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EDWARD VIII (1894-1972), King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India (1936). Form of Solemnization of Marriage. B. Clay & Sons Ltd, London and Bungay, for the Society of Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON THE FINAL PAGE BY EDWARD VIII, as Duke of Windsor, 'To the Rev. R. Anderson Jardine in remembrance of June 3rd 1937 Edward Duke of Windsor', also signed by 'Wallis Duchess of Windsor' and by Jardine; with printed visiting card of Edward as Duke of Windsor, inscribed in autograph on verso with his and Wallis's forenames, 'Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David -- Bessie Wallis', mounted on guard on same page; the whole inlaid and rebound (photographs provided of original paper wrappers), red cloth, in a suede-lined red morocco solander case, with silvered commemorative medallion of Edward VIII set in upper cover, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt.
EDWARD VIII (1894-1972), King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India (1936). Form of Solemnization of Marriage. B. Clay & Sons Ltd, London and Bungay, for the Society of Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON THE FINAL PAGE BY EDWARD VIII, as Duke of Windsor, 'To the Rev. R. Anderson Jardine in remembrance of June 3rd 1937 Edward Duke of Windsor', also signed by 'Wallis Duchess of Windsor' and by Jardine; with printed visiting card of Edward as Duke of Windsor, inscribed in autograph on verso with his and Wallis's forenames, 'Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David -- Bessie Wallis', mounted on guard on same page; the whole inlaid and rebound (photographs provided of original paper wrappers), red cloth, in a suede-lined red morocco solander case, with silvered commemorative medallion of Edward VIII set in upper cover, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt.

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EDWARD VIII (1894-1972), King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India (1936). Form of Solemnization of Marriage. B. Clay & Sons Ltd, London and Bungay, for the Society of Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON THE FINAL PAGE BY EDWARD VIII, as Duke of Windsor, 'To the Rev. R. Anderson Jardine in remembrance of June 3rd 1937 Edward Duke of Windsor', also signed by 'Wallis Duchess of Windsor' and by Jardine; with printed visiting card of Edward as Duke of Windsor, inscribed in autograph on verso with his and Wallis's forenames, 'Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David -- Bessie Wallis', mounted on guard on same page; the whole inlaid and rebound (photographs provided of original paper wrappers), red cloth, in a suede-lined red morocco solander case, with silvered commemorative medallion of Edward VIII set in upper cover, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt.

THE ORDER OF SERVICE USED AT THE WEDDING OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR

Edward and Wallis were married by the Reverend R. Anderson Jardine, Vicar of St Paul's, Darlington, at the Chateau de Candé in Touraine, the property of Charles Bedaux. Those present were Edward ('Fruity') Metcalfe, the Duke's A.D.C., as best man, Lady Metcalfe, Charles Bedaux, Walter Monckton and George Allen (the Duke's legal advisers), Bessie Merryman (Wallis's aunt from Washington), Lady Selby (wife of the British ambassador to Vienna), Hugh Lloyd Thomas (the Duke's private secretary), Randolph Churchill, Lady Diana Cooper, Eugene and Kitty de Rothschild, Dudley Forwood (the Duke's equerry) and Herman Rogers (who gave Wallis away) with his wife Katherine. Cecil Beaton was the official photographer.

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