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Wallis was named in honour of her father (who was known as Wallis) and her mother's elder sister, Bessie (Mrs D. Buchanan Merryman), and was called Bessie Wallis until at some time during her youth the name Bessie was dropped. 20–21; Vickers, p. 257; Duchess of Windsor, pp. Picture: AFP Source:AFP [133] Wallis and Edward spoke to Kenneth Harris for an extensive BBC television interview in 1970. [80], Edward was created Duke of Windsor by his brother King George VI prior to the marriage. But as many of the women who have married into the Windsors show us, marrying a prince is often anything but happy ever after. [95] The Duke and Duchess moved to Portugal in July. In 1937, they made a high-profile visit to Germany and met Adolf Hitler at the Berghof, his Berchtesgaden retreat. (CNN)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. But Wallis' story is complicated, and it's time we saw her differently. [19] The couple married on 8 November 1916 at Christ Episcopal Church in Baltimore, which had been Wallis's parish. [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". But as reprehensible as these sympathies are, she was not influencing Edward. Wallis is always blamed for bringing down the monarchy, but the truth is that she wanted Edward to stay on the throne. [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. [57] After the death of George V, before her divorce from her second husband, Wallis reportedly said, "Soon I shall be Queen of England". [126], In recognition of the help France gave to the Duke and Duchess in providing them with a home, and in lieu of death duties, the Duchess's collection of Louis XVI style furniture, some porcelain, and paintings were made over to the French state. 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. 79–85, King, pp. [116] She suffered several falls and broke her hip twice. Dafür wird sie zeitlebens von den übrigen Windors geschnitten. Edward had 15 years before abdicated to marry the American socialite Wallis Simpson, thrusting the throne on George and his family. In January 1934, while Lady Furness was away in New York City, Wallis allegedly became the Prince's mistress. Wallis Simpson pictured with Edward, the Duke of Windsor in the Bahamas, circa 1942. "[17], In April 1916, Wallis met Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., a U.S. Navy aviator, at Pensacola, Florida, while visiting her cousin Corinne Mustin. Getty Images [79] The marriage produced no children. The duke was forced into exile after he abdicated as King Edward VIII in 1936. 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. 198, 206 and 207, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Edward VIII of the United Kingdom's Abdication, "Windsor, (Bessie) Wallis, duchess of Windsor (1896–1986)", "Wallis in Love by Andrew Morton - review: Did she ever love the Duke of Windsor? In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American. [115] The Duchess became increasingly frail and eventually succumbed to dementia, living the final years of her life as a recluse, supported by both her husband's estate and an allowance from the Queen. American socialite Wallis Simpson (nee Bessie Wallis Warfield) (1896 - 1986) a week before King Edward VIII abdicated. Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Wallis Simpson (right) with Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth in 1972. [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. King Edward VIII may have abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, but according to biographer Andrew Morton’s latest book, Wallis in Love, their romance didn’t exactly have a happy ending. A possible plan was drawn up in which Wallis could be the King's wife but not the Queen, with the title Duchess of Cornwall (the title now taken by Camilla, wife of Prince Charles), but it was rejected. Edward nie krył sympatii do nazistowskich Niemiec. [111] Later, in 1967, the Duke and Duchess joined the royal family in London for the unveiling of a plaque by Elizabeth II to commemorate the centenary of Queen Mary's birth. [96], In August 1940, the Duke and Duchess travelled by commercial liner to the Bahamas where he was installed as governor. 258, 261; Duchess of Windsor, pp. 55–56, Higham, p. 119; King, p. 61; Vickers, p. 263; Ziegler, p. 224, King, pp. After the Duke's death in 1972, the Duchess lived in seclusion and was rarely seen in public. 