 Edward and Simpson married and became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor , but while Edward was a Royal Highness , George VI withheld the style from the Duchess , a decision that Elizabeth supported . Elizabeth was later quoted as referring to the Duchess as " that woman " , and the Duchess referred to Elizabeth as " Cookie " , because of her supposed resemblance to a fat Scots cook . Claims that Elizabeth remained embittered towards the Duchess were denied by her close friends ; the Duke of Grafton wrote that she " never said anything nasty about the Duchess of Windsor , except to say she really hadn 't got a clue what she was dealing with . " 
