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This is from The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak. I only knew the bare bones of her story but am shocked by how many echoes of Diana, Camilla, and Meghan I hear. With all the volumes, and volumes, and volumes written about The Royals, I wonder if they themselves know their own history, because it just keeps repeating.
Wallis was vilified for generations. blamed for plunging the British Empire into crisis, so I found this quote of hers touching: