[105] The couple returned to France and retirement after the defeat of Nazi Germany. These events caused a scandal around the world. Edward met twice-divorced Wallis Simpson in 1931, so he began an infatuation that would last the rest of his life. Wallis has been so demonized that it's hard to see her in the same group, but the same class hatred and sexism dogged her, too. Lady Mosley wrote to her sister, the Duchess of Devonshire, after the death of the Duke of Windsor, "probably the theory of their [the Windsors'] contemporaries that Cake [a Mitford nickname for the Queen Mother] was rather in love with him [the Duke] (as a girl) & took second best, may account for much. Five years later, after Edward's accession as King of the United Kingdom, Wallis divorced her second husband to marry Edward. [42] Edward denied this to his father, despite his staff seeing them in bed together as well as "evidence of a physical sexual act". What happened to Wallis Simpson after the Duke of Windsor died? [84] These claims were denied by Queen Elizabeth's close friends, such as the Duke of Grafton, who wrote that she "never said anything nasty about the Duchess of Windsor, except to say she really hadn't got a clue what she was dealing with. "[85] Queen Elizabeth was said to have referred to Simpson as "that woman",[86] while the Duchess of Windsor referred to Queen Elizabeth as "Mrs. Temple" and "Cookie", alluding to her solid figure and fondness for food, and to her daughter, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), as "Shirley", as in Shirley Temple. Edward VIII's 'clingy' ways pushed American divorcee Wallis Simpson into gay millionaire Jimmy Donahue's arms 'Wallis Simpson felt very trapped in the marriage because she had to keep entertaining this man who was born to be king and threw it all away for her. Without Wallis, the world would be an entirely different place. Wallis was locked into a love story that Edward had spun, and was attacked as the woman who upended a monarchy. [16] A later biographer wrote of her, "Though Wallis's jaw was too heavy for her to be counted beautiful, her fine violet-blue eyes and petite figure, quick wits, vitality, and capacity for total concentration on her interlocutor ensured that she had many admirers. He fell for the Third Reich because it gave him the deference he wanted. The duke was forced into exile after he abdicated as King Edward VIII in 1936. [4][5], Her father was Teackle Wallis Warfield, the fifth and youngest son of Henry Mactier Warfield, a flour merchant described as "one of the best known and personally one of the most popular citizens of Baltimore" who ran for mayor in 1875. Wallis is always blamed for bringing down the monarchy, but the truth is that she wanted Edward to stay on the throne. Prince Edward ascended his father King George V, to the English throne in 1936. [37] In 1929, Wallis sailed back to the United States to visit her sick mother, who had married legal clerk Charles Gordon Allen after the death of Rasin. She was even blamed as responsible for Edward's fascination with the Third Reich, and called a Nazi spy. … Juli 2010: Die Dreharbeiten für einen Film über König Eduard VIII. [127] The British royal family received no major bequests. Picture: AFP Source:AFP Gay American playboy Jimmy Donahue, an heir to the Woolworth fortune, claimed to have had a liaison with her in the 1950s, but Donahue was notorious for his inventive pranks and rumour-mongering. As the decree nisi came through on Wallis' second divorce in November 1936, it was Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin who explained to the new sovereign that, as the head of the Church of England, it would be impossible for him to marry a divorcee. am Thron geblieben, wäre die Weltgeschichte wohl anders verlaufen. [33], By the time her marriage to Spencer was dissolved, Wallis had become involved with Ernest Aldrich Simpson, an Anglo-American shipping executive and former officer in the Coldstream Guards. [92] U.S. FBI files compiled in the 1930s also portray her as a possible Nazi sympathiser. 99–120; Ziegler, p. 555, King, p. 506; Menkes, pp. At Edward’s insistence, Wallis, wearing a tiara borrowed from Cartier, was formally presented to his parents, King George V and Queen Mary. [17][88] Within the household of the Duke and Duchess, the style "Her Royal Highness" was used by those who were close to the couple. [106], In 1952 they were offered the use of a house by the Paris municipal authorities. Wallis married Edward six months later, after which she was formally known as the Duchess of Windsor, but was not allowed to share her husband's style of "Royal Highness". [51] Claims of an affair were doubted, however, by Captain Val Bailey, who knew Trundle well and whose mother had an affair with Trundle for nearly two decades,[52] and by historian Susan Williams. George VI's firm view that the Duchess should not be given a royal title was shared by Queen Mary and George's wife, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). Doch 1936 zerbrach ihre Ehe mit Ernest Simpson, und am 11. When did King Edward and Wallis Simpson marry? In 1908, Wallis's mother married her second husband, John Freeman Rasin, son of a prominent Democratic party boss. [116] She suffered several falls and broke her hip twice. [82] At first, the British royal family did not accept the Duchess and would not receive her formally, although the former king sometimes met his mother and siblings after his abdication. Besides owning multiple pugs—with names like Davey Crockett, Black Diamond, and Ginseng—Edward and Simpson also slept with 11 pillows shaped like the breed at the foot of their bed. Yet he is seen as a heroic man who sacrificed, while Wallis is hated. 125, 131. Edward VIII chose Wallis over the Crown and abdicated. The papers broke the news, as the wife of the Prime Minster noted, with headlines on the "harpy and the King.". [41], In January 1934, while Lady Furness was away in New York City, Wallis allegedly became the Prince's mistress. 