January 10, 2020

QUESTION:

This person’s name has been brought up in recent media coverage following events this week. Who is she?

(Scroll down for answer)

ANSWER:

Wallis Simpson

Wallis Simpson was the wife of the British king Edward VIII. Edward’s decision to marry Simpson (a two-time divorcee) caused a constitutional crisis in the UK and led to his abdication in December 1936.

P.S. Interest piqued? Check out Season 1 of “The Crown.”