She didn't love him, she thought she was going to be a king's mistress, then she was stuck, and she was refused HRH. Elizabeth blamed her uncle for her father's early death.
He died of inoperable lung cancer caused by heavy smoking, not of a heart attack. But at the time the relation between smoking and lung cancer had not been detected, yet.
@@Ettoredipugnar It's also true that stress plays a huge part in cancer. And he was under acute stress having to fulfill his official engagements in spite of his speech problem.
Its important to distinguish between devotion and obsession. He fawned upon her and both Ernest and Wallis played that to their advantage. Ultimately she was trapped by his cloying affections. She married him from cowardice. In the end she despised and abused him and did not bother to attend him at his deathbed.
@@Darrigrande Wallis had a great deal of dignity. She carried herself well, deferred to her husband publically, was always impeccably dressed, came from old, wealthy, and high bred Southerners (her father's early death caused her financial loss and insecurity). She graduated from Maryland's top girls school, had an eye for design and was a perpetual hostess. Is a huge misconception that she was course. That's all very different than character.
Wallis did the world a favor. QEII was a fabulous queen for more than 60 years and stabilized the monarchy. She had children to continue the reign after her but even if the Prince did ascend the throne, when he died, QEII would have still ascended to the throne since The Prince and Wallis had no children.
Look. At the. Mess the country. Is. In. Now. Laughing. Stock of the world. Passive. Ethnic. Cleansing. Culture and. Language. Stolen. By. Foreigners we've imported whose to. Say. We would have. Been worse under. Jerry. At least the. Islamic. Flag. Would not. Fly over. Our land. I. Assure it. Will. Just. . Let us. Soft. Shites. Give. It. Time
@@angiehoey2795 Too many capital letters and full stops in your writing, Angie. No, Britain is not the laughing stock of the world, though it would help if you got rid of Boris Johnson. It is lovely that you have taken in migrants from the empire that you once created. The least you could do after stealing the wealth from those nations. Migrants are often interesting people who work hard. Love how you keep your history alive and make so many interesting BBC programs.
By getting Edward to abdicate and replacing him with a better king, Britain showed that the monarch should be chosen, not by order of birth, but by selecting which person is best for the job. So why not throw the job open to applicants and select from a wider field? That way you don't have to keep one family captive, forcing them to do a job no matter how they feel about it. The "royals" are kept as slaves. Charles and William are unable to choose the jobs they might like, are forced to be Anglicans, have to live in Britain and have to endure endless scrutiny from birth to death, like in the film "The Truman Show." Ask yourself, how many diamonds would it take to buy your freedom?
Recently discovered letters sent to Simpson after she had married Edward, show that she admitted she was stuck with him in a one-sided "love affair", and that she regretted ever giving up her second husband. A great love match with Edward VIII it was not.
@@MissCane9 She was his scapegoat. His whole life he said he never wanted to be king. His actions proved he wasn't fit to be king. She did us all a favor. Thanks Wallis! 👍👍
Can't speak for the English establishment, but it seems absolutely hypocritical for a church which was established by a divorced Monarch, to object to a marriage simply because the woman was divorced .
+Chad Paul How many popes had mistresses and illegitimate children? Not many, and none of the women were murdered because they couldn't "produce" a male heir to the throne!
+Chad Paul the seeds of the Anglican sect were sown in the schismatic and heretical church of the adulterous and syphilis filled Henry, and was born under the bastard "queen " Elizabeth
The Lord knows every member of the true church. Institutions are just that: the church is not an institution; the church is bought with his blood and loves Him more than life. OK?
The truth is that Edward never wanted the responsibility and hard work of kingship and he used his love for Wallis as an out. They could have had a morganatic marriage but Edward rejected that. He only wanted the privileges of kingship but not the sacrifices and hard work. Wallis wrote a letter to the govt saying she would leave Edward and step back from the whole situation but Edward was determined to badicate anyway. When Wallis realized this she felt she had no choice but to stick by his side and go ahead with the wedding, when she had never wanted to marry him. It was just a bit if fun. Too late she realized she still loved her husband Ernest, and she did so for the rest of her life, but he had fallen in love with someone else and moved on with his life. She had nothing left but Edward.
King George VI wasn't exactly excited about becoming king either. The difference between him and Edward was that even when things were difficult, George VI carried on, and took his duties as King very seriously. His daughter Elizabeth II was the same way, which contributed to her successful 70 year reign as Queen.
And by then George was in frail health very shy and awkward with his stutter. Even his wife was worried his health would collapse under the strain which it eventually did. @@Farrah300
Wasn't there a little interregnum where Wallis picked up some useful skills in the oldest profession after her first marriage? Her hold over Edward VIII was said to be related to that skill set. A poor sad little boy whose natural mother was incapable of or unwilling to give him any affection or intimacy and who was emotionally wrecked as a result. It shows in his eyes: a sad, lonely little boy drawn inescapably to what had made him the mess he was.
