The Windsors Built a Crown Collection of Their Own

Having given up one throne's worth of jewels, the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson went on to assemble a collection that may have measured up to the royal holdings he gave away. It was something the two of them pursued together, a devotion to beautiful stones that they both shared. On the island, a serious collection is understood as a matter of eye and patience, so that is the part worth noticing: not what the Duke gave up, but what the couple chose in its place.

With reporting from Vanity Fair.