In 1972, as the Duke of Windsor's health continued to worsen, he and the Duchess of Windsor—the woman formerly known as Wallis Simpson, … Oh, she was also twice married and divorced by the time she met the then Duke of Windsor in 1931 (a total taboo at the time). Wallis Simpson once said, ‘Every morning my world goes to pieces on my breakfast tray,’ because after the abdication, she received hate mail and death threats. The future Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in 1934. Though married to Ernest Simpson, the Prince and Wallis began a scandalous affair (the Prince was known to have an eye for married women). When she met the Prince of Wales, her marriage to Ernest Simpson was in tatters, largely because he didn’t make enough money to fund her extravagant tastes. In June 1940, France fell to the Nazis, and Edward and Wallis went to Spain. They were married in June 1937. Even before she married King Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson was a total “it” girl. King Edward VIII first met Wallis Simpson in 1931, back when he was Prince of Wales, and she was still married. Wallis Simpson and Edward VIIIstand at the entrance of the Villa De La Croe in Cap Antibes, Cannes, in 1939 where they celebrated the New Year. Owen Platt, The Royal Governor…..and the Duchess: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the Bahamas 1940-1945, Lincoln: iUniverse, 2003. Nov 29, 2012 - The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Lisbon, Portugal, 1940. She grew up in a well-to-do family in Maryland and was known to be impeccably well dressed and always at the best parties. He first went with his lover, formerly the American divorcee Wallis Simpson, to France and was only later exiled again to Bahamas to keep him out of the way. Nov 29, 2012 - The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Lisbon, Portugal, 1940. The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor has been written about extensively in the history books. Anne Sebba, That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, London: Phoenix, 2011. In July 1940… A former Marine-turned-rent boy for some of Hollywood's biggest names in the 1940s claims to have had threesomes with the Duke of Windsor and his wife Wallis Simpson… Wallis met Prince Edward the Prince of Wales in 1931 when he was the heir to the throne of England. Wallis Simpson was certainly into Edward, but that doesn’t mean her reasons were completely pure. AP Though Edward and Wallis …