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Wallis Simpson

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38 days ago

Glamorous Wallis Simpson, who triggered a crisis when King Edward VIII chose love over duty, was reduced to a frail figure under the coercive control of her French lawyer, Suzanne Blum.

5 months ago

It was a last desperate fling before she gave up her life to wed King Edward VIII.

7 months ago

Freshly off the throne and at the tail end of the abdication crisis. King Edward VIII decided to start a brand new controversy when he took an unofficial visit to Nazi Germany in 1937.

10 months ago

Evergreen Joan Collins portrays Wallis Simpson opposite Isabella Rossellini as the Duchess of Windsor's secretary Suzanne Blum in The Bitter End.

11 months ago

The lives of Edward and Mrs Simpson are legendary, but what about the third person in the Abdication Crisis - Ernest Simpson?
During preparations for their June 1937 wedding, it became apparent that Mrs Simpson would never gain full Royal status and that the couple faced complete exile from the family.
Wallis Simpson , the woman who became Duchess of Windsor after King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry her, was born 129 years ago today.

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