Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor

Journalist and celebrity biographer Andrew Morton presents a talk on his latest book, Wallis in Love, that chronicles the tumultuous and controversial relationship between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII.
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[@LunaShimmyDiva]

“Those curious things called letters.” So charming. So true!

[@Joules-rm5os]

“One more bright shiny object”, an interesting choice of phrasing. I’ve read most of Andrew Morton’s books. I love them all. And this video is great! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@amandadean3948]

I learned 3 things listening to this: 1. Wallis Simpson “got around” especially for her day. 2. Edward didn’t really want to be King and basically used Wallis as a scapegoat to get out of it. He loved her yes but seems more obsessive/needy than a healthy love. 3. This lady is a poor moderator.

[@annabellebeckwith9283]

I wonder if he was comfortable, in an odd sort of way, with someone so cold (if it's true) because of the relationship he had with his father.

[@alicewyborny6974]

He probably knew if he married her and became king he would have to givr england to the nazis ($p?). Just like the Russians dont want to bomb Ukraine.

[@lotstolearn5350]

She never wanted to Marry David (Edward VIII); she wanted to be the Mistress of a King. She loved Simpson until she died; writing to him from 1936.

[@catherinepositano8544]

Lots to Learn... BULLSH*T... AND YES YOU DO HAVE A LOT TO LEARN!!!

[@lotstolearn5350]

C P : As do we all, my dear. The Simpson - Simpson correspondence before, during & LONG AFTER 1936 has been written about elsewhere.

[@babs66]

@@catherinepositano8544 look on youtube and see for yourself.

[@catherinepositano8544]

@@babs66.. What?!

[@babs66]

@@catherinepositano8544 what the other lady is saying is correct. She wrote many letters to her husband whilst they were separated and after she married again stating her feelings about her situation.

[@joyceferrell7260]

I have also read she was very unkind to Edward when they were in exile in later years.

[@zzzbbbooo]

She used to rip into him before they even married...supposedly that was one of the things that attracted him to her...he really was a bit of a weirdo, you know.

[@aminemaia9878]

Joyce ferrell just watched ANNA PASTERNAC VIDEO about Wallis where she gives a total different account. Please check it. She has written a book about Wallis.

[@annabellebeckwith9283]

@@aminemaia9878 Thank you; it's always good to get alternate perspective.

[@andrewschneider7657]

Who wouldn’t be horrible to a man who threatens kill himself if you don’t marry him, resulting in you basically becoming a prisoner In your own life. The life the man offers is a gilded guillotine where you look amazing, you might be rich, but your backstabbed, insulted, treated like dirt for the rest eternity. I mean, come on. Who wouldn’t be bitter and pissed and sad and angry.

[@Angel-nu7fm]

Glad someone called them back to the book. They went off on a tangent.

[@aysinalper]

Wallis was never restpectful to Edward...she treated him like dirt and the more she put him down , the more he was attached to her

[@laurenmay2098]

lps malisa all the description of both of them, indicate that both of Queen Mary’s sons were very problematic. Mental issues for sure. Of course king George VI was a very good father, but something was wrong with all of them, frail, sick, all sorts of things. Some said that queen mother was quite the same, stronger than him. Well, what to say, prince Phillip is not weak, but very rude. Charles wasn’t raised with love either. Maybe, just maybe, Willian and Harry are different.

[@laurenmay2098]

Mim Moon thanks, I do love history.

[@laurenmay2098]

@@moonlitdesert not at all, I appreciate it.

[@criticsatlarge0073]

Funny how the removal of HRH with Diana and Harry continues today with the Windsor family. They seem a nasty and vindictive family.

[@doreenliebenberg3517]

Lovely video Andrew, admire ur knowledge & the time u put into the job, read ur book about Diana, keep up the good work, love & blessings 😇😇😇🤗🤗🤗💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@elizabethrandellswart2397]

Love Andrew Morton. He is down to earth can listen to him for hours. Love his books.

[@RM-eg1ed]

17 Carnations was an incredible book. Highly recommended

[@emmalinabradbury8724]

RM yes got the Carnations book very good, this interview too rambling, annoying.

