{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6846a16db5ac093b0ca993ec/68511d82259ce49e3ee403e4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Royals in Crisis: Edward & Mrs Simpson - Part 2","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6846a16db5ac093b0ca993ec/1750146387003-a3e1103f-ad50-4856-aa0e-2b6506e1b8ec.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Find out the truth about Wallis Simpson and the rumours of her sex lessons in a Chinese brothel.</strong> Listen now!</p><p>Learn about one of the cast-aside lovers of Edward who devoted her life to spreading dark rumours about Wallis Simpson,</p><p>and hear a blow-by-blow account of the abdication crisis that nearly brought down the monarchy.</p><p><br></p><p>The second of a three-part deep dive into the controversial relationship between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, examining its impact on the monarchy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Professor Kate Williams believes that Edward’s wife Wallis Simpson may not be the ’scarlet women’ that history paints her to be: “I believe she genuinely loved Edward, but she also craved attention and was dazzled by all the jewels – she had so many jewels!”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Hosts: Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams</strong></p><p><strong>Series Producer: Ben Devlin</strong></p><p><strong>Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Executive Producer: Bella Soames </strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}