His dependence on her was agonising to see. She was shallow and cold. His mother was extremely cold and he seemed to have chosen a cold woman and set himself the lifelong task of trying to persuade her to love him. He didn't succeed, poor wretch.
+david howard Actually this is just a trailer for the documentary. You can find a full-length account and new, brilliant interpretation in the fillm by Claire Walding.
A great presentation! They're story is so interesting. I believe she was greatly misunderstood & what people saw bad in her & gossiped about, they had within themselves! She was very American & liberated! She had a vivaciousness about her. I believe she captivated him in many ways! There was a lot of pain in their lives.
Thanks! This is an intriguing story and woman. Few women have been so vilified. Yet now, with divorce in the royal family and a commoner married to an heir apparent, we should re-evaluate Wallis. She was no saint, but instructive in lots of ways.
+Betsy Prioleau He wanted all the privileges the rank gave him though.......thank heaven he abdicated, he would have been a nightmare, weak and self indulgent.
+Sue Harvey You're probably right, especially in view of his German sympatheties, but he did have an unusual interest in improving the lot of the poor. With today's wealth gap, his might be a welcome voice now if he could implement anything.
+Elizabeth Frantes Interesting point. It may have been just a case of noblesse oblige--aristocratic charity for the poor without any committment to real change. Thanks for the input.
If he hadnt abdicated and had married a "suitable woman" and had had children,then his stuttering brother wouldnt have been king and elizabeth II wouldnt have been queen and so on...i guess everything had to have been fate/destiny.
Here's a preview of Claire Walding's amazing biopic for Arte TV of the notorious Wallis Simpson who seduced a king into renouncing the throne of England.
The powers that be force Edward out; they didn't want him King. And he failed in his subseuquent posts and responsibilities suggesting he would have failed as King.
I don't care how it happened, thank God she helped force the abdication of Edward VIII. What a disaster for the world if he had stayed in power and helped Hitler control Europe, with or without a World War!
citizenofnowhere777 Ignorant? How unnecessary. The Windsors were definitely pro-Hitler and there is proof that the Duke was thought to have loose lips. There was also a scandal regarding Wallis and the German Ambassador Count VonRibbontorp. It is no secret the Duke wanted Hitler to win and put the Duke back on the throne. I don’t think is was for love of Hitler, it was for a chance to get his old job back and his obsession to make Wallis HRH. He even asked Queen Elizabeth to make Wallis HRH on his deathbed. Wasn’t it Churchill that said every town in the UK should have a statue of Wallis Windsor because she saved England from Edward the Eighth.
Women love to take credit for men's successes but can't be equally blamed for any of their flaws. While he certainly had his flaws, she did as well. She was a promiscuous opportunist who simply got caught in her own snares. The "trap" she couldn't escape was that of her own making. She is far from a hero. The irony of it all was that these two people were each other's natural consequences.
Well,she did stay married to him even though he give up the throne and everything privilege that went with it,followed by Princes Margaret,Andrew and Charles,all were divorcees and scandals in the mix.They are all just people with the same hope and dreams,except they all have more money provided by ill gotten gains by their ancestors.
“ Her reputation was torn apart...” Come on! WHAT REPUTATION? People hated her because of her character much in the same way they cannot tolerate the Duchess of Sussex. They both had a disgusting reputation due to character issues long before they became involved with British royalty. They both epitomize reputations decent people do not want.
@Deborah Brennan A chill came over me when H said during the engagement interview that there wasn’t anything she was incapable of doling. I’ve always said exactly what you have.
For all his faults (if not wishing to be held captive in a golden cage is a fault) Edward was treated appallingly by the British Monarchy. Absolutely atrociously. And they call themselves a 'family'! Quite shocking in itself.
Well, considering that current Monarchs used to kill former Monarchs.........even family members, I'd say he got off easy. Besides, it was mainly his mother, Mary of Teck, and his sister-in-law that conspired to keep them out. I don't think they were necessarily trying to punish Edward, they didn't want Wallis to be rewarded for her part in the whole debacle. Mary, George and Elizabeth were deeply unhappy with Edward's decision to put his personal wants ahead of his duty to his country. Since it was an unprecedented event (a still living former king), no one really knew how to respond to it, but my guess is the crown's main goal was to cut Wallis out as best they could. If Edward was a part of that, well.... so be it. Edward and George were very close growing up. When Edward gave up the crown and walked away, it destroyed their relationship. George simply didn't want to be King, never expected to be King. His wife and daughters were convinced that being King led George to an early grave, and they were probably right.
@@heatherhillman1 A good response Heather, thank you. You summed it up with "George simply didn't want to be King". I appreciate it wasn't his primary existence and like Prince Harry of today, he was more than happy to be the 'spare' (why work when you can take the tax payers hard earned cash for next to nothing)...? (they have to explain themselves slightly more these days... but not much more)) but since Edward relinquished his duties (and let's be honest, because Wallace was only part of his desire to abdicate... as he was already 'looking for the exit'), and as you quite rightly point out Mary, George and Elizabeth were deeply unhappy with his decision, George had to step-up-to-the-plate or do the same as Edward (which morally and mentally he knew he either could not or would not). I'm sure in some part the role of King may of contributed to his death but ultimately I believe his smoking ended his life prematurely. After all, many monarchs have lived longer and most, certainly today. I'm afraid I refuse to sugar-coat it. Edward wanted out AND as a human being he had every right to leave. Regardless of how long standing our monarchy has survived they still have choices and had it happened today I'm sure we would have been even more understanding. But I also understand the Royal families need to 'retain' the Thrown. It's the most elite position one can aspire to and comes with a recession proof position, if you can stomach it...