[@carriemitch1]

Okay, I give up. I thought this was going to be a discussion about Wallis Simpson, but it's is just an annoying rambling on a variety of uninteresting topics. I don't know if it's the moderator's fault or what, but this is absurd. For those of you who have the patience to stick it out, I hope at some point they discuss the topic in the title of the program.

[@whiterose9343]

I agree. I made it 20 minutes - this was boring.

[@TeresaLeandro]

Thanks!! This way I won't waste my time.

[@karendalsadik7119]

Carrie Mitch I thought it was great. Enough to make you want to read the book. You are right though both the audience and the moderator kept steering the discussion to Tom Cruise, Kim Kardashian’🤮 and even hemophilia.What-do you think about an Andrew Morton book?

[@catherinepositano8544]

@@whiterose9343 well, Mortan is a writer not a public speaker... Love his books!

[@aysinalper]

This is a library and morton was invited as a guest writer....it is not a gossip channel

[@tinekedijk7385]

After marrying “the boy “ she kept on writing love letters to her previous husband .

[@bookprincess612]

Totally weird !

[@Angelina6518]

Yes! I’m glad I’m not the one to judge. Who can understand? “ how can a man know his path, when his steps are from the Lord.”

[@oksanawanchycka9939]

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[@cissiepierce664]

The BIG difference between Wallis & Edward vs Harry & Meghan is that Meghan was not marrying the King, not even the immediate heir to the throne!

[@veronicawilliams7427]

I have got a copy of The Duke of Windsors Memoirs written in 1951 by the Duke, mine is a reprint from 1953. and also That woman by Anne Sebba

[@nancyvillines4552]

I just finished his book. He's just doing a rehashing of other people's words. I don't think he really dug into Wallis. He definitely didn't like her. Anna Pasternak and Anne Sebbe's book's are more well researched. They look at it from her point of view.

[@desertdog8006]

The corollary of Prince Henry's (Harry) situation to his grand uncle, King Edward's is astounding

[@svendevries3245]

That is an insult to Wallis, she carried her cross with grace, she stayed with her husband until death, she behaved like a true noble woman and she certainly would never have entertained a whine-a-ton on Oprah....

[@abeal49]

I don't see any comparison at all what are you talking about?

[@abeal49]

@@svendevries3245 you are delusional. Wallis abandoned the Duke when he was dying and refused to visit him. She didn't love him, that was a PR stunt to market themselves as the greatest love story of all time. It made them rock stars. The public lapped it up. People wanted a fairy tale to believe in. The Duke was crazy about her but she didn't feel the same way. His staff described how he would wait for her at the bottom of the stairs and when she didn't appear, he would be reduced to tears.

[@doreenliebenberg3517]

Weird, as a youngster, she dream't of King & Queens, and then got trapped in a loveless marriage with 1 that abdicated and used her as the "scapegoat" what a life 😢😢😢😢😢

[@marg233]

Excellent book 👏🏻

[@evawilhelm5113]

just a co-dependent relationship. She told him what to do - he obliged. He gave her what she wanted- she obliged and they couldn't do or be anything else.

[@alexandradane3672]

There are so few decent speakers around and so very few decent authors who have access to archives and the decent people of proper note and substance , who and whom could provide credible accounts and observations of either history or some “ drama in the making “. I don’t care for “popular journalism “ based on gossip , prejudiced “witnesses “ or sensationalism .

[@desertdog8006]

IMO it is actually a coherent interview as it is interesting. I felt she was a good interviewer as she was respectful, rarely interrupting and allowed him a free reign. Therefore we gained much more new information and tidbits that otherwise would not have been given ; not just a rehash of information most of us already know. He is the expert on the topic. Why would one purchase the book if the interview is just a summary of it. My only criticism is the moderator's microphone.

[@ozzietadziu]

This program could have been a lot more interesting if the interviewer had paid better attention to what Mr. Morton was saying and asked follow-up questions which might have developed his most revealing commentary. Not always, but with annoying regularity, her next question came, not as a follow-up, but as a reference to her prepared notes. Not an uncommon practice among interviewers but misses golden opportunities to expand the conversation similar to the technique of Dick Cavett, who rarely used notes shortly after the introduction of the subject.

