Wallis & Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon & Wallis Simpson
Anyone who has seen Madonna's movie W.E. has caught a glimpse into the life & romance of Wallis Simpson& Edward VIII. They know thatthis was a relationship that altered history and they know that "W.E."was the cypherusedto symbolise that relationship. They may also remember a few of the movie's"bit players" including Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, first seen as the Duchess of York and played by Natalie Dormer (who in a lovely little twist also played Anne Boleyn in The Tudors ). Elizabeth pops up again in The King's Speech where she is portrayed as charming& rather quirky by Helena Bonham Carter (who, as luck would have it, alsoplayed Anne Boleyn in the ITVmini-series Henry VIII ). She goes about her business, dutifully supporting her husband as hemakes hisreluctant transition from Duke of York to King George VI.
This certainly was the image that I had of Elizabeth;always gracious (except when it came to Wallis of course), always smiling andalways a bit boring. Elizabeth appeared to be more like the "Bound to Obey and Serve" Jane Seymour while Wallisappeared more along the lines of the stylish, sophisticatedand, somemight say, shrewish Anne Boleyn.
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:15:16AM