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. In 1931, during her second marriage, to Ernest Simpson, she met Edward, then Prince of Wales. [125] Prior to an agreement with Queen Elizabeth II in the 1960s, the Duke and Duchess had previously planned for a burial in a purchased cemetery plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, where the Duchess's father was interred. [94], As the German troops advanced, the Duke and Duchess fled south from their Paris home, first to Biarritz then to Spain in June. [30][31] By September 1925, she and her husband were back in the United States, though living apart. Wallis Simpson, later known as the Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite whose marriage to the British king Edward VIII caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication In 1908, Wallis's mother married her second husband, John Freeman Rasin, son of a prominent Democratic party boss. However, in 1960, career criminal Richard Dunphie confessed to the crime. "[15] Wallis was always immaculately dressed and pushed herself hard to do well. The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard. [17][100] She referred to the local population as "lazy, thriving niggers" in letters to her aunt, which reflected her upbringing in the Jim Crow South. [64], Wallis had already filed for divorce from her second husband on the grounds that he had committed adultery with her childhood friend Mary Kirk and the decree nisi was granted on 27 October 1936. 103–104; Ziegler, p. 238, Report from Superintendent A. Canning to Sir, King, p. 173; Sebba, pp. [70] At her hideaway, Wallis was pressured by Lord Brownlow, the King's lord-in-waiting, to renounce the King. 59–60, King, pp. [7], According to a wedding announcement in the Baltimore Sun (20 November 1895), her parents were married by C. Ernest Smith at Baltimore's Saint Michael and All Angels' Protestant Episcopal Church on 19 November 1895,[8] which suggests she was conceived out of wedlock. [74] The couple were reunited at the Château de Candé, Monts, France, on 4 May 1937. The revelations are contrary to the long-held belief that the stumbling block was the American's status as a divorcee. 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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. WALLIS SIMPSON is believed to have actually been in love with someone other than Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, according to unearthed letters. 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. Der Beginn der Affäre zwischen Wallis Simpson und Prinz Edward. When Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, it was the biggest constitutional crisis for the crown in the 20th century. 62–64; Vickers, pp. The affair between Prince Edward of the English Empire and the American divorcee Wallis Simpson has often been referred to as the greatest royal love story of all time. With Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac. [105] The couple returned to France and retirement after the defeat of Nazi Germany. [104] The British establishment distrusted the Duchess; Sir Alexander Hardinge wrote that her suspected anti-British activities were motivated by a desire for revenge against a country that rejected her as its queen. Mai 1972 in Paris) war von 1910 bis 1936 Prince of Wales, vom Januar 1936 bis zu seiner Abdankung im Dezember desselben Jahres König des Vereinigten Königreichs und Kaiser von Indien und ab Dezember 1936 Duke of Windsor. 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". 255–269, Letter from Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, 21 May 1937, Royal Archives, QEQM/PRIV/RF, quoted in, Telegram from Weddell to Secretary of State, King, pp. Eduard VIII., gebürtig Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, genannt David, (* 23.Juni 1894 in der White Lodge in London; † 28. 62–64; Sebba, pp. Many historians believe that a case of mumps in Edward’s youth rendered the Duke of Windsor infertile, and this was the reason they never conceived. [65] In November, the King consulted with the British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, on a way to marry Wallis and keep the throne. [39] On 10 January 1931, Lady Furness introduced Wallis to the Prince at Burrough Court, near Melton Mowbray. 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. In 1937, they visited Germany and met Adolf Hitler. 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. In the weeks following King Edward VIII's abdication, Wallis Simpson was simultaneously ostracized by society and hounded by the press—even in France, where she … [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 vilification of Wallis Simpson: how Edward VIII’s mistress was savaged by society Try 6 issues of BBC History Magazine or BBC History Revealed for only £9.99 King Edward VIII's abdication on 11 December 1936 was an event that shocked the nation. "[90], The Duke and Duchess lived in France in the pre-war years. An auction of his collection was announced in July 1997 for later that year in New York. [11], In 1901, Wallis's aunt Bessie Merryman was widowed, and the following year Alice and