Famous for a British king abdicating to wed her, Simpson spent a year in China tainted by vicious rumours. Paul French has a ...

Joan Collins is to play Wallis Simpson in a biopic about the American socialite whose relationship with the British King led to his abdication.

Joan Collins will take on the role of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, in an upcoming biopic, currently titled the The Bitter End. “I am thrilled about the challenge of playing this ...

“I’ve always been fascinated by Wallis, because I think she was ... perhaps a nod to Simpson’s Duchess of Windsor title after her marriage to Edward, who became Duke of Windsor after his ...

Simpson was born Bessie Wallis Warfield in Pennsylvania in ... Edward and Wallis, who went on to be known as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, were married in France in 1937, and spent most of ...