He did it all for LOVE💕
The love 💕story of King Edward VIII & Mrs. Simpson.
I
recently returned from a business trip to the Sandals Royal Bahamian. I always
find it so interesting to read and research the area for cool and interesting pieces
of history. As a lover of the Bahamas and a Romance Specialist, I found this
story to good to keep to myself.
This is the most famous love story to ever scandalize
the British Monarchy. Read on...
He was the eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary). His great-grandmother was Queen Victoria.
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December of that year. With a reign of 326 days, Edward is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British history.
Only months into his reign, he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing to Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second. The prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguing a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands was politically and socially unacceptable as a prospective
King Edward VIII, gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.
The Duke married Simpson, who had changed her name by deed poll to Wallis Warfield, in a private ceremony on 3 June 1937, at Château de Candé, near Tours, France.
In July 1940, Edward was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. The Duke and Duchess left Lisbon on 1 August aboard the American Export Linessteamship Excalibur, which was specially diverted from its usual direct course to New York City so that they could be dropped off at Bermuda on the 9th. They left Bermuda for Nassau on the Canadian steamship Lady Somers on 15 August, arriving two days later. They resided at Balmoral which is where the Balmoral tower sits today.
He became Governor of The Bahamas (1940–1945).
After the war, Edward spent the rest of his life in retirement in France. He and Wallis remained married until his death.
Following Edward's death in 1972, Wallis spent much of her final years in seclusion, before passing away onApril 24, 1986, in Paris.
When the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, better known to the world as King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, arrived in Nassau in 1940, it was a much quieter island.
They lived for 5 years in the Balmoral Club, a large manor house surround by 10 villas which served as a playground to high-profile visitors and residents. In those days it was an exclusive hotel, sometimes dubbed the Immoral Club.
Sixty-seven years later, the guest list has included everyone from Richard Nixon and Buzz Aldrin to the Beatles.
Then, Sandals took over in the resort in 1995 and renamed it Sandals Royal Bahamian.
(the Balmoral Tower today)
Drawing on the spirit of the “love story of the century,” which is today memorialized in the Piano Lounge with correspondences and photography of the duke and duchess, Sandals refocused the resort on adult couples and intimacy.
One notice on the walls of the piano bar proclaims: 'This is a story about a King who listened to his heart and gave up his Throne for the greatest reason of them all - love❤.
Sandals Cay is officially known as Balmoral Island. It's the private island lying a half-mile off Cable Beach. Not only does it offer a lesson in music history, as the place where the “Another Girl” segment of Help! was filmed, but also a secluded escape from the buzz of the resort.
This story is one I share because, I fell in LOVE with the island years ago after my first visit and now I share my love of this special place with Brides& Grooms and also with the Diver community. There is something special here for everyone.
No man ever gave up so much for one woman as Edward VIII did for Wallis Simpson.
"We are most alive when we're in love."
At Sandals Royal Bahamian, Love is all around💕
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