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1. www.vogue.co.uk › gallery › wallis-simpson-style-fileWallis Simpson’s Most Iconic Style Moments - British Vogue

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   Apr 7, 2020 · The Duchess in the Elsa Schiaparelli gown, which she designed with Salvador Dalí, for her shoot by Cecil Beaton in Vogue. The Duke and Duchess at their home, the Villa La Croe in Cap D’Antibes, France. Wallis Simpson, The Duchess of Windsor, inspired fashion designers and film directors in the twenty-first century.

2. www.biography.com › royalty › edward-viii-abdicateWhy Edward VIII Abdicated the Throne to Marry Wallis Simpson

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   Jun 2, 2020 · Although a constitutional crisis was avoided, and the ex-king was now free to marry as he wanted, the ordeal guaranteed that the names of Edward and Wallis would be forever linked in infamy ...

3. www.britannica.com › biography › Edward-VIIIEdward VIII | Abdication, Siblings, Wife, & Death | Britannica

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   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.

4. www.brides.com › king-edward-wallis-simpsonKing Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson's Relationship Timeline

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   Jul 20, 2022 · The two met and became friends in the early 1930s. At the time, Wallis was married to Ernest Simpson, and Prince Edward was in line to become king. In 1934, family members and household staff ...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edward_VIIIEdward VIII - Wikipedia

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   The Duke married Simpson, who had changed her name by deed poll to Wallis Warfield (her birth surname), in a private ceremony on 3 June 1937, at Château de Candé, near Tours, France. When the Church of England refused to sanction the union, a County Durham clergyman, Robert Anderson Jardine (Vicar of St Paul's, Darlington ), offered to perform the ceremony, and Edward accepted.

6. www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figuresBBC - History - Edward VIII

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   In June 1937, Edward married Wallis Simpson and the couple were given the titles of duke and duchess of Windsor. For the next two years they lived mainly in France. On a visit to Germany in 1937 ...

7. www.thehistorypress.co.uk › article › king-edwardKing Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson - The History Press

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   Mar 28, 2024 · Edward, Prince of Wales, in military uniform, 1919. He abdicated on 10 December 1936, broadcasting a memorable farewell message by radio, and left the country to marry Mrs Simpson in France. He was made Duke of Windsor and lived abroad, maintaining friendly, if distant, links with his relatives until his death in 1972.