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Letters and memorabilia of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson put on auction block
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AIDAN LEWIS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-17-2004
Dateline: ROME
Love letters, evening dresses and two bottles of 1811 cognac that belonged to Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson were among the star items in a sale Thursday of memorabilia from one of the 20th century's most famous love stories.
Included in the auction at Christie's in Rome are some 14 letters and notes exchanged by Edward and Simpson spanning the period from their turbulent courtship in the 1930's to their marriage after Edward abdicated the throne of England in 1936 to marry the divorced American.
The sale was expected ...
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