Society

Wallis Simpson

Extraordinary Women

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Brandished a frivolous socialite, a gold digger and even a Nazi-sympathizer, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American, became embroiled in a deep constitutional crisis when she embarked upon one of the most talked-about marriages of the 20th century. To the horror of the British government and the Royal Family, on 10th December, 1936, King Edward VIII gave up the British throne to marry her.
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