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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Old Mill Dukes of Windsor .. They were perhaps the most famous lovers of the twentieth century. For the sake of American divorcee Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII had done the unthinkable - left the English throne, and not hiding behind the political intrigues, and honestly saying, going over a woman. In the broadcast to the whole world the abdication speech he uttered a phrase that has become a symbol of sincerity and depth of feeling, - the words "the woman I love" from the lips of the young king returned to students at the time of romance and chivalry still do not leave anyone indifferent. That's only later, after the dramatic events of the abdication, Edward and Wallis somewhat spoiled desperate opera romance of the story. Because then they were not anything special going on: get the title of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, they lived together for a long and happy life. No, it was a lot of beauty: they gave each other the legendary jewels, they spoil the reputation sympathetic to fascism, they fought for the right to return from exile in England. But mostly they are just living together, loving each other and their dogs. The scene of this happy life were some great houses - Chateau de la Kroe in Cap d'Antibes, the governor's house in Nassau, the villa in the Bois de Boulogne. But the only home Windsors bought was an old mill Moulin de la Tuileries, located on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Gif-sur-Yvette forty kilometers south-west of Paris.