The Duke of Windsor celebrates his 78th birthday on 23 June. These photographs, many of them historic, illustrate a Royal life and career crowded with incident. The Prince of Wales, a fearless horseman, is seen in the hunting field in April 1923; 24 years later, and now the Duke of Windsor, is pictured with the Duchess on board the liner Queen Elizabeth. They were crossing from New York to Southampton in May 1947

Broadcast Date: 22 March 1979

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Agency: Hulton Picture Library

The Windsors' House of Memories. A previously unseen wedding day photograph of the late Duke and Duchess of Windsor, one of up to 5,000 family photos found hidden under a wooden cover in the Duke's bath at their mansion in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. The house is being restored by its owner Mr Mohammed Al-Fayed, who plans to open it up to scholars and historians.

All subscribers/ AP/ Reuters/ EPA/ EPU/ Nationals/ ITN/ BBC. Attention picture editors from Paddy Hicks, Press Association Chief Picture Editor. Pictures issued by the Press Association from the "Windsors Collections" in Paris remain the copyright and property of the Al-Fayed archives at the residence, and the owner Mr Mohamed Al-Fayed. They were issued for 'one only' use. The copyright owner asks us to inform you that there should be no further use or sale of the collection without reference or consent from Mr Michael Cole, Media Director, House of Fraser Holdings PLC, 14 South Street, London

Broadcast Date: 6 November 1988

Agency: Press Association

A file picture of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their wedding day, 3 June 1937. The Duchess died today at her home in Paris after a long illness

Broadcast Date: 25 July 1988

Agency: Reuters

Duke death 1972, Duchess death 1986

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Agency: Central Press Photos

Duke death 1972, Duchess death 1986

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/12

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A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke and Duchess of Windsor photographed on their wedding day at Chateau De Cande, France, in 1937

Broadcast Date: 1 March 2000

Agency: Central Press Photos

Seen with Dr Robert Ley and other Nazis

Agency: Keystone Press Agency Limited

Concern for health of Duke of Windsor. There is concern for the health of the Duke of Windsor, who will be 78 next month. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII, broadcasting to the nation making his abdication speech to the nation in 1936

Broadcast Date: 25 May 1972

Agency: Keystone Press Agency Limited

Caption 1: Former King Edward leaving Windsor castle after [?] his pathetic speech this evening with [?]. Caption 2: Last private drive was in December when the Duke left Windsor after his broadcast. Caption 3: Departure… A car hurried from Windsor Castle on a night sixteen years ago, taking an ex-king from his country

Agency: Popperfoto

Broadcast Date: 29 January 2003

Agency: Hulton Deutsch

Agency: Popperfoto

Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips were both unhurt in last night's kidnap attempt by an armed gunman in The Mall, but four other people were shot and wounded. Attacks on members of the Royal Family have been rare, and until 1936 no attacks had been attempted for more than 30 years. It was in July 1936 the King Edward VIII escaped unhurt when a man in the crowd near Wellington Arch produced a revolver. The man, Patrick McMahon, was immediately disarmed, and is pictured here after his arrest

Broadcast Date: 21 March 1974

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/37

Agency: Keystone Press Agency Limited

Agency: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 22 April 1977

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/-

Agency: The Sun

Agency: Popperfoto

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). Photo shows The Duke of Windsor (with stick) visiting slum areas in Southwark, London in 1936

Broadcast Date: 1 July 1987

Agency: Central Press Photos

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/4

Agency: Hulton Picture Library

Broadcast Date: 25 April 1986

Agency: Keystone Press Agency Limited

The Duke of Windsor celebrates his 78th birthday on 23 June. These photographers, many of them historic, illustrate a Royal life and career crowded with incident. On left, a meeting which caused controversy, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor with Adolf Hitler

Broadcast Date: 25 April 1986

Agency: Press Association

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). Photo shows the Duke of Windsor then the Prince of Wales on HMS Queen Elizabeth during fleet exercised in the Mediterranean in 1932, with him in the centre of the picture is his younger brother Prince George, later to become the Duke of Kent

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor walking through the streets of Porth During a visit to the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, in 1932

Broadcast Date: June 1972

Agency: Central Press Photos

Death of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke of Windsor died on Sunday at his home in Paris. Photo shows the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, was taken in 1931, in Panama, on the way to Buenos Aries to open the British Empire Exposition. With him, left, was his younger brother, Prince George, later Duke of Kent, who was killed during the war

