When A King Gave Up His Crown For Love | Edward And Wallis | Absolute History
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2019
- Rewriting the history of one England’s most famous love affairs.
Wallis Simpson found herself at the centre of a national scandal when she was seen to ensnare Edward VIII and lure him from the throne of England. But in this explosive film, biographer Anne Sebba sifts through a newly discovered cache of documents - shown in this film for the first time - that contains 15 secret letters written by Wallis Simpson herself around the time ofthe abdication. These extraordinary personal missives have the power to rewrite both history and our perception of Wallis. They reveal she was deeply in love with another man, and chart her fear, desperation and loneliness as she found herself becoming trapped into marrying the man who should have been king.
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She seems to be one of many people who always want what they can’t have. When they get it, they want the next impossible thing.
agree - but i always say when they get it they find out it wasn't that they they wanted and move on in their feelings
Less prejudice, more facts please.
If you really love someone, you don't force them to stay with you by threatening suicide. That's not love, that's manipulative, controlling, and abusive behaviour.
& if they stay, it's called "dysfunctional"
He was all that. And he suffered from a SERIOUS case of Peter Pan syndrome. So, from a fun fling with a really really rich powerful man, she got stuck with a clinging, needy little boy for the rest of her life. And he had nothing to do. What a burden to amuse him, and he gave up the CROWN for her, so she felt guilty about that too.
@@mangot589 I think Camilla is the same way with Charles. She is stuck upholding a very fragile ego
@@MsPrecious61 difference is, Camilla is deeply in love with Charles. Wallis not so much.
@@pauline9580 hmm
The more that I watch this video the more I’m glad he abdicated. I’m an American and I can’t believe how much of a child Edward was. On top of his relationship with Wallis Simpson his relationship with the Nazis would’ve put Britain in a precarious situation.
Yes. Thank all our lucky stars he wasn't ever crowned.
She was already a known Nazi enthusiast and she was being watched by our (US) government. I'm sorry she wasn't a prettier interloper.
He was as obsessed with her as Henry was with Anne!
Yeah but he ended up beheading her later
@@ginabindari6499 hi gu
And Henry is with Rachel.
And now megan and her puppet...it's in the blood.
He was not forced off the throne; he resigned.
I believe the word is "abdicated".....
he was managed into resigning.
Historians agree he would not have made a good king, particularly in the scenario of WW2
He gave up the throne for a twice American divorcee, and the British people never forgot it or forgave Edward VIII.
Because of his abdication we have,since 67 years, a wonderful Queen 👍
She did you guys a great favor...😁😁
@@chykim1 yes indeed 😊
she still would have been queen, but she wouldn't have taken the throne until 1972. David never had kids. I bet old Victoria started spinning in her grave the day Elizabeth passed her as longest reigning monarch. hee-hee.
Very true they say things happen for a reason and it was obvious The Queen mother despised Wallis for putting her family through this ! But we couldn’t of asked for a better monarch than Elizabeth the second x very much like the first Elizabeth ! Unfortunately things have happened since with our royal family !! Time will tell I find it all very sad ☹️
For 67 years, dragă Nicoletta cu doi t! Ei au regină, tu ai președinte! Dacă tot ne fandosim în engleză,invaț- o !
She never loved him. He may have loved her but he used her as an excuse to abdicate the throne. He never understood for the rest of his life the huge disappointment and displeasure he caused his family.
I don't think he ever knew what love really is.
In her diaries it was revealed that she was mean to him. She went out every night with different men and partied it up. It was sad in some of the old videos he seems like a shell of a man.
apparently on edward’s death bed, she left him for another man.
edwards last words were calling for wallis.
Seems like he was always a shell of a man.
just like Harris is now
Yes he doesn’t even SIT UP in some of them
I don’t think she went out every night. But Edward lacked the leadership qualities needed to guide England thru WWII. Wallace did the world a favor by becoming Edward’s wife. It ironic how the monarchy has changed.
I can't feel sorry for him because he got what he wanted, Wallis.
An intelligent, witty, likeable woman. Not a bad choice.
