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In September 1940, as bombs fell over London, whispers in Berlin told a different story — one of romance, scandal, and potential betrayal.
Behind the royal titles and elegant portraits stood Wallis Simpson, the American woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the British throne.
To the Nazis, she was more than a symbol of love — she was a possible ally. German intelligence files spoke of her private meetings with Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler’s foreign minister, and a plan — Operation Willi — to restore Edward as a puppet king once Britain fell.
This film uncovers the extraordinary life of Wallis Simpson:
from her Baltimore childhood and her two failed marriages,
to her rise in London high society, her controversial love affair with the prince,
and her years in exile as the Duchess of Windsor, haunted by accusations of Nazi sympathy.
Was she a manipulative schemer, a tragic lover, or merely a woman trapped by history? Her name remains forever linked to abdication, scandal, and the shadow of war.

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00:00In October 1937, Edward and Wallace travelled to Germany at the invitation of Nazi officials.
00:07They toured factories and welfare projects, admired new highways, and were photographed.
00:13The pictures showed them smiling, and those images never faded from public memory.
00:18Finally, they visited Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgarten. The pair maintained ties to Joachim
00:24von Ribbentrop, the German ambassador to London, and later Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany.
00:31Rumour had it that Wallace and Ribbentrop had an affair in London.
00:35It was said he sent her seventeen carnations, one for each time they had slept together.
00:41The FBI later noted that she was in constant contact with him,
00:45and MI5 worried she might pass on secret information to Nazi Germany.
00:50Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv
00:56The FBI
00:56The FBI
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