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Wallis Simpson as a schoolgirl.
Description: Royal houses, the royal family of England. Wallis Simpson as a schoolgirl with long hair and wearing a little hat. She would later marry Edward VIII of England. He thereby chose to abdicate the throne. United States, circa 1904. Author unknown, via Wikimedia Commons.

125. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Becoming Mrs. Spencer

By Trashy Royals on June 18, 2025June 15, 2025

In this second installment of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, we visit steamy Pensacola, Florida, and meet Wallis’s first husband, Earl Winfield “Win” Spencer, Jr. This flyboy will woo and wed Wallis, only for the relationship to reveal some very large red flags.

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Sources

Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson by Paul French (Amazon)

The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak (Amazon)

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba (Amazon)

Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie (Amazon)

The Duchess of Windsor by Greg King (Amazon)

The Windsor Story by J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy (Amazon)

Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton (Amazon)

King Edward VIII: A Biography by Philip Ziegler (Amazon)

Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII by Jane Marguerite Tippett (Amazon)

The Heart Has Its Reasons by Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (Amazon)

The Duchess of Windsor: Memoirs of a Friend by Diana Mosley (Amazon)

Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue by Christopher Wilson (Amazon)

The Prince, The Princess and the Perfect Murder by Andrew Rose (Amazon)

Before Wallis: Edward VIII’s Other Women by Rachel Trethewey (Amazon)

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