Wallis moved into her four-bedroom house on West Chase Street, Baltimore, where they lived for at least a year until they settled in an apartment, and then a house, of their own. On her instructions, according to Andrew Morton on the basis of an interview with Rogers's stepdaughter-in-law 80 years later,[69] the ghost-writer made no mention of her confession that Herman Rogers was actually the love of her life. [117], After Edward's death, the Duchess's French lawyer, Suzanne Blum, assumed power of attorney. Wallis Simpson (right) with Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth in 1972. [54] It was becoming apparent to Court and Government circles that the new king-emperor meant to marry her. 2005: Joely Richardson spielt Wallis Simpson in „Wallis & Edward“. Even a sympathetic 2011 film by pop star Madonna, "W.E.," couldn't change people's minds. ". Wallis fled from the press to France, where she declared she would give Edward up. Directed by Madonna. [118] Blum sold items belonging to the Duchess to her own friends at lower than market value[119] and was accused of exploiting her client in Caroline Blackwood's The Last of the Duchess, written in 1980 but not published until 1995, after Blum's death. [89], Wife of former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, "Duchess of Windsor" redirects here. Wäre Wallis Simpson die Frau des englischen Königs geworden und wäre Edward VIII. 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. [40] The Prince was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary, and heir apparent to the British throne. 51–52; Sebba, p. 36; Vickers, p. 260; Duchess of Windsor, p. 85, King, p. 60; Duchess of Windsor, pp. 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. [107] They travelled frequently between Europe and America aboard ocean liners. [131] Delayed by his son's death in the car crash that also claimed the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, the sale raised more than £14 million for charity in 1998. Sebba, p. 98; Vickers, p. 287; Ziegler, pp. Wallis Simpson war bereits einmal geschieden, als sie Anfang der 30er Jahre mit ihrem zweiten Ehemann aus den USA nach London zog. During the trip, Wallis's investments were wiped out in the Wall Street Crash, and her mother died penniless on 2 November 1929. Five years later, after Edward's accession as King of the United Kingdom, Wallis divorced her second husband to marry Edward. But as Edward grew more passionate, Wallis wished she could escape the relationship, as. Following his abdication from the throne, Edward and Wallis married in June of 1937. 99–120; Ziegler, p. 555, King, p. 506; Menkes, pp. Wallis and Edward is an attempt to portray the romantic aspects of the story from Wallis's point of view. [73] Upon her divorce being made final in May 1937, she changed her name by deed poll to Wallis Warfield, resuming her maiden name. [87] The Duchess bitterly resented the denial of the royal title and the refusal of the Duke's relatives to accept her as part of the family. Wallis was of course, the Duchess of Windsor. [78] While the Church of England refused to sanction the wedding, Robert Anderson Jardine, Vicar of St Paul's, Darlington, offered to perform the service, an offer that was accepted by the couple. The views expressed here are her own. [127] The British royal family received no major bequests. Their relationship caused a constitutional crisis that ultimately led to Edward’s abdication. [24], Wallis toured China, and while in Beijing stayed with Katherine and Herman Rogers, who were to remain her long-term friends. Wallis Simpson bekam zeitlebens keine Kinder. [17], In 1946, when the Duchess was staying at Ednam Lodge, the home of the Earl of Dudley, some of her jewels were stolen. Directed by David Moore. Wallis met Edward in 1934 but their relationship started a year later Credit: Getty Images Did Wallis Simpson have children? "[137] The Duchess herself is reported to have summed up her life in a sentence: "You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance. [60] Additionally, at the time both the Church and English law only recognised adultery as a legitimate ground for divorce. Her private life has been a source of much speculation, and she remains a controversial figure in British history. It has even been argued that he disliked the role of king and saw an exit route in Wallis. Newly released FBI files suggest the alleged Nazi connections of Wallis Simpson prevented her marrying King Edward while he was monarch. She made up her mind to go to the head of the class, and she did. Man könnte meinen, dass es an dem Alter des Paares gelegen haben könnte. Were Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson Nazi Sympathizers? 