🇺🇦 Wallis Simpson's secret betrayal

A never-before-told royals story; drama on Nantucket; Karl Lagerfeld's muse looks onward; Capri dreaming; when male-only flights ruled the skies; and more!

APRIL 30, 2023 Issue N⁰ 198 You are not currently a paid member and have limited access to AIR MAIL. Subscribe today. Good Morning! Few people know of the pivotal role played by Mary Kirk, an American friend of Wallis Simpson, in the scandal that forced King Edward VIII to abdicate the British throne in 1936. Fewer still are aware of how their childhood friendship was cruelly manipulated and abused by Simpson in her ruthless pursuit of power, money, and the title of Queen. Read Lois Rogers's never-before-told story on Kirk and Simpson, and more of my favorites—a real-estate scandal on Nantucket; Karl Lagerfeld's muse looks onward; the days of men-only airline flights—in the newest issue of AIR MAIL. —Alessandra Stanley, Co-Editor The Other Other Woman Wallis Simpson was prepared to do anything to become Queen of England—even if it meant backstabbing her best friend Nightmare on Main Street Inside the ballooning prices and fraying tempers rocking tony Nantucket Life After Lagerfeld Lady Amanda Harlech spent decades working alongside fashion's most obsessive fixture. So what's next? We'll Always Have Capri With the buzzy reopening of two hotels, the island is once again having its moment in the sun Air Males For a few years in the mid-1900s, men-only flights—think complimentary cocktails, free cigars, and ample sexism—took to the skies Horse Sense Formerly the preserve of debs and toffs, Badminton Horse Trials has gotten a lot more egalitarian—but no less dangerous Mom's the Word Last-minute gift ideas for mothers of every type, right this way … Read Now

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