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Photo / Getty Images This Machiavellian woman fuelled Wallis's worst fears of penury and had a despotic hold over the Duchess, who was "utterly grief-stricken" after the Duke's death.
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. Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The Duchess received very few visitors, often at Blum's discretion. The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, with her pug dogs at her home in Bois de Boulogne near Paris, France 1974. (Photo by...
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Before she met first husband Earl Winfield Spencer, Wallis Simpson witnessed two aeroplane crashes two weeks apart, giving her a lifelong fear of flying.
Aug 23, 2024 · Wallis Simpson, American socialite who became the wife of Prince Edward, duke of Windsor (Edward VIII), after the latter had abdicated the British throne in 1936 in order to marry her, since—as a woman twice divorced—she was socially and politically unacceptable as a prospective British queen.
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Nov 1, 2011 · A new biography of Wallis Simpson recalls the Windsors’ smoldering resentment after the duke gave up his throne for ‘that woman.’
