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While Furness was in the US with Aly Khan, Wallis Simpson stayed in her Mayfair home, 22 Farm Street, and entertained the Prince of Wales there. Furness' identical twin sister was Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, who was married to Reginald Vanderbilt and had a daughter, Gloria Vanderbilt.
Aug 30, 2020 · Twin sisters Thelma Morgan Furness, left, and Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt feature in a recent novel that focuses on Furness, who had a role in one of the most notable royal stories of the 20th...
Aug 23, 2021 · Thelma and her twin Gloria were identical, though Thelma was later marked by a scar from roller-skating. Her father’s job – he was a diplomat – led the family all over the world. This also meant that she spoke English with a French/Spanish accent and that her education was rather all over the place.
Dec 3, 2023 · Thelma (center) arriving in New York to assist her twin sister Gloria in her custody battle for her daughter. She arrived with her brother Harry Hays Morgan Jr and his wife. On the rebound, Thelma had a short affair with Prince Aly Khan, a wealthy Pakistani diplomat, who had a long list of affairs.
Apr 19, 2015 · You don’t read Double Exposure, the dual-narrated memoir of identical twins and society dames Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Thelma Morgan, Lady (later Viscountess) Furness as literature, but as a combination of specimen and spectacle. And as the latter, it offers more nooks and crevices than a Mandelbrot set.
Nov 11, 2021 · She Has A Famous Twin. During the early morning hours of August 23, 1904, a cry rang out in the Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, Switzerland. That was the cry of baby Thelma Furness. Suddenly, another cry joined her's—that of her twin sister, Gloria.
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In her novel The Woman before Wallis (Mira, 2020), Bryn Turnbull has written about the life of Thelma Furness (née Morgan), twin sister of Gloria Vanderbilt, great aunt of CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper and mistress of Edward VIII, former king of the United Kingdom.
