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    Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and...
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    The funeral of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer, later Simpson), took place on April 29, 1986. Wallis was the widow...
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    Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born British shipbroker, who was the second husband of Wallis Simpson, later the wife...
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    Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon. She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech. Best won the 2006 Olivier Award...
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    in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was...
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    reign, a constitutional crisis was caused by his proposal to marry Wallis Simpson, an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce...
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  • Park and meets Wallis through Lady Furness (his mistress). They are attracted to each other (despite Wallis' marriage to Ernest Simpson), and become lovers...
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    divorcée Wallis Simpson, proposing that he be allowed to do so morganatically and remain king. Baldwin expressed his belief that Mrs. Simpson would be...
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  • romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII to view events from Wallis Simpson's point of view. Joely Richardson played Wallis, and Steven Campbell...
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  • abdication in December 1936. During her marriage to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, Wallis Simpson was introduced to Edward, then-Prince of Wales, by his then-mistress...
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    Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson have been depicted in popular culture, both biographical and fictional, following his abdication in 1936 and their marriage...
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  • Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson. The series, made by Thames Television for ITV, was originally broadcast...
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    Fashion trendsetters in the period included Edward VIII and his companion Wallis Simpson, socialites like Nicolas de Gunzburg, Daisy Fellowes and Mona von Bismarck...
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    the television film The Woman He Loved (1988), in which she portrayed Wallis Simpson, and the miniseries War and Remembrance (1988-1989), for which she was...
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    while he was Prince of Wales. She was supplanted in his affections by Wallis Simpson, for whose sake Edward abdicated, becoming the Duke of Windsor. She...
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    O'Neil. She also starred in the television drama Wallis & Edward, playing the lead role of Wallis Simpson, lover of Edward, Prince of Wales. In 2009–10,...
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    Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (category Wallis Simpson)
    about the love of Wallis and King Edward VIII co-written and directed by Madonna. Sebba, Anne (2013), That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor...
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    later the same year in order to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. She supported her second son, George VI, until his death in 1952. Mary...
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    future wife and Coronado resident Wallis Simpson there, most historians believe they met later; Edward and Wallis wrote in their memoirs that they met...
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    Golden Globe nominations in that same category: one for her portrayal of Wallis Simpson (the twice-divorced American wife of King Edward VIII) in the television...
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    abdicated later that year to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. As heir presumptive to Edward VIII, Albert became king, taking the...
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  • Pasternak published a book about Wallis Simpson's affair with Edward VIII, titled The American Duchess, the Real Wallis Simpson. Kirkus Reviews wrote that "Pasternak...
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    brother, Edward VIII, abdicated in order to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Elizabeth then became queen consort. She accompanied her husband on...
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  • Mrs. Simpson may refer to: Wallis Simpson, who subsequently married the former King Edward VIII and became known as Her Grace the Duchess of Windsor Marge...
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    early years in private British ownership. In 1936 King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson cruised parts of the Mediterranean on her, causing the scandal that...
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    But it was already clear by then that he wanted to marry the American Wallis Simpson, and, since the Church of England proscribed the marriage because she...
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  • and television. She has had television roles in The Crown (playing Wallis Simpson), in May 33rd (2004) for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, and in...
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  • English actress Wallis Giunta (born 1985), Canadian mezzo-soprano opera singer Wallis Mathias (1935–1994), Pakistani athlete Wallis Simpson (1896–1986),...
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  • Lobster dress (category Wallis Simpson)
    The dress was worn by Wallis Simpson in photographs taken by Cecil Beaton at the Château de Candé, shortly before Simpson's marriage to Edward VIII...
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    Hotel Brexton (category Wallis Simpson)
    renovations. The hotel was home of Bessie Wallis Warfield (1896–1986), who later became known as Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee for whom Edward VIII...
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