234. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Her Lotus Year and The China Dossier

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Hold onto your conspiracy theories in this one, darlings! Wallis took a lot of heat for the year she spent in the Orient, her Lotus Year. Many folks pinned a whole lot of terrible deeds on Wallis this year, largely all untrue. Her year in China becomes the basis for the future China Dossier, which was supposed to dissuade the Prince of Wales from his married lover. That plan did not work out too well, and this year, Wallis truly steps into being the woman she is to become. Also, she will break with Win Spencer, for good. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wallace, Duchess of Windsor. Alicia here.
0:03.7	And Stacey.
0:04.8	Holy catch, y'all. It is installment three of our sizzling summertime takeover series.
0:10.6	And to be fair, this is one of my favorites.
0:15.1	Let us to Wallace's Lotus Year and all the secrets of the China dossier.
0:21.5	Love it. Welcome one, welcome all to Part 3 of Wallace Duchess of Windsor.
0:51.6	Holy cats.
0:52.9	We left last week, Wallace having a good time in D.C., a little bit broken
0:58.6	hearted. Yep. She's going to come to China to try to save her marriage again, following her
1:09.4	husband, Wynn, who doesn't win at all Spencer at his posting overseas.
1:16.6	Wallace would later refer to this time as her lotus year.
1:21.8	The entomology of Lotus Year is taken from Homer's Odyssey, where he refers to the Lotus Eaters.
1:29.7	Lotus Eaters are people who spend their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than
1:35.3	dealing with practical concerns. Other folks would later try to turn this Wallace Lotus year into something a little bit more evil,
1:47.3	something way more salacious.
1:49.6	It is this year that Wallace spends in China that would be used as fodder to spread all the
1:56.4	gossip, all the rumors about her to tarnish her name in the future.
2:02.1	Right.
2:02.9	The China dossier, let's talk about that.
2:06.5	The China dossier was a document that was reportedly circulated by the British establishment
2:12.3	and supposedly included stories from Wallace's Lotus Year including Wallace frequenting brothels,
2:22.0	espionage, being addicted to opium, modeling for pornographic pictures, having an affair with an
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