@@Celisar1 conversely a duplicitous , unfaithful money grubbing little slut .
Wallis wanted to have a cake and eat it too. I don't feel sorry for her.
Aww
Exactly!
Proof positive for the saying “Be careful what you wish for...because you just might get it”.
What a mess. Her flirtation and subsequent affair with David, didn’t turn out as she expected. She apparently didn’t see he was an emotionally stunted man who needed a mother not a lover.
“a face like an old boot”.......ouch!
IKR, how does he really feel lol
He never wanted to be king. He used her as an escape.
Seems so..
He did , however, want to be rich - he was very avaricious.
Jean Rhodes Did you watch the whole documentary?
Edward was *sexually*obsessed with Wallis, that’s all. She was Edward”s Lilith person, meaning the woman who had the ability to drive him mad with desire.
I think it was parliament who didn't want him to be king, they knew the situation with Germany and Hitler and they knew Bertie was the better choice for king. They gave Edward the "You can have Wallis or the throne" ultimatum because they knew which one he'd choose. They couldn't fire him but they could force him to quit.
she was so conniving , i can't believe any of her " letters " , i feel they were carefully crafted with an eye to posterity. she could have left whenever she pleased...she had her eye on the ultimate victory ..the crown ...tisk , tisk...........
He needed her much more than she needed him!!
I just found out Churchill “helped “ him write the abdication speech (ie: Winston wrote it)!! 😂
yes he did. There is all the Churchill drama there!
A story of obscene privilege, social climbing and greed. Oh, poor them.
Spiritual impoverishment.
we donT look like Miss W. S.
We have been blessed with a wonderful queen. God bless her and give her strength at this very sad time. Theirs was truly a love story.
The person whom stands out as extraordinary in this whole debacle isn't the King, nor Wallis. It was Ernest... He seemed to be amazingly kind in a pretty fucked up situation. It seems, however, it would be difficult to be too put upon or even act as if his wife was taken out from under his nose. He knew they were invited to spend time with the Prince of Wales in return for allowing the Prince to mske time with his wife.
In a way Ernest was the person to start this because he gave edward the opportunity and green light to have an affair with his wife. Yet tries to dump his blame to the situation. Ernest could have put his foot down and told edward to back off. Ernest enjoyed the stuff they got from the situation and then bailed. But he was right about 1 thing it was edwards fault there marriage failed
Really? Ernest didn't seem to mind Wallis seeing the prince when he needed introductions to members of society. Then, when he was embarrassed, he dropped her for someone else.
He wasn't forced off the throne. Wallace was the excuse he'd been looking for all his life. That's why the rf was so mad.
it was managed.
He was forced. The Js wanted to control the UK and they couldn't do that with him on the throne.
The Crown really got this one wrong. 🤣
I didn't even bother to watch it.
For Britain, Wallis was the best thing to happen, because if she hadn’t turned up, Britain would have been stuck with a Nazi king, and who knows what would have developed?
He wasn’t a nazi.
Well this gives the definition of "you made your bed, now you have to lie in it."
“I’m so lonely”. It seems it was all about her....her needs, her feelings. Did she realize how many lives she altered?
She liked being the center of attention. She wanted to be mistress to the King, not his consort. She relished the attention. She thrived on scandal.
I can’t understand her writing to her estranged husband and crying about her self-created predicament. What an ego.
I would have sent her letters back, "Return to Sender - Address Unknown"....
@@vivians9392 - apparently he still loved her. What a bunch of messed up people. SMH
Another narcissist.
What sort of crap are you writing?! Everybody has the right to state if they feel lonely.
He was not forced, he resigned for a woman that didn’t love him
@Teresa Areces Edward VIII’s (Duke of Windsor)great grandnephew followed in his footsteps. While Harry didn’t have a throne to abdicate from, he turned his on his family and threw them under the bus for a woman who doesn’t love him. Harry has the same sense of entitlement and expected to keep all of the financial benefits and perks, privileges and benefits that he enjoyed as a working royal even after he walked away from his royal duties and moved to another country, the same as his great granduncle did in 1936.