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. 8 November 1916 – 21 July 1928: Mrs. Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. 21 July 1928 – 7 May 1937: Mrs. Ernest Aldrich Simpson, 7 May 1937 – 3 June 1937: Mrs. Wallis Warfield, This page was last edited on 16 April 2021, at 06:32. When Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, it was the biggest constitutional crisis for the crown in the 20th century. "[110], In 1965, the Duke and Duchess visited London as the Duke required eye surgery for a detached retina; Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, visited them. The couple lived at 4 route du Champ d'Entraînement in the Bois de Boulogne, near Neuilly-sur-Seine, for most of the remainder of their lives, essentially living a life of easy retirement. "[2], Edward left Britain for Austria, where he stayed at Schloss Enzesfeld, the home of Baron Eugen and Baroness Kitty de Rothschild. WALLIS SIMPSON is believed to have actually been in love with someone other than Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, according to unearthed letters. [80], Edward was created Duke of Windsor by his brother King George VI prior to the marriage. Edward denied this to his father, despite his staff seeing them in bed together as well as "evidence of a physical sexual act". [53], On 20 January 1936, George V died at Sandringham and Edward ascended the throne as King Edward VIII. Wallis' husband waited patiently, and even Wallis herself thought it would be short-lived. The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty starts on … [71] However, Edward was determined to marry Wallis. Edward und Wallis heirateten am 3. "[17], In April 1916, Wallis met Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., a U.S. Navy aviator, at Pensacola, Florida, while visiting her cousin Corinne Mustin. [49] His courtiers became increasingly alarmed as the affair began to interfere with his official duties. 126, 155; Sebba, pp. But Edward wouldn't have it, and instead moved to give up the throne for "the woman I love," as he said in his infamous abdication address to the nation. In November, Ernest Simpson married Mary Kirk. [95] The Duke and Duchess moved to Portugal in July. Were Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson Nazi Sympathizers? But as reprehensible as these sympathies are, she was not influencing Edward. Wallis married Edward in June 1937, and spent the remainder of her life as the Duchess of Windsor, until her death in Paris in 1986. Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. Even a sympathetic 2011 film by pop star Madonna, "W.E.," couldn't change people's minds. [77] Edward presented her with an engagement ring that consisted of an emerald mount in yellow gold set with diamonds, and the sentence "We are ours now" was engraved on it. Their relationship caused a constitutional crisis that ultimately led to Edward’s abdication. 59–60, King, pp. What happened to Wallis Simpson after the Duke of Windsor died? 55–56, Higham, p. 119; King, p. 61; Vickers, p. 263; Ziegler, p. 224, King, pp. [94], As the German troops advanced, the Duke and Duchess fled south from their Paris home, first to Biarritz then to Spain in June. Wallis Simpson is perhaps one of the most notorious and, I believe, most misunderstood women of the 20th century. Madonna schrieb das Drehbuch und führt Regie. She didn't entrap him. [121], In 1980, the Duchess lost the power of speech. Since she had divorced her first husband on grounds of "mutual incompatibility", there was a possibility that her second marriage, as well as her prospective marriage to Edward, would be considered bigamous if her first divorce had been challenged in court. 62–64; Vickers, pp. [50], In 1935, the head of the Metropolitan Police Special Branch told the Metropolitan Police Commissioner that Wallis was also having an affair with Guy Marcus Trundle, who was "said to be employed by the Ford Motor Company". [124] The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Prince and Princess of Wales attended both the funeral ceremony and the burial. An only child, Bessie Wallis (sometimes written "Bessiewallis") Warfield was born in Square Cottage at Monterey Inn, a hotel directly across the road from the Monterey Country Club, in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. [132] Wallis's memoirs The Heart Has Its Reasons were published in 1956, and biographer Charles Higham said that "facts were remorselessly rearranged in what amounted to a self-performed face-lift". [65] In November, the King consulted with the British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, on a way to marry Wallis and keep the throne. On 16 November 1936 Edward VIII informed Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin that he intended to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson, proposing that he be allowed to do so morganatically and remain king. Following his abdication from the throne, Edward and Wallis married in June of 1937. Picture: AFP Source:AFP Newly released FBI files suggest the alleged Nazi connections of Wallis Simpson prevented her marrying King Edward while he was monarch. 237, 242, King, pp. [43] Wallis soon ousted Lady Furness, and the Prince distanced himself from a former lover and confidante, the Anglo-American textile heiress Freda Dudley Ward. [99] She was heavily criticised in the British press for her extravagant shopping in the United States, undertaken when Britain was enduring privations such as rationing and blackout. Yes, she did take up with the Prince, but she thought it would be a brief affair. Der Beginn der Affäre zwischen Wallis Simpson und Prinz Edward. [58], The monarch of the United Kingdom is Supreme Governor of the Church of England—at the time of the proposed marriage, and until 2002, the Church of England disapproved of, and would not perform, the remarriage of divorced people if their former spouse was still alive. [61], The British and Dominion governments believed that a twice divorced woman was politically, socially, and morally unsuitable as a prospective consort. [122] Towards the end, she was bedridden and did not receive any visitors, apart from her doctor and nurses. After the visit, Hitler said of Wallis, "she would have made a good Queen". Edward, Duke of Windsor, and formerly Edward VIII of England, at his wedding to wife Wallis Simpson at Chateau de Candé, Monts in France. 