By the time the great west door of St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle swung open to the public last week, a mile-long queue of Britons waited outside. Many had been there through the night in order to pay homage to the Duke of Windsor, who had died at the age of 77 of throat cancer in his Paris home. For two days, while his body lay in state, the ordinary people of Britain turned out to pay their respects to the man regarded as a romantic hero during his brief, ten-month reign...
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