@@jacquelinebarber-dixon5316 i have a feeling that you did not watch the interview...
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, so true
@@gillespieibanez8426 "The Interview" with Opera, which factual evidence has disproven every slanderous claim made by reprehensible Meghan to be absolutely false. Meghan bullied and mistreated all of her royal staff, disrespected the Queen thinking she was the real Queen, and was an overall mean, toxic, and pathological liar. Meghan Markle is on the same level of depravity as Prince Andrew. Too bad they didnt marry, because Andrew and Meghan would be a match made in heaven, i mean hell
Our *choices* define our lives --- and their *consequences* define it's aftermath.
I believe ( _given the historical background of both personalities_ ) that both of these people were " _broken_ ", emotionally + psychologically.
Although many perceive their union as a _Love Story_ , I fail to see two _narcissistic personalities_ love anyone other than themselves.
Wallis was a witch; a nightmare, who dragged Edward around like a dog on a leash! I'm sure the monarchy was embarrassed by his blind weakness. She was bullying and rude to his nurses in his later years at the Texas Medical Center. My Mother witnessed this as an LVN working in the hospital.
No one held a gun to her head. The king was going and did abdicate for her, she could have stood up as well and said no (that was her big choice as the king had his). He had a backbone, she did not. If she didn't want to marry him she shouldn't have. Period.
Thank you.
Ironic that the monarchy that created divorce refused David his wife.
Well, with Henry VIII, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, and marry now pregnant Anne Boleyn.
With Wallis, it was a bit different, she had two living ex husbands. I believe, Parliament was truly concerned with Edward VIII as King, with his pro Nazi views, and they used their romance to force his abdication in favor of his younger brother.
Some historians are convinced he just didn't want to face the responsibility of being King. I think he wanted to abscond with as much of the Crown's money as he could and live the high life instead.
@@lizh1988 - agreed he didn’t want the responsibility. He was a bon vivant, “work” did not appeal to him. Apparently, all of his brains were in his penis.
He annulled the marriages, not divorced them though.
@@rachelamsterdam1106
Henry divorced two of his wives (Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves), he had two of his wives executed (Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard) and one of his wives (Jane Seymour) died shortly after childbirth. His last wife (Catherine Parr) outlived him.
Anne Boleyn was annulled just before her execution.
It’s semantics......some historians say divorced, others say annulled. It’s a technicality. Henry could not get a divorce through the Pope, so he broke from the Catholic Church and declared himself Head of the Church of England and had the marriages annulled.
I’d say annulled would be more accurate. It gets ridiculous when he executes two wives. I suppose he felt annulment or divorce wasn’t enough for those two.
Another couple who should never have married. Wallis enjoyed the attention and initial excitement and the glamour and he wouldn’t let her go. I don’t think once he had abdicated she felt she could leave him but she clearly always still loved her husband. Another sad mess.
Seriously how did they get these so called letters of her writing to another guy? What guy would save them all these years and keep them away from his new wives he married
Thank you for this documentary, it puts an whole new light on the situation, and THANK YOU for having the wonderful Elizabeth McGovern for the voice of Wallis.. perfection.
The fabulous lens used on the settings in the b roll was stunningly beautiful.
I was just googling them the other day and wanted to find a good video of them! Thank you
This romanticised fluff isn't it - there are better documentaries about the abdication to be found on UA-cam. 'A Very British Coup' is excellent and has depth.
He was so incredibly handsome as a young man. Today he'd be a Ralph Lauren model.
He always looked like a very very heavy smoker.
He always look soo old, he had an old mans face!
@@GGG-sd9ei not when he was in his 20s. He had a very boyish face.
@@anderander5662 how does someone look like a smoker?? 🤔🤔🤷♀️
@@trawlins396 really? Look up smokers face in twins.
He was indeed a traitor, but just before his death Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth visited him. He rose from his sick bed and bowed to her. Their meeting was short, but he showed great dignity. I always liked hearing that story.
@Red Stilletto through a documentary. I will research my source and provide it to you. when you've read watch listens etc to as many sources of the royal family as I have it's hard to remember.
