[NSP] Re: Mallorca melody

2012-04-29 Thread Philip Gruar
It says The Late Duke of Windsor and I always assumed this was the former Edward VIII who succeeded to the throne in 1936, abdicated so he could marry Wallace Simpson, and died in 1972 after spending the rest of his life in France. According to Wikipedia, the title Duke of Windsor was created

[NSP] Re: Mallorca melody

2012-04-29 Thread Dru Brooke-Taylor
The Late Duke of Windsor was quite proud of the fact that he could play the Highland Pipes. Although since Victoria and Albert fell in love with the Highlands and bought Balmoral, there had always been a piper who woke them up every morning, in their day it was definitely an NCO job. When the