Bessie Wallis Warfield
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Her and her second husband moved to England where they were divorced 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, Edward became King but his desire to marry Wallis was firmly resisted by the government and public. His famous abdication speech stated that he could not rule without the woman he loved beside him. They were married on [[Jun 3]], 1937 in Chateau de Cande, Maine-et-Loire, France, and lived thereafter in semi-exile from Britain. | Her and her second husband moved to England where they were divorced 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, Edward became King but his desire to marry Wallis was firmly resisted by the government and public. His famous abdication speech stated that he could not rule without the woman he loved beside him. They were married on [[Jun 3]], 1937 in Chateau de Cande, Maine-et-Loire, France, and lived thereafter in semi-exile from Britain. | ||
| − | After the abdication, Edward was made Duke of Windsor by his brother the now-King | + | After the abdication, Edward was made Duke of Windsor by his brother, the now-King, who took the name [[George VI, King of England|George VI]]. Bessie was styled Duchess of Windsor but by a new statute created just for her, she was not called "Her Royal Highness". This is much discussed in Kitty Kelly's book ''The Royals'', where she states that George's wife was jealous of Bessie because she had wanted to marry Edward herself. |
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| + | Edward and Bessie were thought, during WWII to be sympathetic to the Nazi. They adopted a jet-setting life-style of socialites under Edward died, after which Bessie was rarely seen in public. A picture of Edward and Bessie in their later years appears in the 1985 edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Bessie died on [[Apr 24]], 1986 in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. She was buried on [[Apr 29]], 1986 in Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England. | ||
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