Mrs. Simpson - Simpson, Wallis Warfield (Duchess of Windsor)

Japanese: シンプソン夫人 - シンプソンふじん（英語表記）Simpson， Wallis Warfield(Duchess of Windsor)

Born: June 19, 1896 in Pennsylvania
[Died] April 24, 1986. The late Duchess of Windsor, Paris. She lost her father when she was five months old, and graduated from a private school under her uncle. In 1916, she married an American naval officer, but divorced in 1927. The following year, she remarried E. Simpson, a British shipping businessman. In 1930, she had a fateful encounter with Prince Edward of England, and eventually separated from her husband. Meanwhile, the Prince ascended to the throne as Edward VIII in January 1936, but in December of the same year, he abdicated the throne to his younger brother, George VI, and married Mrs. Simpson the following year in 1937. At the time, this was known as the "love of the century," and attracted worldwide attention. After that, although they kept their distance from the British royal family, the two lived a married life in France for 35 years until the Duke's death in 1972. After the Duchess's death, the royal family allowed her to be buried next to her husband's grave in Windsor Castle. He has also written an autobiography, The Heart Has Its Reasons (56).

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Japanese:

[生]1896.6.19. ペンシルバニア
[没]1986.4.24. パリ
故ウィンザー公夫人。生後5カ月で父を失い，叔父のもとで私立学校を卒業。 1916年アメリカ海軍士官と結婚するが 27年に離婚。翌年，イギリスの船舶事業家 E.シンプソンと再婚。 30年にイギリスのエドワード皇太子と運命的な出会いをし，やがて夫とは別居。一方皇太子は 36年1月にエドワード8世として即位したが，同年 12月王位を弟ジョージ6世に譲り，翌 37年シンプソン夫人と結婚。当時「世紀の恋」として世界中の注目を集めた。その後，イギリス王室とは距離をおきながらも，公が亡くなる 1972年までの 35年間，2人はフランスで結婚生活を過した。夫人の没後，王室は夫人がウィンザー城内の夫の墓の隣に埋葬されることを許した。自叙伝『心にも言い分がある』 The Heart Has Its Reasons (56) がある。

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