@Red Stilletto I completely forgot about this. It should be that hard to find, it was probably the only time she went and visited the Duke of Windsor herself. Really except for State occasions involving relatives the Google Windsor returned to England. I will research this for you now.
@Red Stilletto this of course wasn't the source I learned this information from, but it will suffice just the same. www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29322853/queen-elizabeth-duke-of-windsor-paris-visit-true-story-the-crown-season-3/
Saw a documentary a couple months ago about the recent finding of Wallis’ letters to her ex-husband. She did not want to marry Edward. After the kings abdication speech she was trying to leave England. Edward sent bodyguards to protect her, she couldn’t leave.
Is it just me or does the voice actor for Wallis sound just like Elizabeth McGovern?? I keep getting mental images of Cora Crawley from Downton.
@Colcannon
Thank you! 😊
Exactly what I thought!!
That's because it IS her! Yes, she has a very distinctive voice. I hope she never plays Wallis onscreen though - the actress is a very beautiful woman and far too feminine and attractive to convince as the hatchet-faced Duchess!
IMHO, she's a horrible actress (McGovern). Love Downton, but I don't understand why she's tapped to play British roles (video or audio). If that lady can get a gig that huge with so little talent, there's hope for us all :)
@@texasgirl187 She's NOT playing "British". She's playing an American who marries a British Lord. So much for your opinion.
Listening at 28.30 can you imagine him being the King during the second world war...
It was a mockery of fate. Poor Wallys, the King clung to her and she didn’t have another exit but to marry him.
I love your channel! Keep it up 😁
Very well done.
Boo hoo my life in the South of France is awful
It would be if you gave up being king of England to marry a woman who loved another and was a Nazi, yes?
I hate watching sad love stories. Ahhh, you really never realized you love a certain person until it is too late
Wow I felt bad for Wallis Simpson all this time and she wasn’t even in love with the 👑 she was just a gold digger in the end. What a horrible person
Read _The Last Days of The Duchess_. She ended horribly.
@@christinesbetterknitting4533 karma
Wow.. what a revelation. Her body language said it all. Always thought her a cold fish.. but now it transpires she was extremely unhappy. Her just dessert?
The Prince was happy and Wallace Simpson was loyal regardless of the difficulties faced on Edwards controlling mechanisms . Perhaps Harry and Megan face the same establishment bias ?.
I would like to feel sorry for these two..but I just can’t seem to muster anything up. You have a prince who was incredibly immature, had no real relationships and had probably never been in love before. She was a self absorbed woman who was born poor and wanted to show “everyone” how good she had it now. I mean...a KING!! She helped create this disaster. In the end, she knew she HAD to marry him, SHE was why he abdicated, right? A victim of her own creation.
My heart is wrecked watching this...I’m so incredibly sad. What a shame :(
One of the great love affairs of all time.
Still this part of history shows for every action there's a reaction.
Sounds like a another Royal couple we have been hearing a lot about lately 🤔
Who megan and harry ?
I think it's very similar given the fact the British media and public have hounded her for no apparent reason, just like they did to Wallis.....
Megan has been brutalised for one thing only....kate is deemed as an angle and so perfect its beyond me.
@@lporquai9048 MM is very similar to Wallis as she is also a divorcee and an American who appears to have bewitched a prince with her charms . She has also separated him from his family which I think is terribly sad
@@decorDD why is it the woman is always seen as the "temptress "
Prince Harry is a a grown man ...Prince Edward was a grown man they have minds.
Very old school opinion that a woman has such power,and seductive ways that a man is so weak to turn a blind eye!!!
Its love that's it, love ....
