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Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 [a] – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication .
Instrument of abdication signed by Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George, 10 December 1936. In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American, who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second.
In 1951, Edward produced a memoir, A King's Story ghost-written by Charles Murphy, in which he expressed disagreement with liberal politics. [19] The royalties from the book added to Edward and Wallis's income. [130] Edward and Wallis effectively took on the role of celebrities and were regarded as part of café society in the
Edward VIII scandalized British society in 1936 when he stepped away from the throne in order to marry Simpson, an American divorcée. Simpson was born Bessie Wallis Warfield in Pennsylvania in 1896.
Joan Collins, a longtime supporter of the British monarchy, will play Wallis Simpson in an upcoming biopic.. Collins, 91, will take on the role of Simpson, an American divorcee who King Edward ...
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The funeral of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer, later Simpson), took place on April 29, 1986. Wallis was the widow of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, who had been King of the United Kingdom from January 20 to December 11, 1936, reigning as Edward VIII before his abdication to marry Wallis, an American ...
King Edward VIII may have abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, but according to biographer Andrew Morton’s latest book, Wallis in Love, their romance didn’t exactly have a happy ...