Although in the midst of planning, wedding couples can hardly believe that a honeymoon could ever become boring, even the rich and famous, with all the choices they have, have found a honeymoon too quiet.
It started off with an unexpectedly quiet wedding as guests simply declined the invitation to attend the wedding of King Edward V111 and Wallis Warfield Simpson. Only very few friends decided to join them in their celebration.
The honeymoon was even quieter.
After an obligatory tour of Venice and Milan, the couple settled for three months in the Carinthian Mountains, in Austria. As the new duchess had a fear of flying – after seeing two air accidents when she was first married to Earl Winfield Spencer – any travel the couple undertook had to be either by land or sea.
Their honeymoon home was Castle Wasserloenburg, a fifteenth century castle in Austria, reportedly inhabited by the restless spirit of the ‘Bluebeard Duchess’. Like the original male Black Beard, the Bluebeard Duchess married often. And just as often her husbands didn't last long.
The King and Mrs. Simpson had asked for a quiet time to themselves, and received it with a vengeance. They spent much of their time walking or hiking as the area is noted for its wonderful scenery. It could be that the quiet outdoor life was not to the complete liking of the new wife, as she spent quite a few hours of the day writing letters to friends, and even her ex husband!
Extract from 'Honeymoon! A Sizzle or a Fizzle
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