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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in conversation with Kenneth Harris is a 1970 interview with Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and his wife Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, by the journalist Kenneth Harris.
It was initially broadcast on BBC One in January 1970, and again on BBC One as 'The Tuesday Documentary' on 18 August 1970.[1][2] It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 27 March 1970.[3] It was produced by John Walker.[2] 11 million viewers watched the broadcast in January 1970.[4]
The interview was released as an LP by BBC Records in 1970.[5]
Edward had abdicated as the British monarch in December 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson. The pair became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor following their marriage in 1937. It was the first major television appearance by the couple, though they had briefly appeared on Edward R. Murrow's television-interview show Person to Person in 1956.[6][7] It had taken several years for Harris to persuade Edward to agree to the interview, and Edward had even tried to back out the evening prior to its recording. The interview was recorded at the Windsors Parisian home in 4 route du Champ d'Entraînement, in Bois de Boulogne in October 1969.[4][8][9]
- ^ "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor - BBC One London - 13 January 1970 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 13 January 1970. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor - BBC One London - 13 August 1970 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 18 August 1970. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor - BBC Radio 4 FM - 19 March 1970 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 27 March 1970. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b Hugo Vickers (2011). Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor. Hutchinson. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-09-193155-1.
- ^ The Historic Record Quarterly. J. R. Wrigley. 1986. p. 28.
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