24–43; King, pp. 104–106, King, pp. Edward, Duke of Windsor, and formerly Edward VIII of England, at his wedding to wife Wallis Simpson at Chateau de Candé, Monts in France. [27] The rumour was later widespread but never substantiated and Ciano's wife, Edda Mussolini, denied it. Wallis Simpson's marriage to Edward VIII in 1937 was a royal scandal that required him to abdicate the throne. There were rumours that the theft had been masterminded by the royal family as an attempt to regain jewels taken from the Royal Collection by the Duke, or by the Windsors themselves as part of an insurance fraud—they made a large deposit of loose stones at Cartier the following year. 2005: Joely Richardson spielt Wallis Simpson in „Wallis & Edward“. Simpson and her husband, Ernest Simpson, were actually invited by chance after a married couple who had been on Lady Furness' guest list fell ill, according to The History Press. The views expressed here are her own. ". Wallis soon ousted Lady Furness, and the Prince distanced himself from a former lover and confidante, the Anglo-American textile heiress Freda Dudley Ward. [67] For the next three months, she was under siege by the media at the Villa Lou Viei, near Cannes, the home of her close friends Herman and Katherine Rogers,[68] whom she later thanked effusively in her ghost-written memoirs. Wallis Simpson stirbt in Paris. [34] He divorced his first wife, Dorothea (by whom he had a daughter, Audrey), to marry Wallis on 21 July 1928 at the Register Office in Chelsea, London. On 11 December 1936, Edward said in a radio broadcast, "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility, and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love. Getty Images Wallis was of course, the Duchess of Windsor. Wallis fled from the press to France, where she declared she would give Edward up. [128], In a Sotheby's auction in Geneva, in April 1987, the Duchess's remarkable jewellery collection raised $45 million for the institute, approximately seven times its pre-sale estimate. The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard. Yet Edward was so determined to marry Wallis that she obtained a preliminary decree of divorce in late 1936, so the pair could marry before Edward's coronation which was scheduled for May 1937. Wallis was of course, the Duchess of Windsor. [32] Their divorce was finalised on 10 December 1927. Win, as her husband was known, was a heavy drinker. Wallis wore a "Wallis blue" Mainbocher wedding dress. [134], Fictional depictions of the Duchess include the novel Famous Last Words (1981) by Canadian author Timothy Findley, which portrays her as a manipulative conspirator,[135] and Rose Tremain's short story "The Darkness of Wallis Simpson" (2006), which depicts her more sympathetically in her final years of ill health. [24], Wallis toured China, and while in Beijing stayed with Katherine and Herman Rogers, who were to remain her long-term friends. In 1937, they made a high-profile visit to Germany and met Adolf Hitler at the Berghof, his Berchtesgaden retreat. 258, 261; Duchess of Windsor, pp. Dafür wird sie zeitlebens von den übrigen Windors geschnitten. Edward had to remain apart from Wallis until there was no danger of compromising the granting of a decree absolute in her divorce proceedings. [107] They travelled frequently between Europe and America aboard ocean liners. [30][31] By September 1925, she and her husband were back in the United States, though living apart. [123], The Duchess of Windsor died on 24 April 1986 at her home in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, aged 89. The King suggested a morganatic marriage, where he would remain king but Wallis would not be queen, but this was rejected by Baldwin and the prime ministers of Australia, Canada, and the Union of South Africa. [9] Her father died of tuberculosis on 15 November 1896. Sebba, p. 98; Vickers, p. 287; Ziegler, pp. [3] Her funeral was held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, attended by her two surviving sisters-in-law – the Queen Mother and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester – and other members of the royal family. For the ducal title, see, Relationship with Edward, Prince of Wales, According to 1900 census returns, she was born in June 1895, which author. ", Bessie Wallis Warfield was born in Pennsylvania in 1896, and. However, letters patent, passed by the new king and unanimously supported by the Dominion governments,[81] prevented Wallis, now the Duchess of Windsor, from sharing her husband's style of "Royal Highness". King Edward VIII's abdication on 11 December 1936 was an event that shocked the nation. Edward always made his own decisions: he chose to relentlessly pursue a woman who more than once suggested they end the relationship, and he chose to give up his sworn duty to do so. Może więc lepiej, że nie zasiadali wtedy na tronie. [101][102] Prime Minister Winston Churchill strenuously objected in 1941 when she and her husband planned to tour the Caribbean aboard a yacht belonging to Swedish magnate Axel Wenner-Gren, who Churchill said was "pro-German", and Churchill complained again when the Duke gave a "defeatist" interview. Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
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