47–52; Vickers, pp. His obsession with the divorced American actress set him on a collision course with the government, his brother and the wider British public. Kate Williams is Professor of History at Reading University, a CNN royal historian/commentator and author of "Young Elizabeth," about the Queen. Of course, Wallis was an enthusiastic participant in Edward's visit to Nazi Germany in 1937, and both the American and British secret services had files on their correspondence with German officials. [2] After abdicating, the former king was created Duke of Windsor by his brother and successor, King George VI. Edward war bei der Hochzeit bereits 43 Jahre alt, seine Frau immerhin 41. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1896[1] – 24 April 1986), known as Wallis Simpson, was an American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former British king Edward VIII. Special laws passed by the Parliaments of the Dominions finalised Edward's abdication the following day, or in Ireland's case one day later. They bought a second house in the country, Moulin de la Tuilerie or "The Mill" in Gif-sur-Yvette, where they soon became close friends of their neighbours, Oswald and Diana Mosley. [120] Later, royal biographer Hugo Vickers called Blum a "Satanic figure ... wearing the mantle of good intention to disguise her inner malevolence". 227–228, King, p. 113; Duchess of Windsor, pp. And while there are many aspects of her character we can and in some cases should question -- her Third Reich sympathies among them -- to view her legacy as an unscrupulous "harpy," a seductress, or a femme fatale who dragged the king from duty is neither true nor fair. She became Duchess of Windsor in June 1937 after her marriage to Edward … Wallis Simpson stirbt in Paris. [22] Later that year, Spencer left his wife for a period of four months, but in the spring of 1921 they were reunited in Washington, D.C., where Spencer had been posted. Po oficjalnym spotkaniu z parą w 1937 roku Adolf Hitler stwierdził, że jedyną kobietą, która mogłaby być królową Anglii, była Wallis Simpson. But there is no document which proves directly that she was anything other than a victim of her own ambition, who lived out a great romance that became a great tragedy. Wallis had no children with any of her husbands. 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. 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. She was even blamed as responsible for Edward… She was even blamed as responsible for Edward's fascination with the Third Reich, and called a Nazi spy. For the ducal title, see, Relationship with Edward, Prince of Wales, According to 1900 census returns, she was born in June 1895, which author. [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. When Edward was the Prince of Wales he was introduced to Wallis Simpson in 1931, before she divorced British shipping executive Ernest Aldrich Simpson. [6] Her mother was Alice Montague, a daughter of stockbroker William Latane Montague. 45–53; Vickers, p. 263; Duchess of Windsor, pp. [18] It was at this time that Wallis witnessed two airplane crashes about two weeks apart, resulting in a lifelong fear of flying. Before, during, and after the Second World War, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were suspected by many in government and society of being Nazi sympathisers. The consequence was that the government stayed in place -- but Wallis was blamed for it all. [44], By the end of 1934, Edward was irretrievably besotted with Wallis, finding her domineering manner and abrasive irreverence toward his position appealing; in the words of his official biographer, he became "slavishly dependent" on her. [92] U.S. FBI files compiled in the 1930s also portray her as a possible Nazi sympathiser. 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. Edward met twice-divorced Wallis Simpson in 1931, so he began an infatuation that would last the rest of his life. am Thron geblieben, wäre die Weltgeschichte wohl anders verlaufen. "[138], The Duchess of Windsor was unofficially styled Royal Highness within her own household. We're told that every little girl wants to be a princess. Edward und Wallis heirateten am 3. 