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Wallis, duquesa de Windsor (nacida Bessie Wallis Warfield; Blue Ridge Summit, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos; 19 de junio de 1896​-Bois de Boulogne, París, Francia; 24 de abril de 1986), conocida tras su primer matrimonio como Wallis Spencer y, sobre todo, tras su segundo matrimonio como Wallis Simpson, fue una socialite estadounidense. Su condición de divorciada dos veces y la intención de Eduardo VIII del Reino Unido (con quien mantenía una relación desde que era príncipe) de convertirla en su consorte provocaron una crisis constitucional que condujo a que Eduardo se viera forzado a abdicar del trono británico en 1936.

El padre de Wallis murió poco después de su nacimiento, y Wallis, junto a su madre viuda, recibió el apoyo de algunos parientes ricos. Su primer matrimonio, con un oficial de la Marina de los Estados Unidos, se caracterizó por varios períodos de separación y terminó en divorcio.

En 1934, durante el transcurso de su segundo matrimonio, se supone que se hizo amante de Eduardo, por entonces, príncipe de Gales. Dos años más tarde, después de la muerte de Jorge V y el ascenso al trono de Eduardo VIII, Wallis se divorció de su segundo marido y Eduardo le propuso matrimonio. El deseo del rey de contraer nupcias con una mujer que tenía dos exmaridos vivos provocó una crisis constitucional en el Reino Unido y sus dominios, lo que condujo a que abdicara al trono en diciembre de 1936 y se casara, según sus palabras, con «la mujer que amo».​ Después de la abdicación, el antiguo rey fue nombrado duque de Windsor por su hermano, el rey Jorge VI. Eduardo se casó con Wallis seis meses más tarde, después de lo cual ella fue conocida como la duquesa de Windsor, sin el tratamiento de su alteza real.

Antes, durante y después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, muchas personas del gobierno y de la sociedad sospechaban que el duque y la duquesa de Windsor simpatizaban con los nazis. En el transcurso de las décadas de 1950 y 1960, la pareja vivió entre Europa y los Estados Unidos, disfrutando de una vida de ocio como celebridades sociales. Al morir el duque en 1972, la duquesa se recluyó y rara vez volvió a ser vista en público. Su vida privada fue la fuente de múltiples especulaciones y todavía sigue siendo una figura controvertida en la historia británica.

Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (20 September 1888 – 29 May 1950) was a U.S. Navy pilot who served as the first commanding officer of Naval Air Station San Diego. He was the first husband of Wallis Simpson, who later married Edward VIII.

Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born British shipbroker and former captain in the Coldstream Guards. He was the second husband of Wallis Simpson, who later married the former King Edward VIII following his abdication. After his military service, Simpson joined the family shipbroking firm, Simpson Spence & Young (SSY)

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.

Edward was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary. He was created Prince of Wales on his 16th birthday, seven weeks after his father succeeded as king. As a young man, Edward served in the British Army during the First World War and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father. The Prince of Wales gained popularity due to his charm and charisma, and his fashion sense became a hallmark of the era. After the war, his conduct began to give cause for concern; he engaged in a series of sexual affairs that worried both his father and the British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin.

Upon his father's death in 1936, Edward became the second monarch of the House of Windsor. The new king showed impatience with court protocol, and caused consternation among politicians by his apparent disregard for established constitutional conventions. Only months into his reign, Edward caused a constitutional crisis through his proposal to marry Wallis Simpson, an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second. The prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguing a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands was politically and socially unacceptable as a prospective queen consort. Additionally, such a marriage would have conflicted with Edward's status as titular head of the Church of England, which, at the time, disapproved of remarriage after divorce if a former spouse was still alive. Edward knew the Baldwin government would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have forced a general election and would have ruined his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. When it became apparent he could not marry Simpson and remain on the throne, he abdicated. He was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. With a reign of 326 days, Edward was one of the shortest-reigning British monarchs to date.

After his abdication, Edward was created Duke of Windsor. He married Simpson in France on 3 June 1937, after her second divorce became final. Later that year, the couple toured Nazi Germany, which fed rumours that he was a Nazi sympathiser. During the Second World War, Edward was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France. After the fall of France, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. After the war, Edward spent the rest of his life in France. He and Wallis remained married until his death in 1972; they had no children.