In March 2023, the Paris city council reportedly signed a 32 year lease on the property to Fondation Mansart, a charitable foundation which preserves French heritage sites. Now, those looking to take a peek into the royal past will have the opportunity to enjoy the property when the house opens to the public for the first time as a museum in 2024. The Duke and Duchess knew it by its address, 4 Route du Champ d’Éntraînement a later resident, billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, father of Princess Diana's boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed, would rename it the "Villa Windsor." The pair, known as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor following the abdication, soon settled into a 14-room manse in the Parisian park Bois du Boulogne, which they rented for a small sum from the city. But that doesn't mean he and his bride, Wallis Simpson, had to live in squalor. When Edward VIII abdicated the throne, he sacrificed any hopes of moving into the British monarch's grand primary residence, Buckingham Palace.
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