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  1. Nov 25, 2022 · In 'The Crown' season 5, we see the Duchess of Windsor, also known as Wallis Simpson, die. Here's the true story behind her death, and how she spent her final years bedridden in exile in Paris.

  2. Feb 17, 2023 · By Gina Scanlon / Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 12:49 pm EST. Wallis Simpson was, and may still be, the ultimate antihero of the Windsor family and the modern monarchy. She was everything they abhorred — twice-divorced, salacious, and American. Not to mention she was without a royal title.

  3. Feb 21, 2019 · Amanda Prahl. Published on February 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.

  4. Apr 20, 2011 · Twenty-five years after her death, there are two new biographies of Wallis Simpson. Madonna is making a movie about her. And historians are taking a second look at the woman who cost a king his...

  5. Feb 13, 2018 · The following excerpt from Andrew Morton's new book, Wallis in Love, details just what happened to Simpson after her partner gave up the throne on December 10, 1936. (She and the Duke of...

  6. Feb 16, 2020 · For many decades, Wallis Simpson has been seen as a temptress, the woman who pulled a king away from his duty and thrust his younger brother into a stressful role. History has painted her as an...

  7. AFP via Getty Images. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor was by her husband's side at their home outside Paris in 1972 during his final days. The pair had a visit from Queen Elizabeth II, her husband ...

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