The Legion counters that widow Gabrielle Mee was independent, strong-willed and happy and was never coerced into anything.

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Mr Harbron's widow, Sharon, said she was "not very happy" with the situation.

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Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life.

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Mr Simpson said the death of his father had turned his mother from "a happy, confident and independent woman" into a "shattered, nervous and a lonely widow".

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