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May 14, 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.
4 days ago · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 20, 2024 · Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, by a woman which attempts to understand this fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England.
4 days ago · The abdication crisis saw Edward torn between his duties as King and his love for American divorcee Wallis Simpson - who he had met a few years before during her marriage to businessman Ernest ...
May 4, 2024 · Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born naturalized British shipping executive best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson. He was a partner with the City shipbroking firm Simpson, Spence & Young.
May 14, 2024 · In letters to her second ex-husband, Ernest Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor revealed details of her own mental health. She described life as "waking emptiness" and feels her entire existence is "one colossal bore."
6 days ago · Wallis’ husband at the time, Mr Ernest Simpson, was a British citizen due to his life in service and they lived in England. However, as The History Press tells us, she still maintained her ‘American ways and opinions’ and, likely on purpose, never lost her Baltimore accent.
