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Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

One is the crown prince of the British royal family, born noble, handsome and extraordinary, a child sent to the fence, full of the world's cold and warm and plain appearance, and he abandoned the country for her, just so that he could live with her and spend the rest of his life together. The love between King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and Mrs. Simpson is a model of the history of love in the world, a legend of the British royal family.

Mrs. Simpson wrote in her memoirs: "The only reason he may be interested in me is perhaps my American independent spirit, my frankness, my self-righteous sense of humor, and my optimism or curiosity about everything he has to do with him... He is lonely, and perhaps I am the first to see into his deep inner loneliness."

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

Mrs. Simpson, whose original name was Bessie Wallis Walfield, was born in Baltimore, USA in 1896, she was an illegitimate daughter, her parents' marriage was not accepted by her father's family, and her parents did not marry until after she was born. And unfortunately, when she was 2 years old, her father passed away.

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

Edward VIII was the great-grandson of Queen Victoria, the eldest son of King George V of england and the Crown Prince of the British Empire.

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

In 1933, Edward VIII met Mrs. Wallis Simpson at a dinner party, who was already a married woman, but there was a magic that attracted Edward VIII, which the Crown Prince of England could not see in other British celebrities. He was very fascinated by her, and to the point where he had to marry.

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson
Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

In 1936, King George V of the United Kingdom passed away, and Edward VIII succeeded to the throne as the new King of the United Kingdom. Soon after, he offered to marry Mrs. Simpson, an act that was strongly opposed by the British royal family and Parliament. After fruitless negotiations with Parliament, he did not hesitate to abdicate, and on December 10, 1936, Edward VIII resigned as King of England by delivering a shocking abdication speech.

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

In 1937, Edward VIII married Mrs. Simpson in Paris, and no one from the British royal family attended their wedding.

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson
Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

The couple spent their days in exile in Paris, and in 1972 Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, died.

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson
Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

For the sake of their beloved, they would rather give up the country than compromise. Maybe that's how the British king treats his lover.

Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson
Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson
Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson
Love of the Nation: The Legendary Love of King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson

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