[@lesleyoxspring7202]

I would definitely be interested in reading those books. I have read quite extensively about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. I've just seen though a documentary on the Duchess of Windsor regretting divorcing Ernest Simpson and the letters she wrote. In this documentary, it was alleged that Ernest was the love of her life.

[@dennisroyhall121]

Somewhere I gleaned Ernest was seeing s/o else and eventually got wed to her. Maybe it was his relative indifference to her that [ would ] drew her attention back to him…as quite often is the case and especially with women ie not being able to manage ´over attention ´ from s/o ´madly ´ taken by their irresistible charms find room to despise them for it, then later the ´attention’ absent and perhaps attention too from elsewhere also waned, they begin to think, reflect even wonder why and where the current had been switched off… Dubious that it could ever have been their fault, they seek to find harsh mannerisms and selfish characteristics of « other women » not to say the « weakness of men & worse.

[@dontstandsoclose]

Wallis did not love Edward and was trapped with him because of his abdication and his threat of killing himself if she left him. Their story is a sad one.

[@lorildiamond4987]

Do you really think he would've killed himself? Doubt it. It seemed he very much wanted to go back to England, which he could've done sans Wallis. She could have gone back to the states and David would have gotten over her in the folds of his family.

[@lenwilkinson672]

Who else do you think they are discussing, Santa Clause you muppet.

[@elizabethwilliamson7373]

Mr. Morton thank you for filling in the blanks about Wallis simpson, and King Edward V111 in your book.

[@emmajanewatts4388]

Meghan didn’t marry a king, Prince Harry is low down the line 6th l think.

[@charityaboagyewa7379]

Meghan knows who she married, hate wouldn't do you any good piggy

[@emmajanewatts4388]

Charity Aboagyewa hi, that’s what I was saying. All that matters is they have a happy marriage, happy marriage happy children. However you take innocent comments as nasty l wonder why that is. Maybe take a long look at yourself, while you do or don’t do that l will pity you x

[@babs66]

@@charityaboagyewa7379 won't do you any good either. He is 6th in line to the throne. The point is it doesn't matter whi he marries because he's never going to be King unlike Edward the 8th. Plus it's a long time ago now.

[@cynthiaarons9373]

Babs 66 : It matters because they both live extravagant life styles on British tax-payers’ money yet do not want to give the public the common decency of even just a photo of their baby. Wallis did not seek attention and seems more real; Maegan does.

[@babs66]

@@cynthiaarons9373 I agree with you but they have now shown some decent photos.

[@NickVenture1]

This couple had a good time together and Britain has no more Empire to worry about. Well done.. or what?

[@criticsatlarge0073]

History says that they were Nazis. They just changed their name to Windsor to seem British but this family is Germanic and racist.

[@Maggie22002]

@@criticsatlarge0073 No, history says they were Nazi Sympathizers.

[@Maggie22002]

@@criticsatlarge0073 They were more Germanic before they got new blood added to them via the new wives. They are NOT racist, however & DO have some Black in their genes. If you are referring to Meghan Markel, her own family warned the RF before the wedding that having her in the family would only cause them major trouble as Indeed she has proved. Narcissism of one person, Isn’t racism on the Fsmily’s part.

[@Maggie22002]

This journalist wrote his book from Diana’s point of view. Not necessarily the TRUTH of what really happened. Diana went to him because she was turned down by Lady Colin Campbell to write a book about her, making her out to be a victim & Lady C knew she was NOT a victim of the RF. This guy is biased.

[@Perepetespal]

@@Maggie22002 No again. History says that Edward was a Nazi Sympathiser - Wallis more so, including her alleged relationship with Von Ribbentrop. They used Wallis' divorces as an excuse. Have a look at the footage after they abdicated of all their meetings with the Nazis, the Nazi salutes, the pictures with Hitler who had promised Edward the throne when Germany won the war.

[@Jonathanbegg]

That girl is totally incoherent.

[@terrymoore565]

She like Madonna...

