Wallis Simpson has popped up on my cultural radar several times since I first heard her name in the 2010 movie The King’s Speech: Elizabeth Taylor bought some of her jewelry and Coco Chanel partied with her in France. She was born Bessiewallis Warfield in 19th century Pennsylvania but she changed the British monarchy forever. Author Anne Sebba does a mostly excellent job is telling the story of Wallis both before and after her fateful relationship with the future king of England. In one, too […]