To get the whole documentary or find out how to download it, contact the director/producer Claire Walding. Her email is clairewalding@gmail unless she's changed it. Thanks! Glad you like the preview; Claire is a genius.
Whatever might be true about Wallis, she didn't cause the downfall of Edward. They were together long enough for Edward to chose reason if he had wanted to. She was driven by a desire for prestige, and he was driven by a desire for acceptance. Their partnership was disastrous; neither of them got it right.
This was interesting in the fact that this is rather a positive take on Wallis Simpson. I listened to an interview that she gave...she came off as being quite enchanting. I can easily see why so many people were so taken with her. BUT, that's only on the surface. Simpson was a very dangerous woman. The last thing she needed to do was become queen. There were also interviews with the Duke & Duchess where they supported Hitler. The last place Churchhill wanted the Duke was Germany - but they both went there anyway. That's one of the reasons that the couple were placed in the Bahamas. Wallis' letters state how much she hated being there - and referred to the local native population as lazy n-word. I agree she was a fascinating person. But she was also a very dangerous person....with a very loose mouth.
He loved his country more than anything, it was a stupid rumor that he sided with hitler, started by the people in power that wanted him out because of the changes they feared he would bring. The wave he gave in Germany for instance was not a hi- hitler only a royal wave. he went to Germany to study the great housing that they had developed. England had a horrible housing shortage, Edward was wanting to help England. The people close to him said he would have never would gone along with the plan to dethrone his brother. Edward would not have done anything to hurt England, he did hope that war would not come but was helpless to stop it and if he had been king I think war would have happened anyway, he was not that different from his brother.
The general public has forgotten how a severe up bringing informs the later adult. Edward, not the only one but certainly one of the most high profile, was sexually dysfunctional , needing to dress up as a baby and pushed around in a pram. With that came the importance of having a very domineering partner ....Yes! S&M and that's how he rolled. Being a dom to 'real king' must've been intimidating to most but Wallis had it in her to assume this role. Edward, of course, was getting what he needed and wanted and although SHE was getting bored of the role, HE would've been crushed (and maybe more) if she hadn't gone along with it plus she was making mountains in jewels and now had a certain notoriety whether good or not. And 'royals" didn't need 'this' 'rumor' verified if she left.........................
+Maggy May And Simpson went on to conduct a 4 year affair with Woolworths heir, Jimmy Donahue who was 15 years her junior, behind Edward's back. A housekeeper revealed in her diaries that this revelation broke Edward's heart. She also continued to write affectionately to her ex, Ernest.
I think he was a sad pathetic man who ended up living a pointless, worthless life who gave up his thrown for a woman who didn’t really love him but he was a Nazi sympathizer so maybe it was what he deserved.
More than lovers they seem to have been allies. She would be queen, he would not have to procreate. Fortunately, their calculations failed, and neither of them had anywhere to return. They lived their charade to the end, what a cocky pair of actors!
It was common knowledge among domestic staff in Palm Beach that David loved to play cards. It was also common knowledge that he would play with anyone who wanted to play with him. Including any staff who wished to. Wallis, on the other hand, hated it when he so. She always thought that she should have been queen.
No she never wanted to be queen. She never wanted to marry Edward....it was all just a bit of fun for her as she still loved her husband Ernest. She had no idea the prince would fall for her in a big way and that he would give up the throne for her. She tried every which way to get out of the marriage but he wouldn't let her. When she realized he was going to abdicate she wrote a letter to the govt to say she was prepared to leave him and move away to another country but Edward, who had never wanted to be king, was determined to abdicate anyway. When Wallis realised this she knew she was trapped and would have looked really bad if she abandoned him now, and by now he was all she had. Her ex husband Ernest had fallen in love with another woman and married her. Wallis had nothing left and nowhere to go....
I like Wallis, she is different she stand out. Of the crowd '... He. ( the duke) was pushed to abduction by the establishment who couldn't tolerate his avant-garde point of views.
@Angie Coers What is this problem you have with Meghan? Unless you are related to her you have NO firsthand knowledge if how you pictured Meghan is true... Are you jealous? Seek therapy!
Strange both Wallis & David being ardent antisemites (even after the war) it is inconceivable they did not know Ernest Simpson was Jewish and originally Sampson. One of the big yet fairly taboo mysteries of this union
Thanks for the observation! Wallis was an opportunist without a strong ideology, except a rage for status and power. She married Ernest, in my view, as a social stepping stone and adopted David's and the aristocracy's antisemitism because it was convenient.
their marriage was not happy but why was edward clinged to her like a puppy....she wasn't attractive....she is the splitting image of camilla.....are they related? Funny royals men fell for funny women.
