were the jewels given her by The Duke of Windsor--returned to the Crown some time between his death and her own. Her least prized possession, the one that no one wanted back, was The Duke.

[Kellybelle22]

12:40 PM on 03/07/2011

The jewels were--and are--wonderful. Some amazing Cartier pieces, especially.