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Há 6 dias · 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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24 de mai. de 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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14 de mai. de 2024 · Simpson died on April 24, 1986, of bronchial pneumonia. She was 89 years old. As The Guardian noted in an obituary, she did not have any close family members by her side in her final years. Wallis Simpson, wife of Edward VIII, faced tragedy as a child.
Há 8 horas · The Duke of Windsor tied the knot with American divorcee Wallis Simpson on June 3, 1937 - less than a month after his brother George VI was crowned in his place at Westminster Abbey.
20 de mai. de 2024 · Neither beautiful nor brilliant, and no longer young, she nevertheless became one of the most talked about women of her generation, and inspired such deep love and adoration in Edward VIII that even giving up a throne and an empire for her was not enough to prove his total devotion.
Há 14 horas · On May 12, 1937 King George VI was crowned in a majestic and dignified coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey attended by 8,000 guests.The shy,
Há 5 dias · He settled in France, and in May 1937, he married the American Wallis Warfield Simpson. She was allowed to use the title "Duchess of Windsor" but was forbidden from the styling of “Her Royal Highness.” The duke took this as a snub, as indeed it was, and he never got over it.