[@gerryan7831]

THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS WITH ALL THE FLAWS , JUST LIKE US ALL , JUDGE NOT , THIS IS SO SAD, THEY ARE NOT HERE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES , 🙏🏾

[@donnademarino4845]

I read this book. A little outrageous, he couldn't say enough bad about her. He's a bit of a sensationalist with his books about people he really didn't know personally. Not that I'm defending anyone but the book just went on and on and on one horrid thing after another. She must have had at least a few moments of adequate behavior or else she wouldn't have been considered the life of the party, fun and one of those people with charisma~ if not morals.

[@mirelairinapetre6503]

Trust me,real life can be outrageous. This kind of characters do exist. Extend your knowledge in psychiatry and psychology and,you will find this type, very well decribed.

[@laurenmay2098]

As a writer, he is trusting some of the interviews and documents handed to him to take his story. I like him and the way he went about doing it. Clearly he listened to people who knew them and gave their opinions and stories. With what we know already is not that difficult to connect the dots.

[@kellibodony1077]

@@mirelairinapetre6503 complete social climbing, manipulative narcissist she was. I some times wonder if he wasn't a bit autistic. He was obsessed with her (very autistic like). Narcissist are good at getting their victims obsessed. Of course it would have been even easier on a child like autistic person.

[@abeal49]

Richard Burton told her to her face that she was the most vulgar woman he had ever met. My grandmother had a mutual acquaintance with Wallis in Baltimore. "She was not the sort of person anybody would want marrying into their family." The two previous marriages, had she been otherwise well-behaved, could be overlooked, it was all the other things she did.

[@catherinepositano8544]

Thank God for Wallis Simpson, for without her Edward would have been king&his rule would have been SHOCKING - He was a seriously disturbed man & I honestly believe it would have been the end of the Monarchy.

[@forreal245]

"end of the Monarchy"...& that's a bad thing?

[@catherinepositano8544]

@@forreal245.. Soooo what would Britain BE without the corgis? 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 🤔

[@babs66]

@@catherinepositano8544 don't think the queen has them any more as they died.

[@catherinepositano8544]

@@babs66.. What, all 9 of them? Don't think so, those dogs keep her sane.

[@babs66]

@@catherinepositano8544 google it then Last one died April last year. She's doesn't want any new dogs to out live her.

[@lenwilkinson672]

Queen Mary said Wallis was an adventuress not a sorceress Morton is wrong in many of his writing.

[@xanaduxanadu3605]

34:50 Good dig! When the moderator admits failing and not talking about Morton's book! All she wanted to do was talk about was celebtities, Meghan Markle, Kardashians, other celebrities and compare them to other celebrities. Smh.

[@mairim4578]

She beg him not to abdicated.

[@annetteolson2428]

Very hopeful remarks about Megan Marple. I wonder what he would say now.

[@karendalsadik7119]

Andrew Morton is an interesting positive and charming man. Anyone know about him? A biopic should be made about him.

[@s_r1705]

Karendal Sadik yea who s going to read that

[@Marie0575]

Nothing charming about this man, he has nothing original to write about or talk about. He writes biographies mainly from freaking lies. No royal scandal no book.

[@laurenmay2098]

I like him because he was very found of Diana, made money out of her, but I believe he couldn’t believe his luck with her, Diana knew what she was doing, she regretted, but knew, it was about time someone blow the whistle on the RF, they treated her badly enough. There is no way that family didn’t trapped Diana into that crazy marriage. They knew it, and they thought they could control Diana’s behavior, hahahaha. Diana was not bad if you compared her to Margaret.

[@glen7318]

@@laurenmay2098 what are you on about? nobody trapped Diana,

[@Theophilus388]

Watching this in August 2022. Tom Bower's book, Revenge, has already been released. Meghan Markle is turning out NOT to be Diana 2.0 but Wallis 2.0. And she has the Dior white coat dress to prove it. She seems to be flaunting it.

[@flowermeerkat6827]

The audience asked better questions than the interviewer

[@dennisroyhall121]

Well then give her credit for letting them pose their questions. Why criticise her - she got him to cover many aspects of Wallis and at length, the interviewer did very little of the time, if he chose to answer at length what did you expect her to do - cut him short? Give her a break, and us too!