How could Harry maintain a sound relationship in the UK it was an absolute Bear Pit..Just my opinion
@@lporquai9048 a few reasons why most people ( I’m not one of them ) believe that Meghan is making the decisions...Harry is known to be easily influenced , by Harry’s own words ..Meghan gets what Meghan wants and thirdly , her track record is very much one of her being in control of the relationship . I think this is what most people perceive anyway ....
as far as the UK being a “ bear pit “ ...Harry could have left years ago . He was never going to be in line to the throne once William had his son and he could easily have left then and made a life for himself . The UK is anything but a bear pit for the a royals ...Harry has access to unlimited wealth and luxury , good friends who constantly kept his exploits quiet and who were incredibly discreet . The Monarchy has great control over the press in the UK and can use damage control where necessary . The Royals have vast teams of security to watch over their every move . On the contrary, the UK is one of the safest places for Harry and his children . The UK however , was not what Meghan desired . Too restrictive , too stuffy and too old fashioned so she chose to leave ...by all accounts , it was decided before the wedding ( if the Scobie book is to be believed ) and this completes the theory that Meghan is in charge . I always though that Harry and Meghan were a lovely couple and I stand by my opinion which is that they’ve missed out on a wonderful opportunity to bring about change within the monarchy and also within the world , using their influence as Royals . They’ve sold out and have disappointed those if us who believed them during the engagement interview , when they said they were committed to their duties .
The way people deal with royals is so primitive.
He must have realised very soon after their marriage that she didn't love him. The jewels and over the top pampering, seem like a kind of compensation from him. He made it impossible for her to leave or not marry, imagine how bad her life would have been if she had.
Well, this is a fine kettle of fish, as we say...
Don't play with fire. 🔥
I'm beginning to see the King had his way because he was the king. Sorry to learn this impacted Ernest and Wallis
It's more than understandable why the Royal Family did not like Wallis Simpson, but were the denial of HRH and refusal of allowing any family member to attend their wedding really necessary?
You have the title wrong. It should be INFAMOUS Love Affair.
loved it
Oh God, the weird fascination with these horrifically narcissistic, entitled wags! "Admire" Wallis for scarfing a life of unbridled privilege without a moment's work by bewitching a dimwitted royal playboy, and the two of them going out of their way to curry favor with the Nazis? Enough already. Put a stop to this ridiculous, medieval charade.
I don't think any of this is new news...I kind of feel sad for both of them...well done video.
lol don't bother. They were both nazi sympathizers
It's mind boggling to me how alike Wallis and Meghan Malarcky are so alike. They've each had such a terrible effect on the most popular royal of their generation. It's a phenomenal parallel .
I feel so sorry for both of them! If only she could have said no! I don’t feel that either of them had very happy lives; there’s no blame involved at all - he was divorced from his royal family life and all he had known! - that must have been so hard, and she could not possibly replace all that for him. What a lot of pressure for both of them. I don’t dislike her- she was in some ways weak, - a passive people pleaser in saying yes to him, which is against the way people think of her. Complex, imperfect creatures is what we all are. I adored her style and brooches and I thought she was very attractive.
Henry VIII managed to marry who he wanted despite having a wife already ! 😆
Henry VIII as a bigamist. He married Anne Bolyen before he was
divorced from Catherine of Aragon.
Well look how it all ended
Oh, yes. Always wondered and now we see - she was the dominatrix and he was the submissive, being the weak man he was.
Anne Sebba is the most amazing Woman and Biographer. Just like a good Wine, she continues to get better with age.
You would nearly think Walis might have major male hormones dominant..maybe she was intersexed lol
there are many, many theories about Wallis' physical and sexual make up.
Wow, that’s deeply sexist. Women don’t need to be inter-sexed to have a dominating personality. Jesus Christ.
A man and a man together for ever....
I started watching and thought I'd seen it before. I had. this is on Timeline's channel. aww. I was hoping to see one I hadn't seen before. still, it's a good documentary.
How rude at 26. To say how ugly Wallace was.
She didn't mind being a mistress but didn't want to be tied down. I used to think that that the situation with Edward and Wallis was romantic but after a life time of experience I don't think so and haven't for a long time.
She wanted to be Queen.....
I don't believe she did not want to be married to a king..all that money and good life.
The divorce was rigged ..
Regrets years and years later when she realised she was married to a weak marshmallow.
Harry Windsor-Mountbatten learn by this event...
