A new biography reveals shocking details about the life of the late socialite. — -- Before Meghan Markle, Wallis Simpson was the first American divorcee to marry into the British royal family.

Lurid gossip aimed at steering King Edward VIII away from the American divorcee was an attempt to "scupper this relationship somehow," author Paul French said Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Wallis Simpson, ...

Queen Elizabeth's fate changed as a child when her uncle Edward followed his heart and left royal life Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images; Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Despite being ...

The romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII remains one of the most dramatic scandals in British royal history. It shook the foundations of the monarchy and challenged the core essence of ...

In the 1930s, how would a middle-class Baltimore divorcee become romantically involved with the man who would be King of England? It all comes down to who you know, and Wallis Simpson knew how to ...

Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Here, the couple is pictured in the Bahamas, where Edward served as governor between 1940 and 1945. Ivan Dmitri / Michael Ochs Archives / ...

Despite being monarch for less than a year, King Charles already surpassed the reign of his great-uncle King Edward VIII. King Charles immediately acceded his mother as monarch following her death on ...

Lurid gossip aimed at steering King Edward VIII away from the American divorcee was an attempt to "scupper this relationship somehow," author Paul French said Women marrying into the royal family have ...