The American woman who cost a king his throne--a page from history!!
Wallis Simpson, a Baltimore belle, fell in love with King Edward VIII in the 1930s. But the two-time divorcee was deemed unacceptable so the King chose to give up his throne instead. The abdication triggered a crisis which shook the British monarchy and forever marked Wallis as a figure of controversy.
So what was it about Wallis Simpson that led a king to abdicate? The BBC's Katty Kay reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/9368544.stm
Wallis Simpson, a Baltimore belle, fell in love with King Edward VIII in the 1930s. But the two-time divorcee was deemed unacceptable so the King chose to give up his throne instead. The abdication triggered a crisis which shook the British monarchy and forever marked Wallis as a figure of controversy.
So what was it about Wallis Simpson that led a king to abdicate? The BBC's Katty Kay reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/9368544.stm
