ANDREW LOWRIE: It is doubtful whether Wallis ever loved Edward at all. She'd wanted to end her relationship with her royal lover when he became King in January 1936.
The morning after her wedding to the man who had proven his devotion to her by giving up the throne, the Duchess of Windsor woke up to find her husband 'standing beside the bed with this innocent smile, saying, 'And now what do we do?'
The diarist Chips Channon was the first to record this latest tidbit, told to him by a rich American in May 1939: 'Mr [William] Bullitt — the American ambassador in Paris — is madly in love with the Duchess of Windsor.' It is doubtful whether Wallis ever loved Edward at all. She'd wanted to end her relationship with her royal lover when he became King in January 1936, but by then he was so obsessed with her that he threatened to kill himself if she left him.
Her friend Constance Coolidge, who'd also been listening to the broadcast, later commented: 'Can you imagine a more terrible fate than to have to live up publicly to the legend of a love you don't feel? To have to face, morning, noon and night, a middle-aged boy with no other purpose in life than a possessive passion for you?'
Unfaithful pair: Top, the Windsors with Fruity Metcalfe on their wedding day in 1937. One of these was his aide Fruity Metcalfe — an 'active homosexual', according to Forwood, who'd had 'a physical affair with the Prince of Wales'. There are many tales about the Duke's taste for young men, both before and after his marriage
Socialising was the only occupation that gave structure to their lives and Wallis took it very seriously. At her dinner parties she kept a golden notepad at her side — the servants called it her 'grumble book' — to note the successes and mistakes. Certainly Wallis made her feelings clear to Rogers's bride, telling her: 'I'll hold you responsible if anything happens to Herman. He's the only man I've ever loved.'The Windsors' relationship intrigued everyone who met them. 'When they are together, they are like two automata. They have no intimacy — they seldom talk of anything at all serious. They drift,' noted Cecil Beaton in his diary.
The French surveillance report states: 'James Donahue — said to have had an affair with her for four years… takes her to the Paprika restaurant and then to the Monseigneur nightclub, where there's a cabaret. Donahue returns to the Duchess's home at 85, Rue de la Faisanderie in the 16th with her at 2.20am, and then he's seen leaving alone at 5am.'
In November 1950, the Duke remained in Paris to complete his memoirs with a ghost-writer while Wallis returned to New York alone. Designer Billy Baldwin noticed that the lovers began to frequent a restaurant he often used, off Park Avenue, and then 'after lunch they would just quietly go to Jimmy's apartment'.
Night after night, the Duke accompanied his wife and her lover to El Morocco nightclub, then left alone at midnight. 'Buzz off, mosquito,' Wallis was heard telling the former king. The Duke remained at the lunch table, reminiscing about his time as monarch. Meanwhile, according to Lady Kenmare's daughter, the embarrassed guests were all too aware that 'the Duchess was having it off with Jimmy in one of the upstairs guest rooms'.
Rumours began circulating that the Windsor marriage was on the rocks. The nature of the physical relationship between Wallis and Donahue intrigued New York society. According to Billy Baldwin, Donahue had once tried to circumcise himself with a penknife while drunk, which made intercourse painful. Hence, he said, the couple relied on oral sex.
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