People always say she is not pretty. I think for the time she was very attractive, otherwise how did she get a mr. Simpsoms, he was already married. Also have you looked at Edward. Holy moly inbreeding at it's finest. What an ugly man, and dull, and his tone and slow talking makes him sound confused. The powers that be got what they wanted. Edward got to live the good life he so enjoyed and Wallis got caught up in the game.
Sorry, you are wrong. George V died in Jan. 1936, Edward would be King, yes, but as with George V1, when he died, 1952, Elizabeth was Queen. But Edward reigned for 326 DAYS. The abdication meant he was never crowned King. George V1 was crowned, 12 May, 1936. Elizabeth's Coronation, was 2nd, Jun, 1953
+Msunbird02 King Edward thought quite rightly that she was fit to become his Queen. Her two previous marriages were not the problem, most of the Royal family had affairs and did not have the decency to marry. Elizabeth Bowes Lyon who had been spurned by the Prince of Wales never forgave Mrs Simpson for marrying the man she loved.
I'd be curious to know what type of proof exists that Elizabeth Bowes Lyon was in love with Edward the 8th and that he spurned her. Are there an bio's of her or anyone that mentions this? Though it wouldn't surprise me if he did!
She didn't love him, she thought she was going to be a king's mistress, then she was stuck, and she was refused HRH. Elizabeth blamed her uncle for her father's early death.
He died of inoperable lung cancer caused by heavy smoking, not of a heart attack. But at the time the relation between smoking and lung cancer had not been detected, yet.
@@lilise3965 her Father smoked himself to death
@@lilise3965 Of course they knew the link between smoking and lung cancer in 1972.
@@Ettoredipugnar It's also true that stress plays a huge part in cancer. And he was under acute stress having to fulfill his official engagements in spite of his speech problem.
And who is the queen blaming for Diana death
Wallis was a complicated woman, and her relationship with the Duke, equally complicated. But few doubt that he remained absolutely devoted to her.
She was nothing more and nothing less that a marriage braker and a social climber a vile and decadent women, without any decency and dignity.
@@Darrigrande... Just like him!!
But she didn't.
Its important to distinguish between devotion and obsession. He fawned upon her and both Ernest and Wallis played that to their advantage. Ultimately she was trapped by his cloying affections. She married him from cowardice. In the end she despised and abused him and did not bother to attend him at his deathbed.
@@Darrigrande Wallis had a great deal of dignity. She carried herself well, deferred to her husband publically, was always impeccably dressed, came from old, wealthy, and high bred Southerners (her father's early death caused her financial loss and insecurity). She graduated from Maryland's top girls school, had an eye for design and was a perpetual hostess. Is a huge misconception that she was course. That's all very different than character.
Wallis did the world a favor. QEII was a fabulous queen for more than 60 years and stabilized the monarchy. She had children to continue the reign after her but even if the Prince did ascend the throne, when he died, QEII would have still ascended to the throne since The Prince and Wallis had no children.
Look. At the. Mess the country. Is. In. Now. Laughing. Stock of the world. Passive. Ethnic. Cleansing. Culture and. Language. Stolen. By. Foreigners we've imported whose to. Say. We would have. Been worse under. Jerry. At least the. Islamic. Flag. Would not. Fly over. Our land. I. Assure it. Will. Just. . Let us. Soft. Shites. Give. It. Time
@@angiehoey2795, Church of England is failing. Any future King after The Queen passes away will only be puppets.
Whatever
@@angiehoey2795 Too many capital letters and full stops in your writing, Angie. No, Britain is not the laughing stock of the world, though it would help if you got rid of Boris Johnson. It is lovely that you have taken in migrants from the empire that you once created. The least you could do after stealing the wealth from those nations. Migrants are often interesting people who work hard. Love how you keep your history alive and make so many interesting BBC programs.
By getting Edward to abdicate and replacing him with a better king, Britain showed that the monarch should be chosen, not by order of birth, but by selecting which person is best for the job. So why not throw the job open to applicants and select from a wider field? That way you don't have to keep one family captive, forcing them to do a job no matter how they feel about it. The "royals" are kept as slaves. Charles and William are unable to choose the jobs they might like, are forced to be Anglicans, have to live in Britain and have to endure endless scrutiny from birth to death, like in the film "The Truman Show." Ask yourself, how many diamonds would it take to buy your freedom?
Recently discovered letters sent to Simpson after she had married Edward, show that she admitted she was stuck with him in a one-sided "love affair", and that she regretted ever giving up her second husband. A great love match with Edward VIII it was not.
I suppose she like all the attention and the jewels showered on her, otherwise she was likely to end up a lonely old recluse, which she eventually did
Timothy Sole She wanted out. He told her he would kill himself. He gave up the throne saying it was because of her. She was trapped.
Elizabeth Hopkins seems to me she trapped herself.
