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1939 Duke and Duchess of Windsor return home
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1:22Now PlayingDate: 17th September 1939
Location: United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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The Duke and Duchess arrive in Portsmouth from France after an absence of nearly three years and go home to Sussex where they are seen with reporters, including a visit with Major Douglas Metcalfe
METCALFE, Major w. D & D of Windsor on their return to Eng.
WINDSOR, Duchess of Returns to England in wartime w. Duchess.
WINDSOR, Duke of Returns to Eng. in wartime w. Duchess
Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII of Great Britain), Wallis Warfield; Mrs Simpson, HMS Kelly, destroyer, Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma,
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