We all know that Tom Ford’s directorial debut was a smashing success.  It remains to be seen if Madonna will be so lucky but it’s clear from the photos by Tom Munro that her upcoming film, W.E. will at least look beautiful. The story is the one we all know, The Duke of Windsor abdicating […]

Whether you like them or not, you have to admit that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor had style. During the Second World War, Winston Churchill installed the Duke of Windsor as the Governor of the Bahamas to keep him quiet so to speak.  So in 1940, Wallis and Edward sailed to Nassau.   Apparently Government House was in […]

A reader asked me to post about my favorite books.  I have so many favorites that it would be hard to choose just a few but one that I find fascinating is The Windsor Style by Suzy Menkes.  Whether you like them or not, you have to admit that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor […]

Since some of the Duchess of Windsor’s jewels are up for auction again tomorrow at Sotheby’s, I thought it might be fun to take a look at one of The Windsor homes.  Continuing our French theme, we will first look at 24, boulevard Souchet.  It was a large four story house located in the Sixteenth Arrondissement […]