Ziegler quickly dismisses Charles Higham's sensational gossip ( The Duchess of Windsor, 1988)-e.g., lesbianism, prostitution, sadomasochism-yet even what he does tell about the "half child, half genius" described by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is painful. Given access to a wealth of crucial sources, including the Royal Archives and more than 2,000 of the Duke of Windsor's long-lost love letters, Ziegler ( Mountbatten, 1985 The Sixth Great Power, 1988, etc.) strikes a balance between the two images in this evenhanded but rueful authorized biography.
Was King Edward VIII simply a Prince Charming who yielded his throne for "the woman I love" or was he, as recent biographers have claimed, a political naif bewitched by a sexual adventuress?
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