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In Their Defence: The Duke & Duchess of Windsor. May 2018
Dear Rowley, Can one defend the reputation of the Duke of Windsor, ex-King Edward VIII, who gave up a crown for the love of a twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson? This is the challenge set by Like A Shot TV for … Continue reading
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Tagged A King's Story, Adolf Hitler, Anne Boleyn, Anne Sebba, Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang, David Lloyd-George, Dear Rowley, Duchess of Windsor, Duchess of York. Happy Valley Set, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Windsor, James Sherwood, Kenya, King Edward VIII, King George V, King George VI, King Henry VIII. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Like a Shot, Lord and Lady Astor, Lord Beaverbrook. Nazi, Lord Halifax, Prince of WAles, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Mary, Rudolph Valentino. Shanghai, That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, The Great War, The Heart has its Reasons, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, World War One, World War Two
Good Luck! November 2017.
Dear Rowley, What to make of Prince Harry’s engagement to Meghan Markle? Much has been written about the serendipity of Harry’s choice ergo an American mixed race actress of independent means and strident opinions. The inference is that the Royal … Continue reading
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Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It. October 2017.
Dear Rowley, I have often pondered the theory that virtue is it’s own reward and surmise that, between them, Pearl Bailey and Mae West would have a terribly pithy reply: ‘Between two evils, I always pick the one I haven’t … Continue reading
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Return to Splendour. September 2017.
Dear Rowley, While recording a short interview for a film about Savile Row the other day I was asked what made me throw so much energy behind British bespoke tailoring? I believe the epiphany came at the Paris menswear shows … Continue reading
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