// The key is not what you want, but what I have.

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The Love of a King

Peter Dainty

A Family Tree

家族世系圖

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor

????????1894

???????? Edward is born in Richmond, England.

????????1896

???????? Wallis is born in Baltimore, USA.

????????1911

???????? Edward becomes Prince of Wales.

????????1912

???????? Edward enters Oxford University.

????????1914

???????? The First World War begins. Edward sees fighting on the front line in Belgium.

????????1916

???????? Wallis marries Winfield Spencer.

????????1920

???????? Edward begins a five-year journey round the world. He visits 45 countries and travels 240000 kilometres.

????????1927

???????? Wallis divorces Winfield Spencer.

????????1928

???????? Wallis marries Ernest Simpson.

????????1930

???????? Edward meets Wallis at a weekend house party.

????????1936

???????? JanuaryKing George Ⅴ dies. Edward is now King.

???????? JuneEdward tells his mother that he wants to marry Wallis.

???????? DecemberEdward gives the crown to his brother and leaves England.

????????1937

???????? Edward and Wallis marry in France. They take the name Duke and Duchess of Windsor. None of the Royal Family come to the wedding. For the next thirty years the Duke and Duchess live outside England.

????????1966

???????? Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ meets the Duke and Duchess at a small party in London. 'It's time to forget the past,' she says.

????????1972

???????? Edward dies in Paris. His body is buried in England at Windsor Castle.

????????1986

???????? Wallis dies in Paris and is buried next to Edward at Windsor.

A Very Short Introduction

IN APRIL 1987, THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME TO A SMALL room in Geneva, Switzerland. There were presidents and Kings, film stars and millionaires. They came from the four corners of the world, east and west, north and south, and they spoke many languages.

But they all wanted one thing — to buy some jewellery. It was the jewellery that a man called Edward gave a woman called Wallis.

One woman, Mrs Namiki from Japan, paid $105000 for a gold ring.

'Why did you pay all that money?' a friend asked. 'You can buy a gold ring in Tokyo for half that money.'

'Because Wallis and Edward were special to me,' Mrs Namiki replied. 'I never met them but I'll keep that ring all my life.'

In the next few hours, in that small room in Geneva, the jewellery was sold for $50000000. But who was Wallis? And who was Edward? And why was their love story so special?

Let's begin at the beginning...

Chapter 1

A Lonely Child

His mother, Queen Mary, agreed. 'It doesn't matter if Edward is happy or unhappy,' she said. 'A child must be silent and strong.'

// it does not matter if Mary is happy or unhappy.?

// A mother must be wisdom and quiet.

Buckingham Palace was very big, and people sometimes got lost.

// Lost in my house.

Edward did not go to school with other children. He stayed in Buckingham Palace where he had a special classroom just for him.

// Book name: How to become a King.

We had lots of books but they were all very boring. They were full of words and they didn't have any pictures.

// it is terrible.

my father was angry with me. 'What's wrong with you, child?' he said. 'Are you stupid? Why can't you learn anything?'

// what is wrong?? == 怎么啦？

// what is wrong with you? == 你有什么毛??？

I lived in the most beautiful house in England but I was always lonely and sad.

// is the king sad to know?

I was afraid of them and everything I did was wrong.'

// poor Edward did not know what to do. It is a pain time.

cook n. a person who prepares food. 廚師。

cooker n. 廚具

Chapter 2

The Prince of Wales

?Edward cried for the next two days, but there was nothing he could do.

// Edwarh have to do this for his FAMILY.

Chapter 3

The Royal Star

I got out of the car and walked to the top of the hill.

An hour later I returned to my car. I'll never forget what I saw. My driver was dead. While I was away, somebody shot him in the neck.

// if Edward do not walk to anywhere, he will die also.

And so, in 1920, Edward left England again. During the next five years he travelled 240000 kilometres and visited 45 different countries.

// Prince's journey around the world.

'Edward is the first royal star,' one newspaper wrote, 'and he is now the most famous man in the world.In the old days princes were cold and bored. But Edward is different.

// Edward do not looks like the other Princes in history.

Chapter 4

The Meeting

But you told me that I was boring! You told me the truth. I like that!'

// Edward put his hand on his hip: Hit me, girls.

I went into the next room and sat down near Lady Furness. 'Tell me about Mrs Simpson,' I said.

'What would you like to know?' she asked.

'Everything!' I said.

// Edward: I do not care she has a husband. I am a Prince.

Chapter 5

Wallis

That night he hit Wallis in the mouth. She screamed and he hit her again. There was blood on her face and she was shaking like a leaf.

// Winfield need to do something to prove that lost money is not his fault.

// A leaf does not have any weapons to fight. Winfield knew it.

They got married and they now live in a beautiful flat in the centre of London.'

'And are they happy?' asked Edward.

Lady Furness looked at the Prince and smiled. 'I don't know, Sir,' she said. 'I don't know.'

// This question is out Lady Furness's social circle line.

'She loved books, food, people, and travel. She was very beautiful and her eyes were full of fire.

// Edward: she is perfect.

But he was a warm and kind man. When he talked to me, I felt my heart jump.

// Wallis: he is perfect.

'We went to Kitzbühl as friends,' Wallis wrote later, 'but when we came home, we were in love. And a few months later the Prince asked me to marry him. It was just like a dream!'

// Gone as friend, Came as lover.

Chapter 6

The King is Dead! Long Live the King!

