OTHER CRISES THE ROYALS HAVE FACED
KING EDWARD AND WALLIS SIMPSON
What happened Wallis was an American socialite who fell in love with the king.
However, her status as a divorcee caused a constitutional crisis and led to Edward’s abdication in December 1936 to marry “the woman I love”.
At the time the Church of England and the British parliament didn’t allow high-ranking royals to marry divorcees.
Edward was stripped of His Royal Highness status and demoted to the Duke
