Duke of Windsor

Financing the
Windsor Lifestyle

• Literary Digest, 1936 •


When the news broke that the man formerly known as “Edward VIII” was now a financial dependent of the British Royal Family
the newly minted Duke of Windsor had to learn to cut coupons and strike bargains:

“In the Vienna hotel where he gets a private haircut, he protested that $1.26 seemed a little steep for the brief use of an empty hotel room. The manager sliced the fee in half.”


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Financing the Windsor Lifestyle

Financing the Windsor Lifestyle

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