Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, (1887 - 1957) was the best friend and equerry of Edward VIII.^[1] Major Metcalfe first met Edward VIII when the latter was touring India in 1922. Edward was impressed with Metcalfe's knowledge of horses and insisted that he become a member of his personal staff.^[2] Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... The Military Cross (MC) is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on 20... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

In 1925, He married Alexandra Naldera Curzon,("Baba") (1904 - 1995 )^[3], 18 years younger than he and the third daughter of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston and Viceroy of India, and Lord Curzon's first wife, the American mercantile heiress, formerly Mary Victoria Leiter,Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston. He was known as 'Fruity' to everyone except his wife's Godmother the aged Queen Mother Alexandra, who thought he was called 'Juicy'. Considered "penniless, brave, amiable and rather dim," he knew from the beginning that he was "the wrong person for the beautiful, imperious and much younger Baba."^[4] Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, British statesman The Most Honourable George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (January 11, 1859 – March 20, 1925), was a conservative British statesman who served as Viceroy of India. ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ... A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a childs baptism. ... Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925), was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and thus Empress of India during her husbands reign. ...

He was an intensely loyal person but was repeatedly let down by the most important people in his life. Baba gave him a son, David Metcalfe, and twin daughters and then neglected him for her sister's philandering husband Oswald Mosley and a succession of other lovers. He eventually divorced her.^[5] This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ... A womanizer or philanderer is a man who engages in love affairs with women he cannot or will not marry. ... Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (November 16, 1896 – December 3, 1980), was a British politician known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. ...

His closest friend, the Duke of Windsor, callously exploited him. Despite years of service as companion and equerry, Fruity was abandoned in Paris ahead of the German Advance in May 1940 when the former monarch fled to Biarritz. Like his sister-in-law Mary Irene, he was kind and a heavy-drinker.^[6] Major Metcalfe's home was a grey stone house in Ashdown Forest, about 40 miles south of London.^[7] The peerage title Duke of Windsor was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937 for The Prince Edward, formerly King of the United Kingdom. ... Combatants  France  United Kingdom  Canada  Czechoslovakia  Poland  Belgium  Netherlands  Luxembourg Germany Italy Commanders Maurice Gamelin, Maxime Weygand (French) Lord Gort (British Expeditionary Force) Leopold III (Belgian) H.G. Winkelman (Dutch) Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group A) Fedor von Bock (Army Group B) Wilhelm von Leeb (Army Group C) H.R... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Biarritz (French: Biarritz, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan: Biàrritz; Basque: Miarritze) is a town and commune which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. ... Mary Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (January 20, 1896 - February 9, 1966) was the eldest child of George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter, a daughter of Levi Zeigler Leiter. ... A gate into Ashdown Forest at sunset Ashdown - a dark and mysterious forest Ashdown Forest in the county of East Sussex, in South East England is a large open area of heathland together with pine, birch and oak woodland in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Metcalfe was portrayed in the 1980 7x50 min episode mini-series, "Edward and Mrs. Simpson", which won the 1980 Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series.^[8] Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Edward And Mrs. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... An Emmy Award. ...

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