Right now, the whole world is busily watching the drama of the Royal Family vs Harry and Meghan unfold. However, Meghan Markle is not the first divorced American woman to cause strife in the British monarchy. Edward the Eighth, Elizabeth the Second's uncle, also married US citizen Wallis Simpson. And even abdicated the royal throne to live with the woman he loved! This event is still considered one of the most dramatic in the history of the royal family. In addition, Simpson almost ruined the reputation of her husband his sympathies for the Nazis: she openly supported them and even personally met with Adolf Hitler! Fortunately, her actions then did not go too far.

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