The queen that all of Britain hated

Being the queen of a country can be the biggest dream of any woman, and the country was also Britain which was a superpower at that time, but there has been a woman for whom the honor turned out to be a nightmare.

This lady is Wallis Simpson, who was not only the queen of King Edward VIII, but even more so, the king abdicated the throne for her. But on the other hand Wallis Simpson is said to have become the most hated person in England at that time.

What was Simpson’s fault? Her biggest fault was that she wasn’t from the royal family, she wasn’t British and had been married and divorced twice before meeting Edward VIII.

Various stories about him became famous. She was said to be an admirer of Hitler, to have controlled Edward VIII, and gossip about her sex life became popular.

Romantic story

Whenever the great stories of love are mentioned in the world, this king will definitely be mentioned, who for his love made the throne of England stumble when the sun did not set in that kingdom. The name of this king was Edward VIII.

Edward VIII was born on June 23, 1894 in Richmond, Surrey, England. At the time of his birth, his father was the Crown Prince of England who became King in 1911. Edward VIII was the eldest son of King George V. In this connection he became their crown prince and was elevated to the title of Prince of Wales.

In 1930, when George V was King of England, the Prince of Wales met Warfield Simpson, which slowly turned into love.

Warfield Simpson’s real name was Bessie Warfield and she was born on June 19, 1896 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was educated in higher institutions.

She was married firstly to Earl Winfield Spencer in 1916 and secondly to Ernest Simpson in 1928. Thus, when Mrs. Simpson and Edward VIII first met, Simpson had been married twice and Edward VIII was still a bachelor. But in matters of the heart, these things have no importance.

On 20 January 1936, Edward VIII’s father, George V, died, and was succeeded by his crown prince, Edward VIII.

When Edward VIII announced his intention to marry Simpson after becoming king, there was a stir in conservative circles in Britain.

Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was most opposed. Stanley Baldwin was the Prime Minister of the Conservative Party, a right-wing conservative political party, so he could not imagine that an ordinary American woman who had been divorced from two men would become the Queen of Great Britain.

He threatened the king that if he did not change his mind, he would resign as prime minister. Baldwin, the Bishop of Bradford, Dr. AW of Hunt, organized a campaign in the name of the Church of England in the British newspapers, asking that the King either leave Mrs. Simpson or abdicate. .

This was the stage where a king and a lover had to decide. The lover’s will prevailed over the king’s decision and on 11 December 1936 he abdicated in favor of his younger brother George VI after 324 days as king.

On this occasion he addressed the nation and said that I love Warfield Simpson and without him it would be impossible for me to carry out the heavy responsibilities of kingship.

Edward VIII left the throne and moved to France, where he married Warfield Simpson as a commoner on June 3, 1937, and settled permanently in Paris.

Edward VIII was succeeded by his brother Albert as King of Great Britain with the title ‘George VI’. George VI bestowed the title of Duke of Windsor on his brother and Duchess of Windsor on his sister-in-law.

The Duke of Windsor lived an exemplary and rich life with his beloved and never once expressed regret at leaving the throne for his beloved.

He succumbed to cancer and died on 28 May 1972 to his wife. After her husband’s death, Simpson spent 14 years in isolation, despair and illness, and died on April 24, 1986.

She was buried by the side of her beloved husband. Thus, this eternal love of the 20th century came to an end, but those with hearts will remember this story for the rest of the world.

In 1965, Harry Booth made a documentary film called ‘A King’s Story’ on this timeless story of Edward VIII’s affair, which also won the Oscar for Best Documentary.

Wallis Simpson also penned his autobiography called ‘The Heart Has Its Own Reasons’. George Bernard Shaw wrote a play on this story called ‘The Apple Cart’.

Since Edward VIII was also the king of India, the people here also showed deep interest in his love affairs.

Renowned Urdu writer Khawaja Hasan Nizami wrote a 108-page book entitled ‘Nayeh Shahansha ki Sevat Mein Nazr’, which had a title on the cover of ‘The Crowned Climate Literature of the British Nation in the name of Mr. Bernard Shaw’. I hereby dedicate this book to our new Emperor, George VI. This vow is a way of accepting his emperorship and remaining loyal to his government, otherwise I love the former Edward VIII.’

In this book, he wrote the events of Edward VIII from December 1, 1936 to December 11, 1936 in the form of a fictitious diary.

In 2013, some secret British documents were released which revealed that the British government used to record the telephone conversations between the king and his mistress.

According to these documents, Edward VIII wanted reconciliation between Great Britain and Germany.

This was the time when Germany under the leadership of Hitler had become the greatest manifestation of fascism. The British government suspected that Mrs. Simpson was a German agent.

It is also said that when Edward VIII stayed in Paris after his abdication and marriage, he and his wife met with Hitler, both of whom were against the war.