125, 131. September 1936 had been a bad month for the royal family; October was to bring more portents of the impending crisis. On 7 December 1936, Lord Brownlow read to the press her statement, which he had helped her draft, indicating Wallis's readiness to give up the King. [137] In the opinion of her biographers, "she experienced the ultimate fairy tale, becoming the adored favourite of the most glamorous bachelor of his time. Of course, Wallis was an enthusiastic participant in Edward's visit to Nazi Germany in 1937, and both the American and British secret services had files on … [10] For her first few years, she and her mother were dependent upon the charity of her father's wealthy bachelor brother Solomon Davies Warfield, postmaster of Baltimore and later president of the Continental Trust Company and the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Wallis claimed that her parents were married in June 1895. [76] No member of Edward's family attended. Wallis was locked into a love story that Edward had spun, and was attacked as the woman who upended a monarchy. [129] Blum later claimed that Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed Al-Fayed tried to purchase the jewels for a "rock bottom price". Edward met Wallis Simpson during a weekend party at the home of Lady Furness — a married American woman who was said to be the prince's mistress — in January 1931. 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. It’s impossible to overestimate Wallis Simpson’s impact on history. auf den britischen Thron verzichtet. 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". Może więc lepiej, że nie zasiadali wtedy na tronie. I thought the rest of us could be fence-sitters while the Nazis and the Reds slogged it out. After the visit, Hitler said of Wallis, "she would have made a good Queen". What happened to Wallis Simpson after the Duke of Windsor died? [28] The existence of an official "China dossier" (detailing the supposed sexual and criminal exploits of Wallis in China) is denied by historians and biographers. 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. Dezember desselben Jahres legte Edward, eben erst König geworden, die Krone nieder. [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. [47] Edward showered Wallis with money and jewels,[48] and in February 1935, and again later in the year, he holidayed with her in Europe. [75] The date would have been King George V's 72nd birthday; Queen Mary thought the wedding had been scheduled for then as a deliberate slight. [38], Through a friend, Consuelo Thaw, Wallis met Consuelo's sister Thelma, Lady Furness, at the time the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales. [91] The visit tended to corroborate the strong suspicions of many in government and society that the Duchess was a German agent,[17] a claim that she ridiculed in her letters to the Duke. Edward's father, King George V, died in early 1936, making Edward king. On January 20, 1936, King George V died and Prince Edward was suddenly a king -- one who still refused to give up his American mistress. The abdication was spun to the population as a love story, a romance rather than a political crisis. Wallis wore a "Wallis blue" Mainbocher wedding dress. [112] Both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles visited the Windsors in Paris in the Duke's later years, the Queen's visit coming only shortly before the Duke died. Edward VIII chose Wallis over the Crown and abdicated. Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on holiday in the Mediterranean, 1936 Mrs Simpson files for divorce. [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". The idyll went wrong when, ignoring her pleas, he threw up his position to spend the rest of his life with her. The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty starts on … Edward met twice-divorced Wallis Simpson in 1931, so he began an infatuation that would last the rest of his life. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication. The next day, he broke royal protocol by watching the proclamation of his accession from a window of St James's Palace, in the company of the still-married Wallis. Edward denied this to his father, despite his staff seeing them in bed together as well as "evidence of a physical sexual act". 267–269; Duchess of Windsor, pp. Her husband the duke had formerly been King Edward VIII and famously he abdicated in 1936 so that he could marry her. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Duke and Duchess shuttled between Europe and the United States living a life of leisure as society celebrities. [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. 2005 film on the abdication of King Edward VIII for the woman he loved. John Theodore Goddard, Wallis's solicitor, stated: "[his] client was ready to do anything to ease the situation but the other end of the wicket [Edward VIII] was determined." [45] At an evening party in Buckingham Palace, he introduced her to his mother—his father was outraged,[46] primarily on account of her marital history, as divorced people were generally excluded from court. Wallis Simpson's marriage to Edward VIII in 1937 was a royal scandal that required him to abdicate the throne. Getty Images Wallis returned to England and with the shipping business still buoyant, the Simpsons moved into a large flat with a staff of servants. [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.

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