Her husband may have abdicated from the throne, but that wasn’t going to stop the Duchess of Windsor from living in anything less than palatial surroundings, as stunningly showed by their home from 1952 to 1986. Fondly known as Villa Windsor on 4 Route du Champ d’Entraînement in the Bois de Bologne, Paris, both lived in the mansion until the end of their lives. A regal affair rented to them for a nominal fee by the French government, it was the scene of their famous dinner parties and the backdrop to a life dripping in glamour, the kind in which pugs were walked by footmen, tablecloths were embroidered to match china sets, where drawing rooms came lemon yellow, dressing rooms pale blue, and Cecil Beaton painted a portrait or you for your bathroom. A true Dame with true style, click through our gallery for pictures of the Duchess of Windsor’s impeccably grand home.

Pictures: Shot by Horst, for Vogue’s Book of Houses, Garden’s and People, published 1968. Used copies available on Amazon here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0370004973

And from Windsor Style by Suzy Menkes published 1991. Used copies available here http://www.amazon.com/The-Windsor-Style-Suzy-Menkes/dp/0246132124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366258063&sr=8-1&keywords=windsor+style

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