+misytee64 . Not true at all. King Edward absolutely forced her to marry him. She tried very hard to get out of it.
@@MissCane9 She was his scapegoat. His whole life he said he never wanted to be king. His actions proved he wasn't fit to be king. She did us all a favor. Thanks Wallis! 👍👍
Can't speak for the English establishment, but it seems absolutely hypocritical for a church which was established by a divorced Monarch, to object to a marriage simply because the woman was divorced .
Agree completely !!!! What a farce!!!!
The Church of Englad was established under Elizabeth I, not Henry VIII. Hypocrisy? How many popes had illegitimate children and mistresses?
+Chad Paul How many popes had mistresses and illegitimate children? Not many, and none of the women were murdered because they couldn't "produce" a male heir to the throne!
+Chad Paul the seeds of the Anglican sect were sown in the schismatic and heretical church of the adulterous and syphilis filled Henry, and was born under the bastard "queen " Elizabeth
The Lord knows every member of the true church. Institutions are just that: the church is not an institution; the church is bought with his blood and loves Him more than life. OK?
The truth is that Edward never wanted the responsibility and hard work of kingship and he used his love for Wallis as an out. They could have had a morganatic marriage but Edward rejected that. He only wanted the privileges of kingship but not the sacrifices and hard work. Wallis wrote a letter to the govt saying she would leave Edward and step back from the whole situation but Edward was determined to badicate anyway. When Wallis realized this she felt she had no choice but to stick by his side and go ahead with the wedding, when she had never wanted to marry him. It was just a bit if fun. Too late she realized she still loved her husband Ernest, and she did so for the rest of her life, but he had fallen in love with someone else and moved on with his life. She had nothing left but Edward.
King George VI wasn't exactly excited about becoming king either. The difference between him and Edward was that even when things were difficult, George VI carried on, and took his duties as King very seriously. His daughter Elizabeth II was the same way, which contributed to her successful 70 year reign as Queen.
And by then George was in frail health very shy and awkward with his stutter. Even his wife was worried his health would collapse under the strain which it eventually did. @@Farrah300
Thanks for watching, Bo. Fascinating woman, for sure!
Edward was so very handsome. Wow a king dropping everything for the woman he loved. That is history.
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I dare say, the greatest love story of the 20th Century ❤️
@@verborgenewahrheit1594 And what a horrible Love story at That!
Happens to many men
George VI was also very handsome. At least in my honest opinion.
Wasn't there a little interregnum where Wallis picked up some useful skills in the oldest profession after her first marriage? Her hold over Edward VIII was said to be related to that skill set. A poor sad little boy whose natural mother was incapable of or unwilling to give him any affection or intimacy and who was emotionally wrecked as a result. It shows in his eyes: a sad, lonely little boy drawn inescapably to what had made him the mess he was.
Ur a mess
His dependence on her was agonising to see. She was shallow and cold. His mother was extremely cold and he seemed to have chosen a cold woman and set himself the lifelong task of trying to persuade her to love him. He didn't succeed, poor wretch.
I wish this documentary had gone further.
+david howard Actually this is just a trailer for the documentary. You can find a full-length account and new, brilliant interpretation in the fillm by Claire Walding.
Betsy Prioleau Share the link to the full document, please?
A great presentation! They're story is so interesting. I believe she was greatly misunderstood & what people saw bad in her & gossiped about, they had within themselves!
She was very American & liberated! She had a vivaciousness about her. I believe she captivated him in many ways!
There was a lot of pain in their lives.
Thanks! This is an intriguing story and woman. Few women have been so vilified. Yet now, with divorce in the royal family and a commoner married to an heir apparent, we should re-evaluate Wallis. She was no saint, but instructive in lots of ways.
Betsy Prioleau ... You make very spot on points
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I read she made him fried chicken and he loved it. It was a different kinda 'love story'.
Thanks, Max, for your insight. Certainly Edward didn't relish the role of King and wouldn't have minded an alibi.
+Betsy Prioleau He wanted all the privileges the rank gave him though.......thank heaven he abdicated, he would have been a nightmare, weak and self indulgent.
+Sue Harvey You're probably right, especially in view of his German sympatheties, but he did have an unusual interest in improving the lot of the poor. With today's wealth gap, his might be a welcome voice now if he could implement anything.
+Elizabeth Frantes Interesting point. It may have been just a case of noblesse oblige--aristocratic charity for the poor without any committment to real change. Thanks for the input.
@@betsyprioleau1126 yes. But by what political means?
She wanted it all and she got it; just not the way she wanted. lol when you dance with the Devil, there’s always hell to pay.
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If he hadnt abdicated and had married a "suitable woman" and had had children,then his stuttering brother wouldnt have been king and elizabeth II wouldnt have been queen and so on...i guess everything had to have been fate/destiny.
Here's a preview of Claire Walding's amazing biopic for Arte TV of the notorious Wallis Simpson who seduced a king into renouncing the throne of England.
The powers that be force Edward out; they didn't want him King. And he failed in his subseuquent posts and responsibilities suggesting he would have failed as King.
