American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer, then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986) was the American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII. Edward wished to make Wallis his queen, but the British government would not allow it because she was divorced. Edward decided to abdicate (which he announced on December 11, 1936) in order to marry her. The couple spent most of their life in France.
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I never wanted to get married. This was all his idea. [...] I remember like yesterday the morning after we were married and I woke up and there was David [i.e., Edward VIII] standing beside the bed with this innocent smile, saying, "And now what do we do?" My heart sank. Here was someone whose every day had been arranged for him all his life and now I was the one who was going to take the place of the entire British government, trying to think up things for him to do.