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Wallis Simpson

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Gender Female
Death38 years ago
Date of birth June 19,1896
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Blue Ridge Summit
Pennsylvania
United States
Date of died April 24,1986
DiedBois De Boulogne
Paris
France
BuriedRoyal Burial Ground, Frogmore
Spouse Edward VIII
Ernest Simpson
Earl Winfield Spencer Jr.
BooksThe Heart Has Its Reasons: The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor
Height 157 (cm)
Job Socialite
Date of burialApril 29, 1986
Parents Alice Montague
Teackle Wallis Warfield
Place of burialRoyal Burial Ground, Frogmore
Grandparents Henry Mactier Warfield
William Latane Montague
Anna Emory
Sallie Howard Love
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Date of Upd.
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Wallis Simpson Life story


Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite and wife of the 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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... Preparations were well under way by the time he abdicated over his proposed marriage to Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee...

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... However, his choice of wife, the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, was deemed to be unacceptable on political and religious grounds...

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... The abdication crisis of 1936 had seen her father take the throne as George VI, following his brother Edward VIII s planned marriage to an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson...

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... In Harry and Megan, some royal watchers see echoes of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, the couple at the heart of the abdication crisis in eight decades...

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... the reverse of The coin was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci It was ready for the strike, the resignation in January 1937, but the month-on-month the king, in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson...

Prince Harry and Meghan 'step back': your questions answered

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Feb 16,2020 9:57 am

... similar to the Harry and Meghan compared the situation to the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson? Jennifer Rogers Wallis Simpson was an American divorcee woman like Meghan Markle...

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... And he compared the movement to Edward VIII abdication in 1936 to marry twice divorced American Wallis Simpson...

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... December 1936 thus became the dramatic turning point in this scenario when her Uncle David, King Edward VIII, stunned the world and his family by abdicating the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, his divorcée American mistress - throwing the 10-year-old Elizabeth into the direct line of succession...

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