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31-Year-Old Cake To Fetch Thousands

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Princess Diana Wedding Cake, Wedding Cake, Prince William Kate Middleton, Prince Charles, Julien's Auctions, Princess Diana, Wedding Cakes, Royal Famly, Princess Diana Wedding, Wedding Cake Auction, Royal Wedding, Wallis Simpson, Home News

The auctioning next month of a piece of wedding cake from Princess Diana and Prince Charles's 1981 wedding immediately brings to mind the dessert disa...

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A Look Back: Wallis Simpson's Pleated Dress

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Adams | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Read More: Royal Style, Video, Wallis Simpson Style, Wallis Simpson Pics, Pleated Dress, Wallis Simpson Fashion, Wallis Simpson, Wallis Simpson Photos, Slidepollajax, Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson Pictures, Style News

"A Look Back" is a daily column that highlights a moment from fashion's fabulous past. Today's pick is of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, during a...

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The 'Pawn Stars' Appraise A Signed Copy Of Edward VIII's Memoirs

Posted 04.08.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, History, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Pawnbrokers, Pawn Stars, Tv Replay, Wallis Simpson, Pawn Shops, King Edward VIII, TV News

The love story between Edward, Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson was one of the most memorable of the 20th century. As heir to the British throne he ...

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Madonna's W.E. Reignites a Love Affair With Heritage Luxury Brands

Malcolm Harris | Posted 12.05.2011 | Style
Read More: Fashion, Madeleine Vionnet, Venice Film Festival, Madonna, Prince Edward, Wallis Simpson, Hollywood, Duchess of Windsor, Givenchy, Audrey Hepburn, Duke of Windsor, Mainbocher, Heritage Luxury Brands, W.E., Video, Style News
Malcolm Harris

Who knows anything in this crazy world of fashion these days? But thanks to the Material Girl there is one thing: the world is about to get a lot more elegant, sophisticated and -- very, very romantic.

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Madonna Identifies With Famed Divorcee Wallis Simpson

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 11.01.2011 | Divorce
Read More: "W.E.", The King's Speech, Venice Film Festival, Madonna, W.E., Wallis Simpson, Madonna's New Film, King Edward VIII, Divorce News

VENICE, Italy — There may be few people better suited than Madonna to tell the story of the two-time American divorcee for whom Britain's King E...

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Hollywood's New Royal Wave of Films

Yvonne Yorke | Posted 07.05.2011 | Style
Read More: Duchess of Cambridge, Royal Wedding, Royals, Prince William, Princess Diana, Helen Mirren, Madonna, W.E, King Edward VIII, Hollywood, Duke of Windsor, Colin Firth, Oscars, Kate Middleton, Diana Princess of Wales, James D'Arcy, Wallis Simpson, The Tudors, Natalie Dormer, Style News
Yvonne Yorke

Helen Mirren did it. So has Colin Firth. Now Madonna is hot for it. They, and the rest of Hollywood, know that a royal wave could very well lead to Oscar and box-office gold.

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The New Wallis Simpson Fetish

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Wallis Simpson Auction, Wallis Simpson Style Icon, The King's Speech, Wallis Simpson Biography, Wallis Simpson Film, Wallis Simpson Madonna, Wallis Simpson King's Speech, W.E., Wallis Simpson, W.E. Madonna, Divorce News

LONDON -- Watch out, Kate Middleton. Another royal consort is in the limelight as the royal wedding approaches. Wallis Simpson, the American divorc...

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Want To Wear Wallis Simpson's Lingerie? Now You Can (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Wallis Simpson Auction, Dutchess of Windsor Auction, The King's Speech, Wallis Simpson the King's Speech, Dutchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson Divorce, Wallis Simpson American Divorcee, Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII, King Edward VIII Abdication, Duke of Windsor, Slidepollajax, Divorce News

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 di...

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Famous Divorcée Wallis Simpson's Stuff Goes To Auction

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Wallis Simpson Auction, Wallis Simpson Divorcee, Wallis Simpson Divorce, Sociate Divorce, Wallis Simpson King's Speech, Wallis Simpson Lingerie, Wallis Simpson, Socialite Auction, Wallis Simpson Handbags, Wallis Simpson Socialite, Divorce News

LONDON — Lingerie, handbags and luggage once owned by Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee who shook the British monarchy, are due to be auctio...

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Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: David Seidler Protects and Defends The King's Speech

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Anti-Semitism, David Seidler, Lionel Logue, Baftas, Christopher Hitchens, Queen Elizabeth, Hitler, Gareth Unwin, Wiinston Churchill, The King's Speech, Nazis, Neville Chamberlain, Harvey Weinstein, Edward VII, Helena Bonham Carter, Oscars, Weinstein Company, World War II, Balmoral, Wallis Simpson, Colin Firth, Tom Hooper, Geoffrey Rush, King George, The Kings Speech, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2011-02-11-SOLIFIRTH.jpgCharges of historical inaccuracy and anti-semitism bring out a fierce rebuttal from the Oscar-nominated screenwriter who conceived the film.

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A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: The King's Speech, Edward VI, Wallis Simpson, Lionel Logue, Duke of Windsor, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

Of all the movies nominated for a "Best Picture" Academy Award, "The King's Speech" had the greatest novelty appeal for me --- I knew nothing of King ...

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The King's Speech: A Mayor Koch Review

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Kings Speech, Stuttering, Geoffrey Rush, Wallis Simpson, George Vi, A.j. Abucay, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Thomas Farley, King George V, New York Insider Productions, Edward Duke of Windsor, Colin Firth, Queen Elizabeth, Entertainment News
Ed Koch

Sure-to-be Oscar contender The King's Speech is a movie without any surprises, but excellent.

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Dining Royally: The King's Speech

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Tom Ford, Christine Baranski, Jerry Garcia, Stephen Daldry, DeLeon Tequila, Stella Powell Jones, Newt Gingrich, Amir Bar-Lev, Joan Didion, The King's Speech, Harvey Weinstein, Helena Bonham Carter, Wallis Simpson, Colin Firth, Tom Hooper, Geoffrey Rush, Candice Bergen, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

At "21" last Tuesday, it was a case of multiple events. Newt Gingrich graciously held the door for me as Joan Didion stood in the foyer of the legenda...

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Death by Dior: A Book Review

Alison Winfield Burns | Posted 05.20.2013 | Books
Read More: Allied Troops, De Caumont La Force, Death by Dior, Nazi Germany, Francoise Dior, Wwii, Lili Marlene, French Couture, Lucien Lelong, Paris Occupation, Duke of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, Dynasty Press, CoCo Chanel, Third Reich, Theatre De La Mode, New Look, Carmel Snow, Pierre Balmain, Terry Cooper, Wallis Simpson, Christian Dior, Crusade, Stage Fright, Book Review, Books, Peter Orlovsky, Naropa, Allen Ginsberg, St. Mark's Poetry Project, Patti Smith, New York Academy of Art, Caltech, Whitehot Magazine, Columbia University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Abbess Ildegarde Ghinassi, Lord Beaverbrook, Lady Jeanne Campbell, John Galliano, Alexis Roche, Vanity Fair Magazine, Books News
Alison Winfield Burns

There is no death by Dior if we talk about art, there is only life by Dior. And in this book that so remorselessly brings to light long-ago misdeeds, there is something of a reminder how great art outlasts the residue of pain.

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