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A royal ghost story

Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII

Jane Tippett

Hodder & Stoughton, £25

Here is another ghost story – we are yet again in the world of the Royal Family and their ghost-writers.

The year 2023 kicked off with Prince Harry's less-than-worthy , and now we have an intriguing alternative take – a behind-the-scenes look at what the Duke and Duchess of Windsor wanted to say in their memoirs, before the ghosts, the Royal Household and the

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