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In the autumn of 1930 Edward went to stay with his friends Lord and Lady Furness. This is how he described that weekend in a book called A King's Story:

On Saturday the weather was cold and windy. It was raining heavily so we could not ride our horses.

We decided to stay in the house and have an early lunch with some of Lady Furness' friends. At one o'clock Wallis arrived with her husband.

She was beautifully dressed and she smiled all the time. She spoke with Lord Furness for a few minutes, and then Lady Furness brought her over to see me.

"Sir, I would like you to meet one of my dearest and sweetest American friends, Mrs Wallis Simpson." "How do you do, Mrs Simpson, " I said.

Please come and sit down. Lady Furness left us and we began to talk.

I could see that Wallis was not felling very well. She had a bad cold and her eyes were red.

"I'm afraid that our English houses aren't very warm, " I said. "We don't have American central heating here."

There was a long silence. Mrs Simpson turned her face and looked out of the window. Then she said: "You have disappointed me, Sir."

"And why is that? " I asked. "Because everybody asks me about American central heating.

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