243. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Becoming the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Done & Dunne
Hemlock Creatives
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In December of 1936, David is off the throne and has a little time on his hands. The former king cannot reunite with his love Wallis at the moment, as her final divorce decree from Ernest Simpson is still pending within the court system. David will not spend much time thinking beyond his abdication as it is happening, and because of his lack of foresight, there are a few uncomfortable months in the early part of 1937 for the couple. There is, as you would expect, a whole lot of family drama throughout this time period, but this episode does end with a wedding between this star-crossed couple - faith healer priest and gorgeous flowers included!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi. |
| 0:01.0 | Music Hello everyone, welcome back to Wallace, Duchess of Windsor. |
| 0:30.1 | Alicia, back again. |
| 0:31.7 | And I'm Stacey. |
| 0:33.1 | We are here for episode 12 and our exciting saga. |
| 0:38.6 | What's going to happen this week? |
| 0:40.4 | Who can say? |
| 0:41.8 | David has just done it. |
| 0:43.4 | He pulled the trigger. |
| 0:44.9 | It's not me. |
| 0:45.7 | It's really you. |
| 0:47.7 | Speech to England. |
| 0:50.5 | And wow. |
| 0:51.8 | Now we have a king with no country and we have his, I don't know, princess locked in the tower, Wallace. |
| 1:00.9 | In his abdication address, King Edward VIII now, known as Duke of Windsor, told his former people that he had, quote, found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility |
| 1:13.6 | and to discharge my duties as king, as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. |
| 1:22.5 | We've heard that line. It's very famous. |
| 1:25.4 | Can't do it without her. So I'm bailing on you. It's not you. It's you. |
| 1:32.5 | Unfortunately, it would still be a few months before he could be reunited with Wallace. |
| 1:38.8 | Because of her ongoing divorce. Correct. Despite having abdicated, David and Wallace couldn't be together immediately |
| 1:46.3 | afterward to your point because of the archaic laws still in place at that time. Wallace was not |
| 1:53.3 | due to receive her divorce decree absolute. This is the decree absolute. So we've gone to court in that first part to do the |
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