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Wallis SimpsonThe romance between Wallis Simpson (1896-1986) and the Duke of Windsor caused one of the biggest scandals in the history of the British monarchy. She was a twice-divorced American, and "David," as she called the man who briefly reigned as King Edward VIII, was forced to abdicate his throne in order to marry her.
Jan 29, 2003 · Frozen out by the British royals, the duke and duchess's alleged pro-German sympathies became the subject of an FBI investigation in 1941. The FBI was told that during the German invasion of France the previous year, the duchess was said to have passed information to the Nazis' foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop.
Feb 22, 2020 · Anne Sebba, author of That Woman, the Life of Wallis Simpson, says Harry and Meghan's decision to step back from royal duties is nowhere near as constitutionally seismic given that Simpson was ...
Mar 5, 2019 · Biographer Anna Pasternak's new book, 'The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor,' takes a closer look at the woman who changed the British ...
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Jul 23, 2024 · Edward VIII, prince of Wales (1911–36) and king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and emperor of India from January 20 to December 10, 1936, when he abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson. Edward VIII was the only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown.
Elizabeth – becenevén Bessie – Teackle Wallis Warfield és Alice Montague egyetlen gyermekeként született Észak-Amerika Pennsylvania államának Blue Ridge Summit nevű városában, a Monterey Inn hotelhez tartozó nyári rezidenciában, közel Maryland állam határához.
