Summary of Alexander Larman's The Crown in Crisis

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The philosopher Alan Tommy Lascelles believed that the primary reason for the abdication was finance.

He wrote that Money, and the things that money buys, were the principal desiderata in Mrs Simpson's philosophy, if not in his.#2 Wallis was the woman who captured the heart of a prince, and her relationship with Edward was the subject of many articles and biographies.

But her past is also the subject of many rumors.#3 Wallis Warfield was a woman who was extremely androgynous, and this led to many people speculating about her sexuality.

She was raised to be all but teetotal, and she had a difficult early life.

She married in 1916, but the union was doomed.#4 Wallis's time in China was spent visiting the sing-song houses of Hong Kong, which were establishments where the changsan class, the most discerning and exquisite of paid companions, would attract wealthy male company.