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Article: Duchess buried, winning place in royal fold
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 30, 1986
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WINDSOR, England (AP) The duchess of Windsor, the American
divorcee for whom King Edward VIII gave up his throne, was buried
beside her husband yesterday, posthumously drawn into the royal
embrace that was denied her for nearly 50 years.
The simple funeral, attended by Queen Elizabeth II and 16
members of her family, was the final chapter of a king-and-commoner
romance that rocked 1930s Britain and forced the couple into virtual
exile at the insistence of a scandalized monarchy.
The 28-minute ceremony passed without visible displays of
emotion. There was no mention of the duchess by name or title, nor
of the tumultuous ...