“I am sure there is only one solution, that is for me to remove myself from the King's life. That is what I am doing now.”

After the possibility of abdication was reported in the newspapers, she left for Cannes, 3 December 1936.
Matthew, H. C. G., ‘Edward VIII [later Prince Edward, duke of Windsor] (1894–1972)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 21 Nov 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31061,

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