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15 giu 2024 · Wallis Simpson (born June 19, 1896, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died April 24, 1986, Paris, France) was an American socialite who became the wife of Prince Edward, duke of Windsor (Edward VIII), after the latter had abdicated the British throne in order to marry her.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
6 giu 2024 · Il maggiordomo di Edoardo VIII e Wallis Simpson ha lasciato delle memorie inedite. Da quanto si legge nei suoi scritti, credeva che la duchessa non sarebbe mai stata contenta di essere la regina consorte, poiché il titolo di “regina dittatrice” le si adattava meglio.
19 giu 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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31 mag 2024 · Wallis Simpson’s romance with King Edward VIII led to him deciding between love and duty. In the end, it was a choice of love. The King Emperor abdicated the throne as he was unable to...
20 ore fa · BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 22 March 1983. 26 minutes ago. The journalist who first broke the story about King Edward VIII's affair with Mrs Wallis Simpson in the British press shares his ...
31 mag 2024 · When Edward VIII fell in love with Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, he had to choose between his throne and her. Dr Mike Walker explores the Suffolk connection to what was the biggest...
4 giu 2024 · King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson, a woman Mr Fisher described as a ‘Queen Dictator’ who never loved Edward. The lot included a never-before-seen photo of Edward in royal robes, as if dressing up as a king, with Wallis at his side, and an equestrian portrait given to the ...
