Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American socialite, had an affair with King Edward VIII, the former Prince of Wales, later the Duke of Windsor. Of course we knew him as “our king.” In Toronto we believed firmly in the British Empire and our place within it. In the 21st century, real-life drama turned from fact to fiction and the royals moved onto a different stage. As Morgan says, every family has a crazy uncle, and certainly the Duke of Windsor was crazy enough for anyone, even a queen. In the process, Morgan and his colleagues have given us a far more interesting royal house than we’ve ever known before.

Source: National Post February 16, 2018 15:22 UTC