Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII: The Marriage that Changed History

On the 11th of December 1936, a man spoke on the BBC. Millions of listeners held their breath as he announced his resolve to go forward with a decision which was, and remains, unique in British history: his abdication to the throne. That man was Edward VIII. The reason behind his abdication was his love for a woman that the British Court and the establishment would have never accepted as a Queen: the American, twice divorced, Wallis Simpson. → Subscribe for new videos four times per week. https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 TopTenz Properties Our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Our sister channel TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Our Newest Channel about Interesting Places: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Arnaldo Teodorani Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Other Biographics Videos: Eugène Vidocq: The Father of Modern Criminology https://youtu.be/sE9Sgufrdvo Hasan Sabbah: Legend of the Assassins https://youtu.be/OUVY3CFQAGY Source/Further reading: https://biography.yourdictionary.com/wallis-simpson https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/there-is-no-happy-ending-wallis-simpson-loved-another-man-during-marriage-to-edward-viii-1.3805295 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/18/wallis-in-love-the-untold-true-passion-of-the-duchess-of-windsor-by-andrew-morton-digested-read https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/18/wallis-in-love-the-untold-true-passion-of-the-duchess-of-windsor-by-andrew-morton-digested-read http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/edward.htm https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/there-is-no-happy-ending-wallis-simpson-loved-another-man-during-marriage-to-edward-viii-1.3805295 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/18/wallis-in-love-the-untold-true-passion-of-the-duchess-of-windsor-by-andrew-morton-digested-read