His three brothers came to him, one by one, and they each kissed his hand. 'The King is dead. Long live the King.' they said.

// Old King is past. New King is now.

// 吾皇萬歲? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

'But you are my family, Wallis. You are everything to me. Goodnight. Sleep well.'

// If you die how do I live.

// Does the human life need to say that, so little?

Chapter 7

The Church

I am in love with the King and I want a divorce. Don't be angry. There is nothing you can do.

// "Don't be angry. There is nothing you can do."

// I do not like this woman. I like to be a King.

Ernest replied immediately: 'Your letter arrived this morning. I will do what you ask, but I'll never stop loving you. And if you need me, I'll always be here.'

// "I will do what you ask"

//? I do not like this man either.

'You know what the Church thinks about marriage and divorce. Divorce is wrong in the eyes of God!'

// Why marriage is right in all governments.

'Then, Archbishop, Wallis and I will make God very happy. We are in love, we'll get married, and we'll live together happily!'

// The thinking river is fresh.

Chapter 8

The Storm

The Prime Minister sat down. 'Yes, Sir,' he began, 'I've read about this Mrs Simpson. She has two husbands still alive. And you must understand what that means, Sir. She cannot marry a King.'

// Divorce or not divorce, that is a modern question. In old day, people must not divorce.

'You tell me that Wallis cannot marry a King. So there is only one thing that I can do. I will give the crown to my brother, and leave England. I must follow my heart. You tell me that it's a crime to fall in love. You tell me that it's wrong to be happy. How strange this country is!'

// What is a real royal person?

'But that's not right, Sir. You're a free man. You must stand and fight.'

'No,' the King said. 'I have seen war and it's a terrible thing. I don't want to fight again.'

// Fight for love, worth?

'But the people love you. And they want Wallis to be Queen.'

'Perhaps they do,' Edward replied. 'But she cannot be Queen. My enemies are stronger than I am. I am just a sailor. And when the winds change, the sea moves and it takes my boat away.'

// Queen Mary shouted. 'You're a King! You must love your country first!'

// Edward: "How strange this country is!'

Chapter 9

The Woman I Love

I wanted to be a modern, kind King. I wanted to change the world, but they stopped me. And now I have to leave.'

// We are fighting for a long time, we do not fight for changing the world, we fight for something do not change ourself.

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King of …, and King of thirty-two other countries, have today given the crown to my brother George.

// Give up king of all Forty-three countries.

'Everyone needs their family. Everyone needs their home. And tonight you have lost both those things.

// Without you no place is home.

Chapter 10

The Wedding

Wallis Simpson: But I love you so much, Edward, and with me, you'll be the happiest man in the world.'

// Wallis Simpson: What can I do for my soul mate?

'I am that already,' he replied. 'You are all that matters in my life.'

// Edward : You are an apple in my eyes.

// apple of my eye

// The phrase "apple of my eye" refers in English to something or someone that one cherishes above all others. Originally, the phrase was simply an idiom referring to the pupil of the eye.

// Origin:

Originally this term simply referred to the "aperture at the centre of the human eye", i.e. the pupil, or occasionally to the whole eyeball. The earliest appearance of the term is found in the ninth-century Old English translation of the Latin Cura pastoralis attributed to Alfred the Great.

The sense "pupil" appears to be the meaning Shakespeare used in his 1590s play A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the play, the fairy character Robin Goodfellow has acquired a flower that was once hit by Cupid's arrow, imbuing it with magical love-arousing properties, and drops juice of this flower into a young sleeping man's eyes, saying "Flower of this purple dye, / Hit with Cupid's archery, / Sink in apple of his eye".

'My brother', Edward said later, 'pushed me away like a dog. I will never forget what he did. And after that I decided that I didn't want my family. They didn't want Wallis, and so I didn't want them.'

// In old world, a woman can not leave her husband, a man can.

// Life is so hard for woman in everywhere, so much in China.

Chapter 11

Paris

But then, in 1966, the Duke and Duchess met Queen Elizabeth (the daughter of King George) at a small party in London.After thirty long years it was time to forget the past.

// rememeber for the family and forget for the family.

'But there's one thing about my husband that I really don't like. He is always late. It doesn't matter if he's meeting a queen, a president, or a film star. He can never arrive on time. I don't know why. I have tried to change him, but it's just not possible.'

// Duke: My world is only belong to you.

'I have never met a more beautiful woman than Wallis,' Edward wrote, 'and I love giving her presents. She has given me so much happiness. I buy her jewels to say "thank you".'

// "I have seen so many woman, not one beautiful than you."

'How many cigarettes do you have a day, Sir?'

'About forty or fifty,' the Duke replied. 'But please don't ask me to stop. I've smoked for sixty years and I cannot change now.'

// Duke: 40 - 50 cigarettes one day.

// 7 - 10 cigarettes it is me now.

'It's a strange thing,' one newspaper wrote. 'When they were alive, the Duke and Duchess could never live in Britain. It was only in death that they could be there together.'

// How stupid this world.

Chapter 12

Long Live Love!

On my last night in London I spoke with Winston Churchill. In the middle of our conversation he said: 'I think, Sir, that the best things in life are free.'?

// Free is a treasure when you have many best things.

And now, many years later, I understand what they mean. You cannot buy happiness. And you cannot buy love.

// Happiness, love is free.

To be happy deep inside your heart is the most wonderful thing in the world.I have been a lucky man. And so I say:

'Thank God for Wallis, and LONG LIVE LOVE!'

// A traditional happiness man.

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