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  1. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – 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 .

  2. Nov 10, 2022 · The late Duke of Windsor is perhaps most known for abdicating the throne in 1936, less than a year after being crowned King Edward VIII, to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson. But what...

  3. May 5, 2021 · Learn how Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, became the reason for King Edward VIII's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Discover how she was falsely accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a manipulator of the king.

    • Cody Copeland
  4. Sep 21, 2023 · How did King Edward VIII fall in love with the American divorcée Wallis Simpson and give up his throne for her? Learn about their first impressions, their affair, their wedding, and their challenges in this article.

    • Hannah Rice
  5. Jun 19, 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.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  6. Jun 2, 2020 · The prince met Simpson at the house of friends in early 1931. A few years removed from her divorce from U.S. Navy pilot Earl Winfield Spencer, she had resettled in London with her second husband,...

  7. Feb 16, 2020 · For many decades, Wallis Simpson has been seen as a temptress, the woman who pulled a king away from his duty and thrust his younger brother into a stressful role. History has painted her as...