When Prince Harry married American divorcee Meghan Markle, commentators harked back to the Duke of Windsor (the former King Edward VIII) giving up the crown for “the woman I love.” That woman was Wallis Simpson of Summit, Pennsylvania, who met the then prince during her second marriage, through his then mistress. After the King’s abdication in December 1936, they lived in France and were believed to be Nazi sympathizers. She was suspected of spying by passing along British and French naval secrets to the Germans. When the couple visited http://viabestbuyreviews.com/ Hitler, he declared the Duchess would have made a great queen, but the new King George VI decreed she could not be called “Her Royal Highness.” The Duke died in 1972, the Duchess in 1986. Read more about British history in A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (see NOVELS).
Hitler, he declared the Duchess would have made a great queen, but the new King George VI decreed she could not be called “Her Royal Highness.” The Duke died in 1972, the Duchess in 1986. Read more about British history in A Brain. A Heart. The Nerve. (see NOVELS).
