WINDSOR, England (AP) The duchess of Windsor, the Americandivorcee for whom King Edward VIII gave up his throne, was buriedbeside her husband yesterday, posthumously drawn into the royalembrace that was denied her for nearly 50 years.
The simple funeral, attended by Queen Elizabeth II and 16members of her family, was the final chapter of a king-and-commonerromance that rocked 1930s Britain and forced the couple into virtualexile at the insistence of a scandalized monarchy.
The 28-minute ceremony passed without visible displays ofemotion. There was no mention of the duchess by name or title, norof the tumultuous role she …
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