書蟲 一個國王的愛情故事：溫莎公爵和夫人

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor

溫莎公爵和夫人

1894

1894

Edward is born in Richmond, England.

愛德華出生在英國的里士滿。

1896

1896

Wallis is born in Baltimore, USA.

沃利斯出生在美國巴爾的摩。

1911

1911

Edward becomes Prince of Wales.

愛德華成為威爾士親王。

1912

1912

Edward enters Oxford University.

愛德華進入牛津大學。

1914

1914

The First World War begins. Edward sees fighting on the front line in Belgium.

第一次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)。愛德華在比利時前線督戰(zhàn)。

1916

1916

Wallis marries Winfield Spencer.

沃利斯與溫菲爾德·斯潘塞結婚。

1920

1920

Edward begins a five-year journey round the world. He visits 45 countries and travels 240000 kilometres.

愛德華開始了為期5年的環(huán)球旅行。他訪問了45個國家，行程達24萬公里。

1927

1927

Wallis divorces Winfield Spencer.

沃利斯與溫菲爾德·斯潘塞離婚。

1928

1928

Wallis marries Ernest Simpson.

沃利斯與歐內(nèi)斯特·辛普森結婚。

1930

1930

Edward meets Wallis at a weekend house party.

愛德華在一個周末家庭招待會上與沃利斯相識。

1936

1936

January King George Ⅴ dies. Edward is now King.

1月：國王喬治五世逝世。愛德華登基。

June Edward tells his mother that he wants to marry Wallis.

6月：愛德華告訴母親，他要與沃利斯結婚。

December Edward gives the crown to his brother and leaves England.

12月：愛德華將王位讓給弟弟，然后離開英國。

1937

1937

Edward and Wallis marry in France. They take the name Duke and Duchess of Windsor. None of the Royal Family come to the wedding. For the next thirty years the Duke and Duchess live outside England.

愛德華和沃利斯在法國結婚。他們被封為溫莎公爵和夫人?；首逯袥]有人去參加他們的婚禮。在以后的30年里，公爵和夫人一直在英國以外的國家居住。

1966

1966

Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ meets the Duke and Duchess at a small party in London. 'It's time to forget the past,' she says.

女王伊麗莎白二世在倫敦的一個小型聚會上與溫莎公爵和夫人相遇。她說：“現(xiàn)在是忘記過去的時候了。”

1972

1972

Edward dies in Paris. His body is buried in England at Windsor Castle.

愛德華在巴黎逝世。他的遺體埋葬在英國的溫莎城堡。

1986

1986

Wallis dies in Paris and is buried next to Edward at Windsor.

沃利斯在巴黎去世，葬在溫莎城堡愛德華的墓旁。

IN APRIL 1987, THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME TO A SMALL room in Geneva, Switzerland. There were Presidents and Kings, film stars and millionaires. They came from the four corners of the world, east and west, north and south, and they spoke many languages.

1987年4月，300人來到瑞士日內(nèi)瓦的一間小屋子。他們當中有總統(tǒng)和國王，影星和百萬富翁。他們來自世界各地，天南地北，操著各種語言。

But they all wanted one thing — to buy some jewellery. It was the jewellery that a man called Edward gave a woman called Wallis.

但他們來的目的只有一個——買珠寶。這些珠寶是一位名叫愛德華的男人送給一位名叫沃利斯的女士的。

One woman, Mrs Namiki from Japan, paid $105000 for a gold ring.

有一位從日本來的并木夫人，出價105000美元買了一枚金戒。

Why did you pay all that money?' a friend asked. 'You can buy a gold ring in Tokyo for half that money.'

“你為什么花那么多錢？”一位朋友問，“在東京，有這一半的錢就能買一枚金戒。”

Because Wallis and Edward were special to me,' Mrs Namiki replied. 'I never met them but I'll keep that ring all my life.'

并木夫人答道：“因為沃利斯和愛德華對我有特殊的意義，我從未結識過他們，但這枚戒指我將終生珍藏。”

In the next few hours, in that small room in Geneva, the jewellery was sold for $50000000. But who was Wallis? And who was Edward? And why was their love story so special?

在隨后的幾個小時內(nèi)，這些珠寶在日內(nèi)瓦的那間小屋子里被拍賣，總額為5000萬美元。但是，沃利斯是誰？愛德華又是誰呢？他們的愛情故事為什么那么特別？

Let's begin at the beginning...

讓我們從頭說起……