Agency: Keystone Press Agency Limited

Agency: Popperfoto

Agency: Popperfoto

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor then the Prince of Wales seen holding a book during a visit to the races at Epsom in 1927

Broadcast Date: June 1972

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Prince of Wales with Premiere Stanley Baldwin in 1926, leaving Westminster Abbey. Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David 1894 - 1972, Acceded as Edward VIII, abdicated December 1936

Agency: Radio Times Hulton Picture Library

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/4

Agency: Reuters

The Prince of Wales riding on [?] Railway at opening of the Wembley Exhibition. Behind him, Lord Louis Mountbatten. Next to him, Lady Louis Mountbatten

Agency: Radio Times Hulton Picture Library

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor driving at the opening of the Richmond Golf Course, Surrey, England

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor seen at a meet of the Beaufort Hunt

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor (holding staff) when he attended a Boy Scout's Rally at Alexandra Palace, London

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows a flashback to 1920, the Duke of Windsor (left) with Lord Mountbatten in a bath which stretched between the guns of HMS Renown

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor then the Prince of Wales submitting to the unpleasant attentions of the barber before being ducked in the ships pool during the traditional ceremony of "Crossing the Equator" in 1920

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Duke of Windsor (then Prince of Wales) with Lord Louis Mountbatten on board HMS "Renown" during the Duke of Windsor's tour of Australia

Agency: Central Press Photos

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/26

Agency: Reuters

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/3

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor (left) with Lord Mountbatten on HMS Renown during his world tour in 1919

Agency: Central Press Photo

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor, when Prince of Wales, pictured in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1919. He is seen signing the visitors book

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Prince of Wales as chief morning "Tar" during his tour of Canada in 1919

Agency: Central Press Photos

Lord Louis Mountbatten looking over the shoulder of the Duke of Windsor (when he was the Prince of Wales) during a tarpoon fishing expedition with two officers of HMS "Renown" at Colon

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Prince of Wales with cowboys at Saskatoon during his tour of Canada in 1919

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor then the Prince of Wales with his guide on the banks of the river Nipigon, during his tour of Canada in 1919

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). Photo shows The Duke of Windsor when King Edward VIII with Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (left) outside the advanced GHQ train at Iwuy, France, on armistice day 11 November 1918

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). Photo shows The Duke of Windsor, then a young officer in the British Army with his father King George V (with beard) examining a gas bomb at Helfaut, France, during the First World War

Broadcast Date: June 1972

Agency: Central Press Photos

A series of pictures depicting the life and times of the Duke of Windsor. The Duke, who is the eldest son of his late Majesty King George V, was born 23 June 1894. He ascended the throne as King Edward VIII in January 1936 and abdicated in December 1936. Six months later her married Mrs Wallis Warfield (formerly Simpson). The Duke now lives in France. Photo shows The Duke of Windsor, then the Prince of Wales and a young officer in the army talking to Italian and French officers's on the Italian front during the First World War

Agency: Central Press Photos

A Knight of the Gates. Prince Edward the Prince of Wales in his robes in 1911

Photographer: William Gordon Davis

On a warm summer's day in Caernarvon Castle in 1911 King George presents his son to the Welsh people after the investiture. Standing beside the young Prince is his mother Queen Mary. The trio stand under Queen Eleanor's arch at the castle

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Royal party seen leaving the dias after the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in 1911. They are Queen Mary, The Prince of Wales (now Duke of Windsor) and King George V

Broadcast Date: 20 May 1969

ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND

Agency: Topix Thomson Newspapers Limited

The Duke of Windsor celebrates his 78th birthday on 23 June. These photographs, many of them historic, illustrate a Royal life and career crowded with incident. Above: A picture, taken at Balmoral in 1910, of the Duke (then Prince of Wales) with his brothers and sister. From left, Prince George, later Duke of Kent; Prince Albert, who was to become Duke of York and King George VI; Princess Mary, later Princess Royal; and Prince Henry, now Duke of Gloucester. Below: A man is seized by police after a revolver had been thrown near the Duke when, as King Edward VIII, he rode on Constitution Hill at the head of the Guards in July 1936

Agency: Press Association