[@susanwhitmore3352]

@@dennisroyhall121 the interviewer is not the arbiter of whether there are audience questions or not. That's the job of the director and production staff. She appeared to me, anyway, as being inexperienced, and not totally focused on the subject matter, i.e, Wallis Simpson.

[@davidpollard1139]

Edward VIII never wanted to be King .

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

Yes and no... He was the first born do so from birth he would've been taught how to be one king... When he got in his late 20s early 30s the 1920s was an amazing time to be alive... The times probably made him not want to be king later on in life

[@davidpollard1139]

He wrote in the 1920s that he didn't want to be King.

[@laurenmay2098]

david pollard he wants to be a different kind of king. He had, contrary to what people think, interest on changing the monarchy. Once, he need to go visit the poor and they want him to ride on a Rolls Royce, he refused, and he was right. He was some how divided between monarchy and a more meaningful way of caring for the people, that was what Germany was doing the housing projects and helping the poor. He visited German to do some of the housing in England , they never forgave him, and all the conspiracy theories went around and about him being a traitor. Politically, he was pushed out of the throne, he could’ve had Simpson as mistress forever. In my opinion he didn’t abdicated because of her, but they pushed him out and he didn’t fought, instead he romanticized his abdication.

[@valerieforbes8096]

I’ve read most of AM books. Most are very readable. Just finished 17 carnations.

[@t.m.a.3665]

I have this book & ofcourse Andrew’s Diana:Her True Story book . Believe me! That was scandalous back in the 1990’s. This book left me fascinated . I bought it long before seeing this interview. Which took me twice to rewatch because I thought this was going to be a short bio of the life of Wallis Simpson not random discussions & topics. I love hearing how did did his research on his books about Wallis & Diana . Andrew Morton should write his own biography if he hasn’t already . Especially , what he went thru as the Ghost Writer of Diana:Her True Story . Fascinating today bit about Emma Scott-Thomas & her sister Serena Scott-Thomas . One of my favorite actresses & portrayal of Diana Princess of Wales.

[@lax1194]

Wallace was belittling and humiliating Edward every chance she could. They had an s and m relationship where she was the s. Edward loved her, but to me he had Stockholm syndrome. In her own right she was miserable, married 2x before and now on her third with Edward. When I think of how he settled for her and gave up what he had, I cringe. She wasn't a knockout either. She could not become his Consort, like Camilla to Charles. The church had more significance in their day I gather.

[@stormdancer25]

It was sick obsession with older woman , mother figure - Peter Pan. His body was hairless boy like, because he had mumps complications (I assume he was handicapped "downstairs" too). She loved Ernest Simpson.

[@dianatate5499]

Interviewer so unprofessional! Surely Boston has better to offer.

[@dennisroyhall121]

She was from Baltimore. I thought she was quite pleasant and competent. What was her name?

[@cindiloowhoo1166]

Snarkle - and how fast and how hard she has fallen...

[@fwily2580]

Wow. What a terrible waste of time. The interviewer is terrible.

[@patriceroseplummer1124]

Ah, after five minutes--it's sorted! Yay.

[@joshuataylor6087]

This is a terrible discussion. I did want to read the book before listening to it.

[@davidpollard1139]

Queen Victoria wanted her children to marry into Royalty but not necessarily German.

[@davidpollard1139]

Jean Rhodes l never mentioned that you obviously didn't read my comments.

[@emmalinabradbury8724]

Her son the Prince of Wales later Edward 7th, married a Danish princess, they didnt have to be German, that is nonsense, and the interview rambles on, goes into womens issues, Wallis was an adventuress as Queen Mary called her! The women in the Royal family didnt want to know her,

[@toniybarra2027]

QE dropped the ball.

[@Perepetespal]

david pollard and yet her daughter married into German royalty.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

Goodness this interview is a rambling mess. Interviewers must keep their interviewees on topic.

[@xanaduxanadu3605]

Absolutely not a good moderator.

[@desertdog8006]

Absolutely disagree. IMO it is coherent and interesting. She is a good moderator as she allows him a free reign and we then gain much more new information and tidbits that otherwise would not have been given ; not just a rehash of information most of us already know. He is the expert.

