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May 3, 2021 · Captain Ernest Simpson, the former husband of the Duchess of Windsor, aboard the SS Queen Mary. If the gossips are correct, this is a prenuptial trip for the captain, for it is said, he is to marry Mary Kirk Raffray, the girlhood friend of his former wife, when her divorce becomes final. Bettmann Bettmann.
Sep 21, 2023 · If Wallis Simpson initially hesitated to start an affair with King Edward VIII, she had a very good reason for that. When she started spending time with the royal, Wallis had already been married to the British-American shipbroker Ernest Simpson for about three years.
Jul 21, 2021 · On 10 December 1927, Wallis’s divorce from Win was finalised, and Wallis returned to live at the Warren Green Hotel. Once again, Ernest Simpson asked her to marry him, and Wallis now agreed. She wrote to her mother, “I am very fond of him, and he is kind, which will be a contrast…
Apr 3, 2014 · She and Win divorced in 1927. By then, Wallis had met Ernest Aldrich Simpson, an English-American shipping executive. They married in London in 1928 and moved into a large flat with several ...
Jan 19, 2021 · Now, in Hawke’s court, she was attempting to divorce her second husband, Ernest Simpson, an Anglo-American shipping executive and former officer in the Coldstream Guards. Her aim was to marry...
Feb 21, 2019 · Wallis Simpson (born Bessie Wallis Wakefield; 19 June 1896—24 April 1986) was an American socialite who gained notoriety for her relationship with Edward VIII. Their relationship caused a constitutional crisis that ultimately led to Edward’s abdication. Fast Facts: Wallis Simpson.
Apr 20, 2024 · After living for a time in Warrenton, Virginia, she traveled to England, where she met Ernest A. Simpson, an American-born British subject. They were married in 1928 and lived near London. Wallis Simpson met Edward, then the prince of Wales, while moving in fashionable British society. The two became friends and gradually fell in love.
