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Wigram, Clive, 47
Wilding, Michael, 136
Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 4, 10, 304
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 89
William I (the Conqueror), King, 93
William IV, King, 4
William, Prince, 436, 456, 462, 468–9, 477, 484, 486, 513, 515
Williams, Marcia (Baroness Falkender), 311
Willox, Miss (Palace dresser), 134, 140
Wills, Jean (formerly Elphinstone), 203, 252
Wills, John, 108, 252
Wilson, Blair Stewart, 465
Wilson, Sir Charles, 327
Wilson, Harold, Baron: ER catches out, 223; and Greek demo, 295; 1964 election victory, 311; relations with ER, 311–15,
327, 364–6; and Charles’s investiture as Prince of Wales, 342; 1970 election defeat, 353; criticizes Philip’s comment on
finances, 353; and 1975 Civil List increases, 360; wins 1974 election, 364–5; awarded Garter, 365; retirement, 365
Windlesham, David Hennessy, 3rd Baron, 345
Windlesham Moor (house), Surrey, 140, 142
Windsor (name), 17, 170, 172, 279
Windsor Castle: in war, 92–5, 98–9; 1992 fire damage, 93, 468–71; described, 93; restoration, 472
Windsor, Edward, Duke of (formerly King Edward VIII; ‘David’): Abdication, 2, 50–7, 338, 515; dress, 7; birth and
upbringing, 14–16; nervous manner, 16; World War I service, 16, 44; post-World War I tours, 18; brother George
idolizes, 19–20; character, behaviour and personality, 19, 43–4, 412, 418; rumoured engagement to EQM, 23–4; at ER’s
christening, 28; Civil List allowance curtailed, 35; social life, 37; and Princesses’ childhood, 43, 47; relations with Mrs
Simpson, 43–4, 47–9; women friends, 43–4; relations with father, 44; friendship with brother George, 45–6; accession,
50–51; at George V’s death and funeral, 50–51; popularity, 51; assassination attempt on, 52; declares intention to marry
Mrs Simpson, 54–6; dislikes Buckingham Palace, 59; and George VI’s Coronation, 67; deteriorating relations with George
VI, 69–70; marriage, 69; finances and allowance, 70–71, 167, 336, 340–41; and denial of Royal Highness title to wife, 71–
2, 338; EQM’s hostility to, 72–3; Nazi associations, 75–6, 78, 303–4, 336–7; US visit cancelled, 79; in World War II, 87–9;
as Governor of Bahamas, 92; not invited to ER’s wedding, 123–4; visits Queen Mary, 124; book serialized, 149–50; at
George VI’s funeral, 166–7; French home, 167; at Queen Mary’s funeral, 177–9; not invited to ER’s Coronation, 177–9;
isolation, 253; at Oxford, 329; ER seeks reconciliation with, 335–6, 339; visits to England, 338–9; burial wishes, 339–40;
declines invitation to Charles’s Prince of Wales investiture, 341; declines invitation to George VI Memorial dedication,
342; Mountbatten on, 389; death and funeral, 403–6; will, 408; A Family Album (with Kinross), 338; A King’s Story, 336,
345
Windsor, Wallis, Duchess of (formerly Simpson): relations with EQM, 21, 68–9; relations with Edward, 43–4, 47–8; and
Edward’s accession, 51–2; at Balmoral, 53; petitions for divorce from Simpson, 53–4; Edward’s intention to marry, 54–5;
and George VI’s Coronation, 67; marriage, 69; denied Royal Highness title, 71–2, 338; extravagance, 71; in Crawfie’s
book, 147; hopes for reconciliation with royal family, 167; relations with Donoghue, 178; on royal isolation, 253; ER
seeks reconciliation with, 335–6, 339–40; burial plans, 339; ER meets, 339–40; ER agrees allowance to, 341; and
Edward’s death and funeral, 404–7; estate, 407; jewellery and wealth, 407; death and funeral, 408–9; The Heart Has Its
Reasons, 336
Winterhalter, Franz, 61
Woman’s Own (magazine), 148–50
Woods, Right Revd Robin, Dean of Windsor, 320, 324, 326–8
World in Action (TV programme), 469
Wright, Peter, 304
Wyatt, Lynn Sakowitz, 458
Wyatt, Steven, 457–9, 461, 464
Wyatville, Sir Jeffrey, 36
Wyndham, Violet, 396