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Jun 15, 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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Jun 19, 2024 · The state of affairs grew to become extra acute when Wallis divorced Ernest Simpson on the grounds of his adultery in October 1936. The King informed Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin that he wished to marry Wallis and maintain the throne.
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.
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5 days ago · Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born naturalized British shipping executive best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson. He was a partner with the City shipbroking firm Simpson, Spence & Young.
Jun 16, 2024 · Wallis Simpson, an American socialite, became the object of King Edward VIII’s affection, leading to a dramatic abdication and a pivotal moment in British history. This article delves into her life, her relationship with the King, and the events that unfolded in the aftermath of their love story.
Jun 19, 2024 · She then turned her attention to the Anglo-American former Coldstream Guards officer Ernest Simpson, a shipping executive who divorced his first wife Dorothea to marry her in 1928.
2 days ago · Edward VIII was assigned the title of the Duke of Windsor by his brother and then married Mrs. Simpson in France in June 1937 after her divorce from Ernest Simpson had become final. Baldwin had defused a political crisis by turning it into a constitutional question. [1]
