Wallis Simpson: Ultimate Royal Villain or the Monarchy’s Greatest Victim?

About this episode

This week on A Right Royal Podcast, hosts Andrea and Emily are joined by celebrated royal biographer and broadcaster Hugo Vickers to uncover the heartbreaking, untold truth behind the later years of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. While history remembers her as the glittering American divorcée who shook the British monarchy to its absolute core, forcing Edward VIII to choose love over his crown, Vickers reveals a hauntingly different reality. Chapters: 00:00 - The Dying Duke’s Final Bow 00:53 - Welcome to A Right Royal Podcast with Hugo Vickers 01:35 - A 20-Year-Old Outsider in the Windsor Court 05:10 - Hollywood Comes to Paris: Consulting on "My Duchess" 06:28 - Deconstructing the…