Bessie Wallis Warfield
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Bessie married Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. on [[Nov 8]], 1916 at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, [[Maryland]]. She and her first husband had moved to England. They were divorced on [[Dec 10]], 1927. She married secondly Ernest Aldrich Simpson on [[Jul 21]], 1928 in Chelsea Registrar's Office, Chelsea, London, England. | Bessie married Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. on [[Nov 8]], 1916 at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, [[Maryland]]. She and her first husband had moved to England. They were divorced on [[Dec 10]], 1927. She married secondly Ernest Aldrich Simpson on [[Jul 21]], 1928 in Chelsea Registrar's Office, Chelsea, London, England. | ||
− | She was divorced from her second husband on [[Oct 27]], 1936 but not before Wallis had begun an affair with [[Edward VIII, King of England|Prince Edward]] who was at that time the heir to the English throne, being the eldest son of [[George V, King of England]] and his wife Mary von Teck. His father George having died on [[Jan 20]], 1936, Edward became King but his desire to marry Wallis was firmly resisted by the government and public. His famous abdication speech on [[Dec 11]], 1936 stated that, "The throne means nothing to me without Wallis beside me." (''The Royals'', page 15) They were married on [[Jun 3]], 1937 in Chateau de Cande, Maine-et-Loire, France, and lived thereafter in semi-exile from Britain. | + | She was divorced from her second husband on [[Oct 27]], 1936 but not before Wallis had begun an affair with [[Edward VIII, King of England|Prince Edward]] who was at that time the heir to the English throne, being the eldest son of [[George V, King of England]] and his wife Mary von Teck. His father George having died on [[Jan 20]], 1936, Edward became King but his desire to marry Wallis was firmly resisted by the government and public. His famous abdication speech on [[Dec 11]], 1936 stated that, "The throne means nothing to me without Wallis beside me." (''The Royals'', page 15) They were married on [[Jun 3]], 1937 in Chateau de Cande, Maine-et-Loire, France, and lived thereafter in semi-exile from Britain, mostly in France, although with occasional trips to Great Britain and the United States. |
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