The illicit relationship between american socialite wallis simpson and british king edward viii

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American socialite Wallis Simpson, the “Woman”, king Edward VIII gave up his throne for, Why was Edward so attracted to Wallis, she was neither young nor beautiful, she was square-jawed and masculine, her voice was “scratchy”, so why did Edward abdicate the throne for her? was it “love” or obsession? Did Edward corner Wallis into getting married; did she feel obliged after what she put everyone through? Did Wallis cause this controversy alone or did Edward play a big part in the era later called the abdication crisis? Did she want to get out of her suicidal lover's obsessive clutches or did Wallis love the power, Jewellery, attention, money and control she had over the king of England, The most powerful man in Britain at that time? David “Edward” was born in London on 23-6-1894, His father was King George V and his mother was Queen Mary. Edward never seemed interested becoming king, Edward fell passionately in love with Mrs. Freda Dudley ward during an affair in 1918, she was married with 2 young daughters. He wrote her numerous letters everyday. He said in them the “monarchy was a thing of the past” and “his father was out of touch”. Edward enjoyed hobbies such as race – riding, flying, Socializing in nightclubs, he became a fashionable leader in London society, his Life was strict, the royal family had to keep their reputation and this often led to Edward rebelling. Edward exercised excessively, almost punishing himself, he was on the verge of anorexia, he worried constantly about the way he looked particularly about the thinness of his legs, he had slight OCD, an unusual manner of speaking, social insensitivity and had nervous tics such as constant fiddling, some believe Edward may have suffered from Autism or Asperger's... ... middle of paper ... ...y 28 1972, from cancer, he was almost 78. Wallis became bedridden and secluded from the world. She died on April 24 1986; at almost 90 years old. Edward never wanted to become king, maybe it was a blessing in disguise that his obsession for Wallis meant he abdicated the throne, if Edward was in fact “mad”, He could have damaged England. He Clung to women he became romantically involved with, threatening to kill himself if they leave, Wallis wouldn’t leave if she thought the king of England would kill himself, she’d already caused so much pain without adding his death to her ‘already dirty hands’, After the abdication they lived in retirement in France, Wallis still held a hatred for England, The English citizens and Edwards’s relatives for exiling them from Britain, by the end of their turmoil they ended up in France, in isolation and retirement until their deaths.

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