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• 241. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | The Countdown to Abdication

  No one inside or outside the palace seems all too pleased in this continuing episode of our Wallis series. We are definitely on the countdown to the December 1936 abdication of Edward VIII, and the events of the summer and fall really turn up the temperature on the whole sordid mess. David isn’t too keen on being the king. Neither are his advisors. A lot of folks would like to see David just walk away from the job. The one lone voice urging him to keep the gig was his lover, Wallis. She wants no part of any of this nonsense, but it seems any chance she had to leave her fate is long gone. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 240. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | The King is Dead, Long Live the King

  King George V has passed, and it is David’s time to assume the throne. The new King of England is pretty okay with it, for now – but only if his rules are followed. The people of England are pretty fired up about the monarch who they feel will be a youthful, modern twist to the staid and formal reign of the past. There are a lot of other folks, mostly the ones close to David, who do not share this same enthusiasm. Meanwhile, Wallis is still playing her hand, balancing between an ever more needy lover and a husband who will soon not be too bummed at all that she has been fooling around. What is Ernest playing at? Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 239. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | That Woman

  This week, we bring Wallis and the Prince of Wales together, and it is some scandalous stuff. Walls sells out her friend Thelma. David is resolved to get Wallis into his inner court world, no matter what he must do, even with enemies on all sides. The prince has now become a determined guy, and Wallis is playing a very dangerous game with some very high stakes. Aunt Bessie does try to warn Wallis, bless her heart, not that it does much good. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 238. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Thelma Furness

  This week, we progress in our journey to the last lover of the Prince of Wales, before Wallis, that is. Thelma Furness enters the picture. Thelma comes with her own legend, being one of the Magical Morgan Twins, along with her sister Gloria. Thelma thinks she can trust her good friend Wallis to keep an eye on “her little man” when she is needed to support her sister, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, back in the United States, who is stuck right in the middle of the “trial of the century,” concerning the custody status of little Gloria Vanderbilt.  How history does turn on such things…it does not work out great for Thelma, at least when it comes to David. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 237. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Freda Dudley Ward

  We continue our journey into the love life of the Prince of Wales this week introducing the lovely, and married, Freda Dudley Ward. This phenomenal woman was romantically involved with David for 15 years, and he sure liked it that way, until he didn’t. This one is quite a journey of a wonderful woman who played her role perfectly, in good times and in bad times too. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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