Wallis was named in honor of her father (who was known as Wallis) and her mother's elder sister, Bessie (Mrs. Her mother was Alice Montague, a daughter of stockbroker William Latane Montague. Her father was Teackle Wallis Warfield, the fifth and youngest son of Henry Mactier Warfield, a flour merchant, described as "one of the best known and personally one of the most popular citizens of Baltimore," who ran for mayor in 1875. A summer resort close to the Maryland–Pennsylvania border, Blue Ridge Summit was popular with Baltimoreans escaping the season's heat, and Monterey Inn, which had a central building, as well as individual wooden cottages, was the town's largest hotel. Her private life has been a source of much speculation, and she remains a controversial figure in British history.Ī six-month-old Wallis with her mother, Alice WarfieldĪn only child, Bessie Wallis (sometimes written "Bessiewallis") Warfield was born on June 19, 1896, in Square Cottage at Monterey Inn, a hotel directly across the road from the Monterey Country Club, in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. After the Duke's death in 1972, the Duchess lived in seclusion and was rarely seen in public. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Duke and Duchess shuttled between Europe and the United States, living a life of leisure as society celebrities. In 1940, the Duke was appointed governor of the Bahamas, and the couple moved to the islands until he relinquished the office in 1945. In 1937, they visited Germany and met Adolf Hitler. Wallis married Edward six months later, after which she was formally known as the Duchess of Windsor, but was not allowed to share her husband's style of " Royal Highness".īefore, during, and after the Second World War, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were suspected by many in government and society of being Nazi sympathizers. After abdicating, the former king was made Duke of Windsor by his brother and successor, King George VI. The King's desire to marry a woman who had two living ex-husbands threatened to cause a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom and the Dominions, ultimately leading to his abdication in December 1936 to marry "the woman I love". Five years later, after Edward's accession as King of the United Kingdom, Wallis divorced her second husband to marry Edward. In 1931, during her second marriage, to Ernest Simpson, she met Edward, the then Prince of Wales. Her first marriage, to United States Navy officer Win Spencer, was punctuated by periods of separation and eventually ended in divorce. Her father died shortly after her birth, and she and her widowed mother were partly supported by their wealthier relatives. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication. Tags : sexy A.I.Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield J – April 24, 1986), known as Wallis Simpson, was an American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former King-Emperor Edward VIII. Remember, all Art Sexy Girl are beautiful and sexy. This Art is stylistically curated NFTs that exist on the Ethereum Blockchain. This Collection is Digital art of Woman (vedeo, Image ) with face randomly generated. Discover A collection of pictures of beautiful women that don't exist in real life.