[@darylnelson2421]

The interviewer seems to be interviewing herself.

[@helenmangan572]

Daryl Nelson I

[@racheldemain1940]

He's not holding my attention at all .

[@cynthiarunge4858]

I think she talked him down ...probably why he liked her ...she didn't cow tow to him

[@JK-br1mu]

Town wh-re Wallis Simpson wasn't ugly. She's mildly pretty. They undersell her looks a bit in this, early on.

[@lindalala5813]

I think the Duke and Dutchess of Windsor would have started spinning in their graves long before Prince Harry's wedding..along with the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, just to name a few...the day Prince Charles remarried.

[@suzan1mal]

I listened to the interview and I can’t believe the audience member saying he didn’t know what the book was about. 🙄

[@suzanneholmes4319]

He was answering the interviewer's questions.

[@susanwhitmore3352]

That's not what the audience member said. He said, I think most of us came to hear about Wallis Simpson, not stories about celebrities. He was criticizing the inept interviewer, and he was right in doing so.

[@jeanmyers1787]

I think this is so interesting & can’t wait to read the book. A calculating venomous woman that went out, leaving her husband, Duke of Windsor dying of cancer. She was stone cold sociopath

[@emmajanewatts4388]

jean myers hi, have you read the book yet, I have just got it on my amazon audible yesterday.

[@jeanmyers1787]

Yes I have, got kindle on my iPad. What did you think?

[@rewindradiouk]

A biography of Prince rAndy would be a bestseller

[@Perepetespal]

I can't imagine anyone being particularly interested in writing a book about that boor Andrew much less anyone wanting to read about him. He has achieved nothing and is up on legal charges. The authorities are doing everything they can to keep him in the background.

[@jilltagmorris]

❤❤❤

[@garryhastings3383]

I've read the book but "Wallis in Love", I don't think so for a moment and certainly not in love with the Duke. Attracted to title, power, position and wealth, yes I very much think soo.

[@geraldinemcgowan2385]

I hope Cleveland Amory gets more credit. He was a great person and had more integrity than AM.

[@almostjane1754]

Not much about the Wallis & Edward + whoever story here. Both the biographer & the moderator leave a lot to be desired. FOCUS on the topic, guys. Boring. Doesn't even make me want to read the book, which is supposed to be the point, right?

[@emeraldma7748]

Was she happy rest of her life with Duke ? What I understand that love story and the reality was different because she kept missing her ex husband

[@susankelley8969]

I think the Duke wanted Wallis. Soo. Much because she was like a mother figure to him she was. Bossy authoritize. Because his own mother was cold like Wallis. And he wanted her love. No matter what. Wallis wrote her. X. She wrote letters to her. X. Crying the meaner I am. The more. He wants. Me. Yet. I still care for. You. Darling and he. Will kill himself. If I. Leave him. She said. I don't want his blood on my hands

[@laurenmay2098]

Susan Kelley everybody forgets that George VI did the same with Queen Mother, she didn’t wanted him for nothing. It took him several attempts to her to go along. Considering he was shy, speech problems, maybe something else. Reminds me mental issues, some get emotionally attached to another very quickly. They suffer a lot too.

[@Perepetespal]

Susan Kelley What does "Soo" mean? If she wrote what you said she did, I'm sure her punctuation was better.

[@brendaannedufaur6244]

the duke didnt love her. it was some kind of obsession. very sad.

[@racheldemain1940]

Brenda Anne Du Faur. Didn't he? I thought she didn't Love HIM!!

[@terrymoore565]

He load her more than life.

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

Ur a fool if u think a guy throws away a kingdom for anything other then love

[@purplehaze1106]

There were old letters found in the attic of the Duke and Duchess' home, written by Wallis. She clearly did not love the Duke. She was very abusive towards him,and didn't bother with him as he was dying from throat cancer. He died in the arms of his nurse. Wallis was a social climber and thought she hit pay dirt once the Duke got her attention with hopes of becoming Queen. I've heard stories of her from older relations of mine on how a horrible person she truly was. She had endless affairs while married to the Duke. She was vulgar, viper tongued, money hungry,"face like an old leather boot and lantern jaw". Her being buried alongside her husband at Frogmore is poetic justice. JMHO.

[@Journeyonn6912]

@@purplehaze1106 She was an attractive woman & your description of Lantern jaw & old leather boots is prejudicial. Whatever she was, she was a bad ass. And you can’t top that

[@Vic35102]

Wallis told David to buzz off She privatelee Hated him Actually Despised David

[@patriceroseplummer1124]

I couldn't believe there was no one to help them lower the volume on the microphone so that we wouldn't have to hear the high-pitched whine!

[@quickchris10comcast]

It's not always the volume -- it could be some other microphone in the stage area was left open. Anyway - it's so funny the moderator asked why Wallis didn't leave Edward if she was so bored? Obviously the moderator is not married, although Wallis was probably on the point of leaving Edward on many occasions. What would she do then? Her reputation had already been a burden to her in her party life in London -- what would she do as the woman who brought down the king of England, then dumped him? Would she have any life then? Plus, she had a villa in Cannes to live in -- pretty nice consolation prize.

[@racheldemain1940]

He's not a natural speaker !

[@Jordan-tl4yp]

Poor questions, she seemed hadnt read the book and had no interest in that book therefore she couldnt make him talk about the essence of the book, people, the period etc.

[@belfon5855]

Wallace uncle,s name was Solomon.

[@mamagale5625]

Bel Fon.....Ernest Simpson was a Solomon. His father had changed the name. Later Ernest son changed his name to Aharon Solomons and joined the Israeli army.

[@falconeddie4109]

“Meghan Markle is quickly becoming a national treasure “…lol. That quote didn’t age well.

[@RoseSharon7777]

Get the mic fixed! VERY RUDE!!!!

[@annettegower2962]

Andrew princess Louise daughter of Queen Victoria married the duke of Lorne not a German

[@tamararutland-mills9530]

Ann Pasternak stated Wallis was born with both sex organs. Can you comment on this?

[@mariejeanette9365]

This video was posted 3 years ago. Now, 3 years or more later, Meghan and Harry have dumped all over the Royal Family and moved to America to spew their left of left politics. I have an idea that Edward and Wallis as king and queen would have been something like what Meghan and Harry would be as king and queen. Edward and Wallis may be a tragic love story but England very much needed the lovely family of George VI to get through the terrors of WWII. That was a time to cling to traditional values, not a time to explore nontraditional ways.

[@jenwerqthatazzout7639]

Megan is trash. In hindsight, Wallace saved Britain

[@henryottis295]

She was a terrible moderator.

[@cklg88]

She actually said Arotocricy -- Its Aristocracy I guess that's because she's an American and doesn't know the word.

[@lynnhauenstein4136]

As American, no doubt issues with pronunciation, and we just are prone to short cut words especially if more than 2 syllables.

[@franmellor9843]

It's called vandalism of the ENGLISH language

[@brindastarlin992]

Lecture - REALLY?!?

[@sexyjoyce317]

This Wallis has no beauty of all royals

[@Perepetespal]

Why is beauty relevant?

[@ladylove2310]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For a woman called no beauty, she certainly had plenty of suitors, and one cannot argue with the fact that she had impeccable style.

[@peggyleadingham4528]

Harry was not the king...Edward was the king. Lot of difference there. But times have changed no doubt.

[@shirellstevenson5976]

If one didn't know anybetter you think Andrew Morton was there with them

[@Perepetespal]

It's called researching your subject.

[@crazyalice2879]

If you're moderating a discussion with an author about his new book, you turn it over to the audience for questions and the very first question is, "so what's the book about" - EPIC FAIL.

[@kittiesshortie5011]

Looking back, what a disaster the wedding has turned out to be…. A grifter taking advantage of a simpleton.

[@kathleenmilligan5408]

Victoria allowed Princess Louise to Mary the Marquis if Lorne - a Scottish aristocrat.

[@lva9821]

Interesting.. Andrew Lonie in his biography of the couple used german official documents and european/ american intelligence to validate the relations between Wallis Simpson and David and the nazis during WW2 . It seems to me that this whole conversation, glorify a romanticized past, discarding the proofs of her very questionable character and his limitations. It is the story of a weak, priviledged and disillusioned royal, who did not put his duty before his passion for a very cunning and able socialite. My mum remembered well when they were living in France, endlessly partying and making tv ads for money. It is not a fairy tale, it is only a very sad story.

[@christinecarr4693]

Because Wallis was divorced the Royal family would have to go along with the rules and mores of the day......and the church.....

[@fzs695]

The Duchess looks like a Duch to me???

[@esclarmonde1023]

No basis in fact, a mixture of conjecture and downright lies.

[@Dragonfly33]

Esclarmonde 102 Troll.

[@matthewandremink3726]

I agree!!!

[@suzyukla]

why is Andrew Norton talking crap about Willis? doesn't he believe in a true Love Story? the British always say the most negative things when one of the royals fall in love with a American!!!! just like they do Megan ...Willis could of gotten out of the marriage if she wanted to at any time she was feisty enough to do that...its obvious she loved her husband and stayed until he died...this biography seems so negative in so many aspects

[@agnesdinga8164]

No she did not loved; she loved Ernest who approved her opened affairs with different men. She was trapped in a situation when she realized that the king was besotted with her and the kingdom was at stake and public opinion had changed towards her. She got what she wished for. Unfortunately she could not controlled public response. It is the same with Harry and meghan; they miscalculated popularity for marriage. It all about duties to the country. He was a king.

[@user-bn7bk5mw4s]

Whachu talking bout Willis ?😂

[@0789faraday1]

She was having an affair with donahue Woolworth heir

[@Missditabomb]

Yup!

[@rebeccawolf7986]

Not true at all- Jimmy was gay and served Wallis more as an escort, sounding board and court jester rather than as a lover.

[@susanwhitmore3352]

Jimmy Donohue was gay. He was what is called a "walker" in society circles; an escort for wealthy women. The Duchess found him amusing and entertaining. The Duke didn't enjoy clubbing the way Wallis did, so Jimmy filled the bill, as he loved the nightlife as much as Wallis. Their relationship was certainly not a physical one.

[@glen7318]

@@rebeccawolf7986 she was infatuated with him, to the point where David got angry and tried to thrown Jimmy out of the house

[@suzydiaz1119]

they treated wallis like crap but yet treat Camilia like gold!!!

[@dianheffernan2435]

I'm sure of this biography they went through serious tribulations...sure there's somewhat of a thanks,but it causes others a delusional grandeers and personas that it ends up being tragic passing over and over... teaching a too much fantasy chasing grudge,😓

[@glendacooper2100]

I thought Wallace was thin and attractive. She was "ethnic," a non-conformist look, ahead of her time.

[@laurenmay2098]

Glenda Cooper agree with you.

[@user-bn7bk5mw4s]

Yes and I am tired of people saying she's not attractive. I see this done to many royal women. I think Diana is deservedly the only one who may have escaped it

[@dafinker3443]

Hope he eats his uninfOrmed words

[@hughkennedy811]

"low humming of the duke and duchess of Windsor turning in their graves!"what a trite and mean comment from a man on the make

[@TheeCommentSection]

Most uninformed moderator of all time

[@nanny7996]

This was boring, I switched to something else

[@mariajenner5486]

Love love love How pathetic In the end they look very unhappy and harry and MEGAN

[@Perepetespal]

Harry and Meghan are irrelevant to this post.

[@evelynramos445]

Waste of wedding

[@nicolettacinci4106]

In Britain he is not regarded at all!

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

That's a lie he's a best selling author and a royal expert on many TV shows

[@linniem5982]

She was a career wife. Only job she looked for.

[@beahawa]

SAD if true, that she never really loved the duke and he gave up his life for her. She will be answering to God.

[@ladylove2310]

You act as if she didn’t give up her life for him also. She was hated, blamed, and despised by everyone and never respected by the royal family, nor acknowledged in any real way. She did not want him to abdicate for her, and made that perfectly clear multiple times. Edward made the decision for her, and she had no choice but to try and make the best of their lives together. Let us stop blaming women for all of the wrong a powerful man does. He chose this and brought her along for the ride.