Whatever
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She did bring his downfall. She was still happily married when she met him.
He did that. He insisted on marrying her, not the other way about.
@@zzzbbbooo Right. He was the sinner. Eventually she found him boring.
I don't care how it happened, thank God she helped force the abdication of Edward VIII. What a disaster for the world if he had stayed in power and helped Hitler control Europe, with or without a World War!
Jaymes Guy Ignorant. He did not go to Germany to side eith the Nazi. Find out why he did.
citizenofnowhere777 Ignorant? How unnecessary. The Windsors were definitely pro-Hitler and there is proof that the Duke was thought to have loose lips. There was also a scandal regarding Wallis and the German Ambassador Count VonRibbontorp. It is no secret the Duke wanted Hitler to win and put the Duke back on the throne. I don’t think is was for love of Hitler, it was for a chance to get his old job back and his obsession to make Wallis HRH. He even asked Queen Elizabeth to make Wallis HRH on his deathbed. Wasn’t it Churchill that said every town in the UK should have a statue of Wallis Windsor because she saved England from Edward the Eighth.
Jaymes Guy Agree, he was a weak man and useless nazi sympathizer.
No actually it was Russia who ended dominating Europe.
@@patriciawashko2435.. Sounds like Churchill, mind you he was the one who pushed for the marriage... Hence the fruition of the abdication.
Why are the women always the scapegoats? Surely the men I know are smart enough to make their own decisions.
Lynda Anthony trust me there’s no delusion, the old fat guys don’t care if their trophies are in love with them or not, they’re getting what they want
Actually, they aren’t. Women are smarter than me.
The British royals have a thing for American divorcees
Stop perpetuating a lie
Has anybody noticed Wallis camilla and Megan all have masculine jaw line extra testosterone or coincidince
Love the Narrators Voice.
Women love to take credit for men's successes but can't be equally blamed for any of their flaws. While he certainly had his flaws, she did as well. She was a promiscuous opportunist who simply got caught in her own snares. The "trap" she couldn't escape was that of her own making. She is far from a hero. The irony of it all was that these two people were each other's natural consequences.
Andrew Lowie's book "Traitor King" reveals their sad relationship. They were both shallow, lost souls.
Well written with an extensive bibliography. He’s a terrific author.
Well,she did stay married to him even though he give up the throne and everything privilege that went with it,followed by Princes Margaret,Andrew and Charles,all were divorcees and scandals in the mix.They are all just people with the same hope and dreams,except they all have more money provided by ill gotten gains by their ancestors.
+Winston Jackman It's true: rank and riches have covered a lot of royal bad behavior through the ages; their hypocrisy re Wallis is one of them.
“ Her reputation was torn apart...” Come on! WHAT REPUTATION? People hated her because of her character much in the same way they cannot tolerate the Duchess of Sussex. They both had a disgusting reputation due to character issues long before they became involved with British royalty. They both epitomize reputations decent people do not want.
@Deborah Brennan A chill came over me when H said during the engagement interview that there wasn’t anything she was incapable of doling. I’ve always said exactly what you have.
Oh shut up
Looks like Olive Oyl
IlovemyCountry She was certainly no looker, more of a hooker.
She made a King head over heels, abdicate the thrown, very well dressed woman. She was a different kind of beauty.
@@jenniferholden9397 oh shut up
I see a repeat of markle here.
Incredibly similar women. Meghan wants to be seen as diana but she is only comparable to Wallis.
My thought exactly!
Haters gonna hate
@@grammy965 She was a nasty person don’t forget she was a boat girl for Epstein & c/o
@@PamelaGreen354 Are Brits really surprised that Harry of all people would break away and marry an American ? I'm not.
From her pictures she was by no means a pretty woman
Edward would have been an awful king. Wallis did Britain a great favor by ridding them of Edward.
Oh shut up
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@@raydavison4288 lol
She was not the best looking woman,wonder what made him so crazy about her?Her second husband new what she was doing.What a sad ending for both.
For all his faults (if not wishing to be held captive in a golden cage is a fault) Edward was treated appallingly by the British Monarchy. Absolutely atrociously. And they call themselves a 'family'! Quite shocking in itself.
Well, considering that current Monarchs used to kill former Monarchs.........even family members, I'd say he got off easy. Besides, it was mainly his mother, Mary of Teck, and his sister-in-law that conspired to keep them out. I don't think they were necessarily trying to punish Edward, they didn't want Wallis to be rewarded for her part in the whole debacle. Mary, George and Elizabeth were deeply unhappy with Edward's decision to put his personal wants ahead of his duty to his country. Since it was an unprecedented event (a still living former king), no one really knew how to respond to it, but my guess is the crown's main goal was to cut Wallis out as best they could. If Edward was a part of that, well.... so be it. Edward and George were very close growing up. When Edward gave up the crown and walked away, it destroyed their relationship. George simply didn't want to be King, never expected to be King. His wife and daughters were convinced that being King led George to an early grave, and they were probably right.