I always felt that she was the most sad, unhappy lady. David sucked the life out of her. Yes, she did her duty. For that, the royals should be thankfull and honor her at long last. They raised him to be a spoiled brat who thought that he could and should get anything he wanted. Blaming Wallis for his behavior was unconitionable.
It's absolutely absurd the way Edward viii biographer narrates Everything with so a Mocking smile..... That is very brixt indeed!!!!
Is,nt It????
This just shows we don't know the hearts of people. So sad.
How much did Ernest write back? I think she was scared?
Anyone else feel kinda yucky watching someone going through people's private correspondence?
Not while watching a documentary on the 1930s, no.
All the people in this story are a long time dead. It's just fine to read their correspondence, it's historical now..
Does a feel a bit tawdry....🤦
Nope - they are long dead and cannot be affected. It is history and history should always be told.
Yeah, it's why I avoid Facebook entirely.
I'm just curious. Can someone please enlighten me. Why is it that King Edward VIII has to abdicate the throne for wanting to marry a divorced woman, whilst King Henry VIII stayed on the throne even though he himself was twice divorced?
Short answer : different times... people would die if anybody gets in Henry's way. He literally made a whole new christian denomination just he could get a divorce. Edward on the other hand is a moron.
Is that Elizabeth McGovern´s voice as Wallis? :)
Credits at the end. Someone else said yes.
Iam perplexed as to why she was described as beautiful and he was described as handsome in this documentary 🤔🤔.... neither of them were remotely attractive so I was really happy to hear that guy speak the truth and say “she had a face like an old boot” 🤣🤣🤣
You must be a man. I'm a woman and imo David was INCREDIBLY handsome. Especially as a young man. Wallis did indeed look like an old leather shoe on the other hand.
I think it’s the hair . She had a very angular face , a softer hairdo would have done wonders for her .
@@lindakight3597 stupid part right up the middle looked awful. She had expensive things but not the character.
They were both attractive at least in their early twenties, but age was not kind, nor their lifestyles.
The Duke of Windsor is certainly handsome but Wallis is plain but very well dressed and well groomed
Oh boot......I thought he said " Poot ".....thank you for clearing that up...😁
He hated royal life he never wanted to be king so he quit and thru his younger brother Bertie under the bus and he quit
if he never wanted to be king, why did he fight so hard to find a way to marry her and stay on the throne. He came up with all sorts of ideas.
What can One wants , that can BE Above ALL...if not simple Human Dignity???
Cause of all the misery ? It was her choice to sleep with another man while married again,and she had affairs while married to Edward.Know Harry has fallen for it all over again.
I was given a gift of their original 1st Christmas / New years card from their home in the south of france after they married . It's hand signed by both Wallis and Edward. I probably should hold on to it. I guess it has some history!
Yes, you could have it auctioned or sell it if you like, it might interest someone. It is historical! I have his book!
This relationship has always annoyed me. I don't feel sorry for her. She didn't land in this mess. She made it. Affairs. adultery, divorces. She is where she should be now.
exactly she got wat she desired she was socialite and got caught up until she got too deep in she should have stayed with her husband
To be fair she was abused by her first husband.
@@kulupingerzi she was a prostitute in Hong Kong for a year before coming to England. I don't know if it was all her fault or if she was trafficked. But that had to have thrown a wrench in the machinery of her relationships.
@@lizh1988
Oh wow that's really sad.
The "cabal" consisting of the British Cabinet, the Church of England and the British aristocracy played a big role in Edward's abdication along with the complete disapproval of all the major Commonwealth countries. They could see what was coming down the road at a break neck speed and the fact it would end in a horrendous crash for the Monarchy if Edward ascended the throne and subsequently married Mrs. Simpson. In plain words, Edward was just not suited for the job nor was he prepared to do his duty much like the present Prince Harry Duke of Sussex and his American wife.....
The "other" man she was in love with was her husband, Ernest! So, why didn't she stay married to him and kiss unstable Edward off? Nobody can make you do what you don't want to, unless you're crazy enough to play those games!
I'm curious as to the sound of Ernest Simpson's voice. He was born in New York City. His mother was American and father British. Did he speak with a British or American accent or some kind of hybrid? I have Googled for information but nothing comes up.
