Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
(1896-1986), Wife of Duke of WindsorSitter in 199 portraits
Born Bessie Wallis Warfield in Pennsylvania, she married Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr in 1916. Divorced in 1927, she married Ernest Simpson in 1928. They met Edward, Prince of Wales in London in 1931. When the Prince became king, his insistence on marrying the twice-divorced American precipitated a constitutional crisis that led to his abdication in 1936. He was created Duke of Windsor and the couple married soon after, settling in Paris after the war.
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on card mount, 2 June 1937
NPG x40401
'The Duke of Windsor views the scene of the German attack at Verdun'
supplied by Wide World Photos
bromide print, 7 May 1939
NPG x76556
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 16 February 1939
NPG x134789
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print on tissue and white card mount, 5 November 1943
NPG x34898
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35662
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25926
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25927
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 5 November 1943
NPG x25928
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, June 1943
NPG x25933
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25940
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25941
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25942
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25943
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25944
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25945
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25946
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25947
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25948
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25949
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, June 1943
NPG x35663
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x32591
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, June 1943
NPG x32592
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x32594
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 June 1943
NPG x34894
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x34895
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x34896
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 5 November 1943
NPG x34897
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 5 November 1943
NPG x34899
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35661
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35856
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35857
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35858
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35859
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35860
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35861
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35862
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35863
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35864
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35866
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35867
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Kelly
03 February 2017, 01:11
Hello,
Her name is not Elizabeth Wallis Warfield, it is Bessie Wallis Warfield. Named after her aunt Bessie, and not short for Elizabeth.