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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 .
The wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Simpson took place on Thursday 3 June 1937 at Château de Candé in France. The bride was a twice-divorced American socialite whose relationship with the groom, formerly King Edward VIII, caused a constitutional crisis which led to his abdication in December 1936.
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.
American socialite Wallis Simpson a week before King Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 ... Pasternak said that the relationship between Edward and Wallis “was a genuine love story right to ...
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 ...
Nearly 80 years after King Edward VIII abdicated the British royal throne to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson, the couple's London love nest is on sale for millions. In 1936, King George V ...
Edward with his father George, grandfather Edward, and great-grandmother Victoria. Edward was born on 23 June 1894 at White Lodge, Richmond Park, on the outskirts of London during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. [2] He was the eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary).
Edward VIII became king after the death of his father, George V, in early 1936. [1] Almost immediately, he announced his intention to marry Wallis Simpson, [2] a twice-divorced American. [3] On political and moral grounds, she was unacceptable as a royal consort to the British government and royal family. [4]