Chapter 13 Section 13

The Duke of Windsor, King Edward VIII who ascended the throne in January 1936, was forced to abdicate in December of the same year because he insisted on marrying the twice-divorced American Hollywood actress Willis Simpson. After that, he lived in Paris, France for a long time. and New York, USA.In New York social circles at that time, no matter how many noble ladies wanted to invite the royal couple, they could not invite them, but according to Susan Brody's statement in "Crazy Love": "In the following years, Jenny Edward and Her husband hosted many banquets for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the banquet hall on the first floor of their huge house on East 73rd Avenue.” There are many photos that have been handed down to this day, the Duke of Windsor and the Odward couple went to the horse racing event together .

Like Yanni, Duchess Willis is also from the entertainment industry, and she is also not accepted by her husband's family who claim to be high-class. The two of them regarded each other as confidants when they met for the first time at Mrs. Becker's party.After the banquet at Yanni's house, the duchess couldn't help being moved when she saw the French furnishings in the room and heard the hostess's explanation, saying that she also preferred France to England, implying that it was because of being attacked by the British. The royal family hated the house and black for the refusal.

If the above are all background explanations, then the second incident that happened to William Odward Jr. because of his idleness became the focus of the police after this case happened. In fact, Jenny Woodward had already noticed it.From the beginning of 1948, Jenny felt that her husband's behavior had been restrained, but it seemed that there was a deeper crisis lurking—she suspected that William was "someone outside", rather than acting on the spot as usual. It wasn't until her good friend in "Monte Carlo" and Doudou's wife, Alyssa Grajar Becker, came to tell her that Doudou was divorcing her, that Jenny Waldwald didn't know. William, like Doudou, indeed had a woman of "the same class" who was well-matched.

The woman's name was Molina Torronia, an Italian princess whose great-grandmother was the grand-niece of the 17th-century Italian king Carlo Alberto.Although it is separated from the imperial power by one layer, but because the Toronia family has been in charge of the Vatican's finances for generations, it is very rich. Princess Molina is a few years older than Little William. In the autumn of 1946, the two met at a party at Little William's sister's house.The sisters all understand the mother's thinking, and they all know that one of the mother's worries is that the daughter-in-law is "from a humble background".What mother meant was that if you meet the right person, you might as well get a divorce, although divorce is very likely to cause a scandal.

In fact, before the princess, the Odwa family also tried to match little William and a British countess, the cousin of the British Prime Minister Churchill, Sarah Churchill. However, Sarah and her husband were deeply affectionate after marriage, and it was difficult to separate them. Later, Sarah Churchill became the godmother of Jenny's second son, James Woodward. Princess Molina is different. Before she was fifteen or sixteen years old, she chased boys all over the world. Marriage and divorce are like carrying a piece of clothing. For example, her current husband is Frank Sheard, an international tennis star. A multiple-time Davis Cup champion, Molina watched him in a game and declared, "He's mine!" After divorcing his wife, he caught up with him and walked into the church hand in hand with her.

When Molina met Serena William, she had been separated from her tennis husband for some days, and she simply moved from Los Angeles to New York with her two children. "I want to see little William every day," said the princess to her friends, "and it's also convenient to go back to her mother's family in Italy from here, without having to change planes." After hearing what Alyssa said, Yanni must have quarreled with Little William.I don't know how they made such a fuss in private, but the police later heard about it during the investigation. In April 1948, Jenny had a party at home, and about two hours later, the butler Arthur Poots reported loudly: "Princess Molina Tolonia Sheard is here!"

For a moment, all conversations stopped, and all eyes turned to the entrance of the banquet hall, and Princess Molina shouted loudly all the way with Doudou on her arm: "I'm starving to death! The food on the plane is really bad. Doudou said that there is delicious food here."