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BACHELOR IN TECHNICAL TEACHER EDUCATION

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SUBMITTED BY:
ALLAN ALAURIN
(BTTE-STUDENT)

SUBMITTED TO:
LISA PACLA
(ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR)

WALLIS SIMPSON RELATION TO KING EDWARD VIII
Wallis Simpson she allegedly became the mistress of David the eldest son of king George V and later became (King Edward VII).Two years later, after Edward's accession as king, Wallis divorced her second husband in preparation to marry Edward.
The King's desire to marry a woman who had two living ex-husbands threatened to cause a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom and the Dominions, and ultimately led to his abdication in December 1936 to marry "the woman I love”. After the abdication, the former king was created Duke of Windsor by his brother and successor, King George VI. Edward married Wallis six months later, after which she was formally known as the Duchess of Windsor, without the style "Her Royal Highness". She was instead styled as "Her Grace", a style normally reserved only for non-royal dukes and duchesses.
Before, during, and after World War II, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were suspected by many in government and society of being Nazi sympathizers. In the 1950s and 1960s, she and the Duke shuttled between Europe and the United States, living a life of leisure as society celebrities. After the Duke's death in 1972, the Duchess lived in seclusion, and was rarely seen in public. Her private life has been a source of much speculation, and she remains a controversial figure in British history.

Relationship with (King Edward VIII)
In January 1934, while Lady Furness was away in New York City, Wallis allegedly became the Prince's mistress. Edward denied this to his father, despite his staff seeing them in bed together as well as "evidence of a physical sexual act”. Wallis soon ousted Lady Furness, and the Prince distanced himself from a former lover and confidante, the Anglo-American textile

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