Just years before, Edward VIII had given up the role of King of England to marry American-born Wallis Warfield Simpson.

Collins, 91, will take on the role of Simpson, an American divorcee who King Edward VIII chose over the monarchy, abdicating the throne in 1936 and ultimately marrying her the next year. The two were ...

Edward VI as Prince of Wales, and Henry VIII. Henry liked beautiful women. A desirable queen was an asset, and it was expected that a king of his stature should have an attractive wife.

Prince William is now the main focus of the monarchy, but his ailing wife and his three ... it has faced since the abdication" of King Edward VIII in 1936. "For the simple fact, the absence ...

“I’ve always been fascinated by Wallis, because I think she was unfairly treated,” Collins said of the woman who sparked King Edward VIII’s abdication Stuart C. Wilson/Getty; Wolfgang Kuhn ...