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.
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
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35868
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35869
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 5 November 1943
NPG x35870
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x25929
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 March 1950
NPG x25930
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35837
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35838
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35839
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35840
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35841
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35842
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35843
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35844
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35845
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35846
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 March 1950
NPG x35847
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide proof print, 2 May 1952
NPG x33573
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Edward, Duke of Windsor
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 2 May 1952
NPG x33568
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Edward, Duke of Windsor
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 2 May 1952
NPG x33570
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32649
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32650
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32651
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32652
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32653
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32654
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32656
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 2 May 1952
NPG x32657
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 May 1952
NPG x33569
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 May 1952
NPG x33571
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 2 May 1952
NPG x33572
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 May 1952
NPG x33574
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII); Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 10 December 1954
NPG x198446
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 6 April 1955
NPG x27966
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 6 April 1955
NPG x25931
by Dorothy Wilding
print, 7 February 1955
NPG x25932
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 7 February 1955
NPG x29431
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 7 February 1955
NPG x29432
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 7 February 1955
NPG x29434
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII); Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 7 February 1955
NPG x32655
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 6 April 1955
NPG x32663
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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.