Today in History: Edward VIII Marries Wallis Simpson

On this day (June 3) in 1937, the former Edward VIII married Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom he had given up the throne of the United Kingdom. Simpson had been twice divorced and was not considered fit to be queen, and Parliament was not interested in permitting her to marry the king without becoming queen. So Edward abdicated for love and he and his wife were never permitted back into the royal family’s good graces.