Wallis Simpson, also known as Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite and the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. Before her marriage to Edward, she had married twice and was also accused of being involved in extramarital relationships with influential men. Her affair with Edward, when he was the Prince of Wales and after he took to the throne as King Edward VIII, became a constitutional crisis. It broke various protocols of the royal family and the ‘Church of England,’ of which Edward was the Supreme Governor. Back then, a king could not marry a woman whose former husbands were alive. However, as King Edward was not willing to let go of Wallis, he chose to abdicate the throne and marry her. Wallis remains a highly controversial figure in British history.
