The Princess of Wales with Prince Edward at Balmoral in about 1906.
The Prince of Wales at the time of his investiture: ‘The incarnation of all the Fairy Princes who have ever been imagined’.
Punting at Oxford in 1913.
The Prince leading his company of the Grenadier Guards on a route march in 1914.
Looking even younger, as supernumary ensign with the King’s Guard at Buckingham Palace.
Portia Cadogan, on the right, boating on the Thames with Princess Mary.
The Prince standing between Rosemary Leveson-Gower (on his left) and Diana Capel at the Duchess of Sutherland’s hospital in France.
The Prince as ‘Chief Morning Star’ at Banff in September, 1919.
Freda Dudley Ward with her two daughters.
Taking a jump successfully and . . .
falling at the last fence at the Arborfield Cross point-to-point in 1924.
With Fruity Metcalfe, Audrey Coates and Prince George at Drummond Castle – ‘Never have I had such an exciting week as this!’
With the Duchess of York and the cairn terrier, Cora.
Skiing with Prince George.
Mrs Simpson, photographed by Dorothy Wilding.
The snapshot of the Duke which the Duchess always kept beside her bed.
An after-wedding photograph – the names written in by Lady Alexandra Metcalfe.
The Duke and Duchess being greeted by Josef Terboven, the Gauleiter of Essen, during their visit to Germany in October, 1937.
A group of dignitaries in Nassau. Harold Christie is directly behind the Duke and Gray Phillips behind him.
A visit to the United Seamen’s Service in May, 1943.
The Duke in dressing gown and with cairn terrier, photographed by the Duchess whose shadow is visible on the gravel beside him.