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一个国王的爱情故事
The love of a king

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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor

1894 Edward is born in Richmond， England．

1896 Wallis is born in Baltimore，USA．

1911 Edward becomes Prince of Wales．

1912 Edward enters Oxford University．

1914 The First World War begins．Edward sees fighing on the front line in Belgium．

1916 Wallis marries Winfield Spencer．

1920 Edward begins a five-year journey round the world． He visits 45 countries and travels 240 000 kilometres．

1927 Wallis divorces Winfield Spencer．

1928 Wallis marries Ernest Simpson．

1930 Edward meets Wallis at a weekend house party．

1936 January King George V dies． Edward is now King．

June Edward tells his mother that he wants to marry Wallis．

December Edward gives the crown to his brother and leaves Eng－land．

1937 Edward and Wallis marry in France． They take the name Duke and Duchess of Windsor．None of the Royal Family come to the wedding．For the next thirty years the Duke and Duchess live out－side England．

1966 Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ meets the Duke and Duchess at a small party in London．'It's time to forget the past，'she says．

1972 Edward dies in Paris．His body is buried in England at Windsor Castle．

1986 Wallis dies in Paris and is buried next to Edward at Windsor．

IN APRIL 1987， THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME TO A SMALL room in Geneva，Switzerland． There were Presidents and Kings， film stars and millionaires． They came from the four corners of the world， east and west，north and south，and they spoke many languages．

But they all wanted one thing—to buy some jewellery．It was the jewellery that a man called Edward gave a woman called Wallis．

One woman，Mrs Namiki from Japan，paid $105000 for a gold ring．

'Why did you pay all that money？'a friend asked．'You can buy a gold ring in Tokyo for half that money．'

'Because Wallis and Edward were special to me，'Mrs Namiki replied． 'I never met them but I'll keep that ring all my life．'

In the next few hours， in that small room in Geneva， the jew－ellery was sold for＄50000000． But who was Wallis？ And who was Edward？ And why was their love story so special？

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