They used to call that a mid-atlantic accent.....affected by pretentious Americans of the time.
I agree w/ the negative comments about both of them but the fact is that our wonderful queen has been on the throne for almost 7 decades because of the abdication. It was, in a sad and round about way, meant to be. Also, why did you give Wallis an English accent in this video?
She would have been Queen regardless. Edward and Wallis didn’t/couldn’t have children so Elizabeth II would automatically be Queen.
@@facebookcom-ej7dm though David did not die until 1972 or so, so if he hadn't abdicated she would have waited till then to reign.
Someone else pointed out that the accent is transatlantic, American-British. Apparently appropriate for Wallis.
Have never been to New England huh?
Wallis taught herself to speak with the English accent!
Wallis did what Prince Charles could not, and did her part as a married person.
Wallis was a victim of Edwards obsessive and possessive love. What should have just been an affair trapped her 4 the rest of her life. She just made the best of it as she should have. I don't feel sorry for him but I do for her.
"They lost everything for each other." Well, it sounds as if they were destitute... A bit of perspective, please.
Both of them were slime.
He wasn't forced off,he made a choice. We al make hard choices in our lives and some have a high price. Did he abicate before he told her? She was divorcing him because of his affairs? and she is with the King for how long!!
What a monumental lesson in every life ,
not to dare enter into temptation that leads to
something not very sure of
But did she originally believe she would be Queen consort if she stuck it out with Edward not realising he would not be allowed to marry a divorcee .
So her plans all went pear shaped otherwise why was she bothering with Edward if she really loved her husband
Maybe she was getting back at him for the infidelity.
Of course it was not on part of wallice she found herself in a piquant situation from which she could not find way to escape from.Yes truly tragic for both the King Edward and Simpson
There are many truly heart-breaking, tragic situations in this world. Two spoiled, self centred people living a life of pointless self indulgence in exile in Paris is not one of them!
Given the number of books I've read about this couple, there's a lot more going on with them to include her husband at the time, Ernest. I find it hard to believe that a woman who has lived life pretty much by her rules suddenly felt helpless when trying to end her relationship with Edward VIII. He hated the responsibilities of being HRH and HM, but loved the perks. She was the perfect excuse to give up the throne. Wallis probably didn't start out to win HRH's heart, but Thelma Furness trusted Wallis to watch over her "little man" while she was in the US supporting her sister. Wallis had to have known how David could be when he so callously dumped Freda Dudley Ward and Thelma. Wallis loved the attention and the gifts. However, when David became more serious, she may have realized that she was in over her head. Wallis has always been strong, but she felt boxed in, especially when he became possessive and told Ernest he planned to marry her. Wallis could have simply not filed for divorce. No one forced her, and even HM couldn't make her. As for Ernest, who stands by while helping his wife to make him a cuckold? Ernest may have colluded with HM for a cash settlement. He married Mary too quickly for me to believe he was wasting any time regretting their divorce. Later, we learned about the numerous affairs both had, and the NAZI leanings. The truth is that it was a great thing for Britain that Edward VIII abdicated. No telling where Britain would be if HM were still on the throne to establish an appeasement party. HM admired Hitler and this put him at odds with his government. He was shown to be a traitor, so Britain dodged a bullet. Wallis was the sacrificial lamb for his freedom.
Why do you Brits keep going on about this? He wasn’t dashing and she wasn’t beautiful but they did seem to be in love. They were very imperfect young people swept up in history.
They were in their 40s when this happened, hardly young!
Also hardly in love
its the disbeilief that he would give up everything for her, a king to give empire is and was madness and still quite raw in the minds some British people
The real story his my heart. This gave me a dream and it came true. I had my own prince, and married and have two lovely sons. At last I am so thankful for everything.
In the name of Love.. I adore this couple.. 💕
They were each mentally twisted.
He saved the British empire by abdicating.
King George VI was the right man for the Job during that horrific period.
King Edward VIII was a weak person unlike his brother ❤KING GEORGE VI❤