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KING EDWARD VIII and WALLIS SIMPSON

Posted by Elva 
· June 18, 2012 

A STRANGE LOVE STORY

A scandal that rocked the world could more correctly be called the greatest dysfunctional love story. Wallis Simpson, a domineering twice divorced American married King Edward VIII, who was unmarried at age 41 and the world’s most eligible bachelor.

“She promised to bring into my life something that wasn’t there,” Edward explained in his 1951 autobiography. “I was convinced that with her I’d be a more creative and more useful person.”

Falling in Love Can Be Deceiving

What Edward had hoped for did not happen. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin made the King choose marriage or monarchy. The King, as head of the Church of England was forbidden to marry a divorcee’. His brother was crowned George VI.

The couple lived in Paris for the rest of their lives. “You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance,” Wallis told a friend. Were there regrets? “There were lots of them on both sides,” according to Gore Vidal. Wallis Simpson “was bloody bored with the King and wanted out,” according to Donald Spoto, author of “The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor.”

The story of King Edward and Wallis Simpson may always be classified as one of the greatest love stories. It may also be one of the greatest lessons about what not to do if you are looking for fulfilling relationship.

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