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In December 1936, jaws around the British Empire dropped when the newly crowned King Edward announced his intention to step down from the throne to marry the woman he loved.

A divorcee from across the pond, Wallace Simpson.

In that moment, the course of the British monarchy changed forever and a new public enemy was born.

Twice divorced and, gasp, American, Wallace was the original Megan Markle.

It was ever thus, yet again.

She walked so Megan could run into a horrible, boring Netflix documentary series.

The press loved a hater.

The establishment shunned her,

and intelligence services were desperate to dig up as much dirt as possible on her,

including whispers of a scandalous dossier full of exotic bedroom

techniques, traitorous espionage, and even the odd Nazi romp. The world knows Wallace as the

bewitching siren the king chose over his duty. But was it the most romantic love story

of all time? Or just a royal situation ship that went a bit too far.

From her origins as an ambitious Southern bell

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