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 ...

Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, and the former King Edward VIII, who became Duke of Windsor after his 1936 abdication, seen here circa 1965 arriving at Southampton on board the liner United States ...

Wallis died there on April 24, 1986 at age 89, just three months before her 90th birthday. Simpson with her pug dogs at her home in Bois de Boulogne near Paris, France in 1974.

(CNN) — Joan Collins is to play Wallis Simpson in a biopic about the American socialite whose relationship with the British King led to his abdication. The 91-year-old actress revealed that the ...

The 91-year-old star will be playing Wallis Simpson, the wife of King Edward VIII, and the reason that the royal abdicated from the throne in 1936, less than a year into his rule. Joan looked so ...

Madonna says it's pretty obvious why she was drawn to the story of Wallis Simpson -- the American divorcee who was vilified for persuading a British king to give up his throne in order to marry her.

Wallis Simpson and Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, on their June 3, 1937 wedding day. Topical Press Agency/Getty Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage?

Simpson was born Bessie Wallis Warfield in Pennsylvania in 1896. She lived in London in the 1930s with her second husband, Ernest Simpson. It was during this period that she met the prince, who ...

(NEW YORK) -- Before Meghan Markle, Wallis Simpson was the first American divorcee to marry into the British royal family.While Simpson has been a figure of intrigue for decades, her recent portrayal.