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 Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 6 April 1955
NPG x32664
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 7 February 1955
NPG x34348
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 7 February 1955
NPG x35848
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 7 February 1955
NPG x35849
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 6 April 1955
NPG x35850
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 6 April 1955
NPG x35851
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 6 April 1955
NPG x35852
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 6 April 1955
NPG x35853
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 6 April 1955
NPG x35854
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 6 April 1955
NPG x35855
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 6 April 1955
NPG x200796
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 6 April 1955
NPG x200797
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 7 February 1955
NPG x29433
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII); Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, December 1960
NPG x26039
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 20 June 1964
NPG x195060
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 20 June 1964
NPG x195061
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1965
NPG x194337
Duchess of Windsor; Edward, Duke of Windsor
by Patrick Lichfield
archival inkjet print, September 1967
NPG x128487
by Ben Tobias
oil on canvas on board, 1940s
NPG D18546
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29400
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29401
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29402
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29403
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29404
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29405
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29406
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29407
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29408
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29409
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29410
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29411
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29412
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29413
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29414
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29415
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 June 1943
NPG x29416
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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.