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Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (née Morgan, 23 August 1904 – 29 January 1970), was a mistress of King Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales. She was supplanted in his affections by Wallis Simpson, for whose sake Edward abdicated, becoming the Duke of Windsor.
Nov 11, 2021 · Edward VIII ruthlessly dumped his mistress Thelma Furness in favor of Wallis Simpson—but the repercussions of the affair poisoned the rest of Thelma’s life.
Jan 30, 2003 · Thelma Furness, another American, was a lover of the Prince's, who later called her a "beast" and dumped her for Wallis Simpson. The superintendent, understanding that his superiors would want...
Jan 23, 2024 · Thelma Viscountess Furness 1, 2 (23 Aug 1904 – 29 Jan 1970) Thelma Furness (left) and Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt 1, her identical twin. Born in Switzerland, Thelma was a daughter of Harry Hays Morgan Sr, an American diplomat, and his half-Chilean, half-Irish-American wife, Laura Delphine Kilpatrick.
Aug 24, 2021 · Thelma began to divide her time between London and New York, and she eventually managed to have an amicable relationship with her former husband, Marmaduke. He turned out to be quite ill with cirrhosis of the liver, and he died on 6 October 1940.
In her novel The Woman before Wallis (Mira, 2020), Bryn Turnbull has written about the life of Thelma Furness (née Morgan), twin sister of Gloria Vanderbilt, great aunt of CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper and mistress of Edward VIII, former king of the United Kingdom.
Apr 10, 2012 · In January 1934, Thelma, Viscountess Furness, had lunch at the Ritz with her friend Wallis Simpson. Thelma was about to sail to America and was wondering how her lover, the Prince of Wales,...
Thelma Furness (Emma Campbell-Jones) mistress of the Prince of Wales. William Tallon at Clarence House. William Tallon (Henry Luxemburg), a steward in the Queen Mother's...
Aug 30, 2020 · The Woman Before Wallis, published last month, focuses on Thelma Morgan Furness. The married daughter of an American diplomat, she had an affair with the Prince of Wales before he became...
Dec 9, 2016 · The two had met in 1931 at a party thrown by Edward’s then-mistress, Lady Thelma Furness, and their romance continued after Edward ascended to the throne in January 1936.