@@heatherhillman1 A good response Heather, thank you. You summed it up with "George simply didn't want to be King". I appreciate it wasn't his primary existence and like Prince Harry of today, he was more than happy to be the 'spare' (why work when you can take the tax payers hard earned cash for next to nothing)...? (they have to explain themselves slightly more these days... but not much more)) but since Edward relinquished his duties (and let's be honest, because Wallace was only part of his desire to abdicate... as he was already 'looking for the exit'), and as you quite rightly point out Mary, George and Elizabeth were deeply unhappy with his decision, George had to step-up-to-the-plate or do the same as Edward (which morally and mentally he knew he either could not or would not). I'm sure in some part the role of King may of contributed to his death but ultimately I believe his smoking ended his life prematurely. After all, many monarchs have lived longer and most, certainly today. I'm afraid I refuse to sugar-coat it. Edward wanted out AND as a human being he had every right to leave. Regardless of how long standing our monarchy has survived they still have choices and had it happened today I'm sure we would have been even more understanding. But I also understand the Royal families need to 'retain' the Thrown. It's the most elite position one can aspire to and comes with a recession proof position, if you can stomach it...
Their job is to keep the monarchy alive.
@@grammy965 just breathing shouldn’t really be a job description!
The last line is the most provocative but it's left hanging.
It's like history repeating its self with harry and meg the merciless
No wonder they even look alike
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No, Wallis was absolutely gorgeous, classy and cultured, while Meg is the opposite in every way
Verborgene Wahrheit Totally agree. Wallis was at least interesting, intelligent and witty unlike M who is an ignorant bore.
Strange: Markle resembles Wallis!
Wallis did all of us a favor when Edward, a Nazi sympathizer, gave up the throne to marry her. He would have been a horrible King.
He dumped his religion, his monarchy, his country, his family.
So weak.
It is NOT the American dream, rather that of little girls anywhere, IMO.
can you please upload the whole documentary? thank you
To get the whole documentary or find out how to download it, contact the director/producer Claire Walding. Her email is clairewalding@gmail unless she's changed it. Thanks! Glad you like the preview; Claire is a genius.
thank you :) and yes, she is, I love Wallis so much and W.E ofc!
Whatever might be true about Wallis, she didn't cause the downfall of Edward. They were together long enough for Edward to chose reason if he had wanted to. She was driven by a desire for prestige, and he was driven by a desire for acceptance. Their partnership was disastrous; neither of them got it right.
+Greg Scott I would say rather than prestige Wallis was looking for security (of course she wanted to make what was called a "good match.")
This was interesting in the fact that this is rather a positive take on Wallis Simpson. I listened to an interview that she gave...she came off as being quite enchanting. I can easily see why so many people were so taken with her. BUT, that's only on the surface. Simpson was a very dangerous woman. The last thing she needed to do was become queen. There were also interviews with the Duke & Duchess where they supported Hitler. The last place Churchhill wanted the Duke was Germany - but they both went there anyway. That's one of the reasons that the couple were placed in the Bahamas. Wallis' letters state how much she hated being there - and referred to the local native population as lazy n-word. I agree she was a fascinating person. But she was also a very dangerous person....with a very loose mouth.
And the church did not oppose adultery?
This is so choppy if you dont knew the material it would be so hard to follow really
I believe these are cobbled excerpts from a much longer documentary (hence its choppiness).
He loved his country more than anything, it was a stupid rumor that he sided with hitler, started by the people in power that wanted him out because of the changes they feared he would bring. The wave he gave in Germany for instance was not a hi- hitler only a royal wave. he went to Germany to study the great housing that they had developed. England had a horrible housing shortage, Edward was wanting to help England. The people close to him said he would have never would gone along with the plan to dethrone his brother. Edward would not have done anything to hurt England, he did hope that war would not come but was helpless to stop it and if he had been king I think war would have happened anyway, he was not that different from his brother.
The general public has forgotten how a severe up bringing informs the later adult. Edward, not the only one but certainly one of the most high profile, was sexually dysfunctional , needing to dress up as a baby and pushed around in a pram. With that came the importance of having a very domineering partner ....Yes! S&M and that's how he rolled. Being a dom to 'real king' must've been intimidating to most but Wallis had it in her to assume this role. Edward, of course, was getting what he needed and wanted and although SHE was getting bored of the role, HE would've been crushed (and maybe more) if she hadn't gone along with it plus she was making mountains in jewels and now had a certain notoriety whether good or not. And 'royals" didn't need 'this' 'rumor' verified if she left.........................
Edward wanted to avoid the throne as he was infertile and this would have become known. Wallis was an out.
That is so true!! He was infertile and it would have eventually come out that there's no heirs for the bloodline to carry on.
Wallis was a fashion icon.They were a loving happy couple.He gave everything up for his woman.
+Maggy May
And Simpson went on to conduct a 4 year affair with Woolworths heir, Jimmy Donahue who was 15 years her junior, behind Edward's back. A housekeeper revealed in her diaries that this revelation broke Edward's heart. She also continued to write affectionately to her ex, Ernest.
