Royal watch set to fetch £60k
A POCKET watch belonging to Wallis Simpson – the woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up his throne – is expected to fetch £60,000 when it goes under the hammer.
The onyx Cartier pocket watch that was gifted to King Edward VIII is inscribed "Easter 12/4/36."
Edward abdicated on 11 December, 1936 so that he could marry the twice-divorced American. She died in 1986 and is buried next to her husband in Frogmore, Windsor, Berks.
The watch, belonging to a businessman from Corsham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, is to be auctioned by Gardiner Houlgate Auctioneers on 25 March.
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