In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated as King Edward VIII of England, married Wallis Simpson in France.

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The Duke of Windsor commissioned a panther brooch in the late 1940s, and since then the panther has become an iconic Cartier motif.

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Forget Berluti being only known for its long, pointy shoes worn by the likes of the Duke of Windsor, Frank Sinatra and Andy Warhol.

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S. Eliot, Jean Cocteau, Benedetto Croce, James Burnham, Luigi Pirandello and Giovanni Gentile, along with such celebrities as Lloyd George, the Duke of Windsor and Lord Rothermere.

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He has also won the hatred of optometrists, who are losing the most profitable part of their business to him, and has accumulated more suits than the Duke of Windsor's closet.

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Now the grand tailoring houses that once dressed the likes of Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor and Cary Grant, have started putting some kick in their cravats, while removing the figurative starch from their trademark-enforced lapels.

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There is the tale of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, as W. and E. became, intercut with that of Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), a wretchedly married woman living in Manhattan in the late nineteen-nineties and fixated on the myth of Mrs.

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The dishes were said to be particular favorites of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Cole Porter.

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At the helm is longtime producer Larry A. Thompson, whose resume includes biopics on Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, Sonny and Cher and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

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The 1969 TV documentary, "Royal Family, " -- included in the exhibition -- showed her at home in Windsor Castle with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their children, and was watched by millions.

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