Wallis Simpson. Wallis, an American, was twice divorced when King Edward VIII chose her over the British throne, abdicating on Dec. 11, 1936 and eventually marrying her the next year, on June 3 ...

Cover of "Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties and the Making of Wallis Simpson" by Paul French Wallis went to China in 1924 with her first husband, Earl Winfield Spencer Jr.; after they ...

Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee who married Edward VIII plunging the British monarchy into turmoil when he abdicated in 1936, was the victim of an extraordinary disinformation campaign.

Pasternak, who wrote the 2019 book The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson, said Edward had “this kind of ferocious, obsessive love for her — he was never going to let her go.” ...

Lurid gossip aimed at steering King Edward VIII away from the American divorcee was an attempt to "scupper this relationship somehow," author Paul French said Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Wallis Simpson, ...

If there is one thing that Paul French’s forthcoming book Her Lotus Year should put right about Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, it is that her so-called ‘lotus year’ in China in the 1920s was ...

A 5.7-carat fancy intense blue diamond ring could fetch $6 million to $8 million during the Christie's Magnificent Jewels ...

23.2 x 17.8 cm. (9.1 x 7 in.) ...