244. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Creatures of International Curiosity

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

True Crime, History

4.7 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Married life begins for Wallis and David, and although it is a time of decorating homes and settling into domestic bliss for the couple, there are troubled times brewing. David and Wallis take a trip to Germany they will come to regret in short order. Not only is the world about to enter a war, but David is stubbornly holding onto his own pride and pettiness, so naturally more Windsor family drama included. 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	Music
0:01.0	Music Welcome one, welcome all to da-tta, episode 13 of Wallace, Duchess of Windsor.
0:32.4	It is Alicia and Stacy.
0:34.2	Back again for our spider of all the spider webs. In our last episode, David and Stacy. Back again for our spider of all the spider webs.
0:38.7	In our last episode, David and Wallace have become the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
0:44.4	Oh, yes.
0:45.2	There's a whole lot of hot goss about curtsy or no curtsy.
0:51.0	Family drama abounds.
0:52.9	Family drama abounds is true, but that's nothing compared to this week's ride where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor become creatures of international curiosity.
1:05.1	In Andrew Morton's book, Wallace and Love, he cleverly referred to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor after the
1:12.5	abdication as creatures of international curiosity. And that is what Wallace and David were for many
1:21.3	years. Quote, he could never do enough to make up to Wallace for all as he perceived it that she had been
1:29.8	forced to endure and because he felt so blessed by having her as his wife in short term this
1:36.8	meant fighting for money he believed due to him especially considering the position i
1:42.7	shall have to maintain and what I have given up.
1:46.5	Those were quotes around that. Those were David's exact words.
1:49.8	What I have. Oh my God, this guy.
1:51.8	Considering the position I shall have to maintain and what I have given up.
1:56.1	This guy. Okay.
1:58.1	When she was in ill or in pain from neurologa, he rushed her to the best doctors and
2:03.8	dentists while praying that the pain would disappear, quote, as I can't bear to see her suffering,
2:11.1	unquote, from David. She gets a headache, and he's like speeding her to the ER?
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