# ■ 12 Long Live Love！

In 1970，two years before his death，Edward said：

There are some people who think that I was wrong to give away my crown．But they don't understand true love．

When I was young，I lived in Buckingham Palace．I could have anything that I wanted．But I wasn't happy be-cause my heart was empty．

Then I met Wallis and everything changed．For half of my life I have lived here with the most beautiful woman in the world．And she is everything to me．

When I sit in my garden with the Duchess by my side，I sometimes think about my early life．I remember the days alone in my bedroom．I remember the teacher who hit me with a stick．I remember the war and my travels around the world．And then I remember the crowds of people below my window，who shouted：'Long live love！'

On my last night in London I spoke with Winston Churchill．In the middle of our conversation he said：'I think，Sir，that the best things in life are free．'I have nev-er forgotten those words．And now，many years later，I un-derstand what they mean．You cannot buy happiness．And you cannot buy love．

To be happy deep inside your heart is the most wonderful thing in the world．I have been a lucky man．And so I say：

Thank God for Wallis，and LONG LIVE LOVE！'

■ 12 愛情萬歲！

1970年，即愛德華去世前兩年，他曾說過：

有些人認為我放棄王位是錯誤的。但他們不懂得真正的愛情。

我年輕的時候住在白金漢宮。我想要的東西都能得到。但我並不快樂，因為我的內心是空虛的。

後來我遇到了沃利斯，一切都變了。我的後半生都和這位世界上最美麗的女人在這裡一起度過。她就是我的一切。

我和公爵夫人一起坐在花園裡時，有時會想起自己早年的生活。我想起自己孤零零待在臥室裡的那些日子。我想起那個用棍子打我的老師。我想起戰爭和周遊世界的旅行。我想起那些聚集在我窗下的人群，他們高呼著：“愛情萬歲！”

我離開倫敦前的最後一個晚上和溫斯頓·邱吉爾做過一次長談。談話中，他說：“陛下，我認為生活中最好的事情是無償的。”我從未忘記這句話。現在，許多年之後，我才理解了它的涵義。幸福是買不到的。愛情也是買不到的。

內心深處的幸福是世界上最美妙的。我是一個幸運的人。所以，我要說：

“感謝上帝給了我沃利斯，愛情萬歲！”