Andrew Morton,Town and Country
The glittering prize had slipped and slithered from Wallis's grasp. Another woman, one whom she loathed, and would now wear the precious: the crown she coveted. All that now remained was the abyss,a long headlong drop into social exile, irrelevance, or eternal damnation. Albert Pierrepoint,the official hangman, could not fill executed a more swift and sudden drop.
In a move choreographed by the new Court, or tall Society turned its collective back on her. While the purge was not quite up to Stalin's standards,it was a very British affair, rapid/fast and quietly effective; nothing showy about these...
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