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(Untitled), [09 Jul 1940]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/9B/120-122

Scope and Contents

Telegram from Wallis, Duchess of Windsor to Major Gray Phillips [Comptroller to the Duke of Windsor, earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] upset at 'red tape' over travel arrangements and servants; "Technical point obviously last winter's game stop if treatment persists ... am afraid of outcome"; annotated [copy]; with covering letter from Sir Alexander Hardinge [Private Secretary to King George VI] to Eric Seal [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] thanking him for sending the enclosed to the Palace and advising that "we never forget the power that she can exert over him". [Manuscript].

Dates

  • Creation: [09 Jul 1940]

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Language of Materials

English

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