And the band played on.
I think he was a sad pathetic man who ended up living a pointless, worthless life who gave up his thrown for a woman who didn’t really love him but he was a Nazi sympathizer so maybe it was what he deserved.
Msunbird02 Couldn’t have too hot of an affair with a very out, very gay Donahue.
She was trapped...a tragic victim.
Much too short and light on details, but we'll done, otherwise.
More than lovers they seem to have been allies. She would be queen, he would not have to procreate. Fortunately, their calculations failed, and neither of them had anywhere to return. They lived their charade to the end, what a cocky pair of actors!
She must have been nice woman. So a prince loved her.
The other two men surely did not love her.
Love & respect matters in marriage
Wallis had her own beauty, unique and mysterious.
It was common knowledge among domestic staff in Palm Beach that David loved to play cards. It was also common knowledge that he would play with anyone who wanted to play with him. Including any staff who wished to. Wallis, on the other hand, hated it when he so. She always thought that she should have been queen.
+1956blueeyes Interesting feedback. Feelings run high about this couple and rumors and stories keep on coming and coming.
No she never wanted to be queen. She never wanted to marry Edward....it was all just a bit of fun for her as she still loved her husband Ernest. She had no idea the prince would fall for her in a big way and that he would give up the throne for her. She tried every which way to get out of the marriage but he wouldn't let her. When she realized he was going to abdicate she wrote a letter to the govt to say she was prepared to leave him and move away to another country but Edward, who had never wanted to be king, was determined to abdicate anyway. When Wallis realised this she knew she was trapped and would have looked really bad if she abandoned him now, and by now he was all she had. Her ex husband Ernest had fallen in love with another woman and married her. Wallis had nothing left and nowhere to go....
Leather Queens!
A great video with King George 6,simply noticingly prowess,a praisworthy decision making.
I like Wallis, she is different she stand out. Of the crowd '...
He. ( the duke) was pushed to abduction by the establishment who couldn't tolerate his avant-garde point of views.
He was also passing state secret to the NAZIS.
Nah, Wallis was his scapegoat. He never wanted to be king.
Sexual charms and powers!! I don't think so, more like social climbing in the extreme
compare to Jezebel, not Eve. Eve was not evil.
More and more, I really think Nutmeg is channeling Wallis Simpson, Ugly, nasty, and evil.
@Angie Coers What is this problem you have with Meghan? Unless you are related to her you have NO firsthand knowledge if how you pictured Meghan is true... Are you jealous? Seek therapy!
L'ambition a été sa perte ! Elle aurait préféré être la maîtresse d'un roi plutôt que la femme d'un roi exilé
So it's all men's fault...
Strange both Wallis & David being ardent antisemites (even after the war) it is inconceivable they did not know Ernest Simpson was Jewish and originally Sampson. One of the big yet fairly taboo mysteries of this union
Thanks for the observation! Wallis was an opportunist without a strong ideology, except a rage for status and power. She married Ernest, in my view, as a social stepping stone and adopted David's and the aristocracy's antisemitism because it was convenient.
Poor Edward
their marriage was not happy but why was edward clinged to her like a puppy....she wasn't attractive....she is the splitting image of camilla.....are they related? Funny royals men fell for funny women.
Ladies should learn from Wallis Simpson's lead. Not this try to dominate men nonsense.
I have read she was really a man.
Adultury
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People always say she is not pretty. I think for the time she was very attractive, otherwise how did she get a mr. Simpsoms, he was already married. Also have you looked at Edward. Holy moly inbreeding at it's finest. What an ugly man, and dull, and his tone and slow talking makes him sound confused. The powers that be got what they wanted. Edward got to live the good life he so enjoyed and Wallis got caught up in the game.
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Camilla Parker Bowles is Worse Wallis is an Angel in comparison
+Perdue Q:-- Worse?----WORSE??---Like feeding oats to a pony!!!!!
Angel? Ugly and a whore, carrying on while tampon was married!
no way. wallias was bitch
Wallis - Duchess of Windsor - Real Queen!
+Bo Dahlin No, Edward was never crowned King.
Sorry, you are wrong. George V died in Jan. 1936, Edward would be King, yes, but as with George V1, when he died, 1952, Elizabeth was Queen. But Edward reigned for 326 DAYS. The abdication meant he was never crowned King.
George V1 was crowned, 12 May, 1936.
Elizabeth's Coronation, was 2nd, Jun, 1953
Not at all, glad you like history.
+Msunbird02 King Edward thought quite rightly that she was fit to become his Queen. Her two previous marriages were not the problem, most of the Royal family had affairs and did not have the decency to marry. Elizabeth Bowes Lyon who had been spurned by the Prince of Wales never forgave Mrs Simpson for marrying the man she loved.
I'd be curious to know what type of proof exists that Elizabeth Bowes Lyon was in love with Edward the 8th and that he spurned her. Are there an bio's of her or anyone that mentions this? Though it wouldn't surprise me if he did!
most likely they were Nazis