In the thirties , how would a middle - class Baltimore divorcee become romantically ask with the valet who would be King of England ? It all occur down to who you hump , andWallis Simpsonknew how to climb the social ravel very effectively .
She part at a untried age . While at school , she befriend a member of the Du Pont sept . Her stepfather was the son of a salient Democratic party boss . And during her first union to Earl Winfield Spencer , Jr. , an alcohol-dependent Navy pilot of no note , she had liaison with both an Argentinian diplomat and Mussolini ’s next son - in - law .
Wallis was in the center of divorcing Spencer when she come across Ernest Aldrich Simpson . Ernest was a full-grown step up from her first husband , his male parent was a co - founder of a successful cargo ships business , and his brother - in - jurisprudence had been an military policeman . While Ernest was born to an American female parent and British father , after he graduate college he had vacate his American citizenship . When they satisfy in 1927 , Ernest was immediately taken with Wallis , and soon set about divorce his first wife . The two hook up with a class later and settled in an exclusive area of London .
Thanks to Ernest ’s wealth and connexion , the Simpsons traveled in well - heeled circles . Wallis presently became fast friends with Consuelo Thaw and through her met her babe Thelma , Lady Furness . Lady Furness had late become the mistress of Edward , Prince of Wales , and invited Mr. and Mrs. Simpson to serve as chaperone one weekend in 1931 when the Prince was coming to last out at her country estate , Burrough Court .
It was not lovemaking at first sight for either of them . Edward continued his affair with Lady Furness , although he and Wallis met at various house parties since they traveled in like circles . It was when his fancy woman was out of the country in 1934 , almost three years to the day after Edward and Wallis fill , that they consummate their relationship . He was shortly devote to Wallis and on December 10 , 1936 , Edward abdicated the crapper for her , even though she was still married to her second married man at the time .
