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Earl Mountbatten (right) assists the Duchess of Windsor down the steps of the VC-10 aircraft of the Queen's flight which brought the coffin of her husband, the Duke of Windsor, to RAF Benson in Oxfordshire on 31st May 1972. (Photo by Ray Bellisario/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Earl Mountbatten (right) assists the Duchess of Windsor down the steps of the VC-10 aircraft of the Queen's flight which brought the coffin of her husband, the Duke of Windsor, to RAF Benson in Oxfordshire on 31st May 1972.  (Photo by Ray Bellisario/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)