With eyes that were described by royal photographer Cecil Beaton as 'essentially sad', the former King Edward VIII, 42, tied the knot with Wallis Simpson ... up to his wedding, the Duke had ...

For a love story that changed the British monarchy forever, Edward VIII's wedding to Wallis Simpson ... noting that the Duke of Windsor was "hallow-eyed" as Simpson walked down the aisle to ...

In 1936, he abdicated his title 326 days after assuming the throne to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson ... s friendship with the Duke of Windsor, Lady Metcalf counted ...

The sprawling house is located near Paris, and it's where the couple, who were also known as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor ... Marlene Dietrich, and Cecil Beaton. And according to the Sunday ...

The world knew the wedding was coming ... becoming Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor — the story of his relationship with a divorced American woman, known as Wallis Simpson, had been brewing ...

Here, Newsweek answers a reader's question as to whether the duke and his polarizing American-born wife, Wallis Simpson ... the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their wedding day (R) June 1937.

Wallis Simpson was born on June 19 ... Her uncle paid the tuition. Simpson was 34 when she met Edward, Duke of Windsor -- the son of George V and the uncle of the current Queen Elizabeth.