An illegitimate daughter who has never been baptized.
Bessie Wallis Warfield is an illegitimate daughter, born in June 1895. At that time, the United States was slowly recovering from a disastrous economic depression. However, Baltimore, where the Wallis family is located, is humble, elegant and remote, but it can't see the obvious influence of the Great Depression. Wallis' father, Tikol, is a rather unusual member of this family. He was weak and got tuberculosis at the age of 18.
At that time, tuberculosis patients were forbidden to live with women. But at the age of 25, Tikol fell in love, and he met Alice montague at the age of 24. Alice is lively and lovely, with blonde hair, very beautiful and charming.
In an era when kissing tuberculosis patients is considered dangerous or even fatal, Alice really needs the courage and courage of all young people to start this romantic relationship with her lover. They avoid the surveillance of their families and share love serenades in cheap hotels, parks and other places. It is shocking that Alice is pregnant.
For American Protestant Episcopal families, having children out of wedlock is a disaster. Because it means that this family will be discredited and may even be expelled from Protestantism. Neither Warfield's family nor montague's family wanted to take the risk. They were involved in such a scandal. They forbid children to be born in Baltimore.
1895 At the beginning of this year, the young lovers left their hometown for a famous holiday resort-Blue Ridge Peak, which is located at the top of the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
On June 1895, Alice's baby was born safely. This baby named Bessie Wallis Warfield is not only the only unrecorded descendant of Warfield and Montague, but also the first child in the Warfield family who has never been baptized. The elders of the Protestant Episcopal Church at home did not agree to be baptized. Based on the irrefutable reason that she is an illegitimate daughter, Baltimore's church organizations also support this major ruling. 19 10 April 17, when the Christian church in Baltimore began to accept Wallis, in order to gain the recognition of the church, the Warfield family forged her baptism record. Because she was not baptized, two of her three marriages were invalid according to the doctrine, including her marriage with the Duke of Windsor in 1937. In the eyes of the church, Wallis is a man who has not been banned and will eventually be punished forever.
Pretending to be conceited when I was a child
Wallis is an outgoing, naughty and lively little girl. Alice loves her and is proud of her. She takes pictures of Wallis every week to record her growth. By 1900, grandma's room was covered with more than 300 photos of Wallis. Alice named these photos "Wallis childhood photos" according to the convention of the London Art Museum. Wallis was born a Warfield: full of fashion and pretentious.
According to Cleveland emory, she called her first dolls Mrs Astor and Mrs Vanderbilt, who were the "queens" of new york society at that time. The first books she came into contact with were about fashion, opera, popular fashion and stories about the king and queen of England. She has been as noble and elegant as a member of the royal family since childhood. She never calls Alice "Mom", but "Mommy".
1902, Wallis entered No.28 Eliot Street12 and became a student of Miss Ida O 'Donnell's kindergarten. It was there that Wallis began to show her personality: everything comes first. When she was seven years old, one day Miss O 'Donnell asked her class, "Who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London?" A little boy sitting behind Wallis stood up first and replied loudly, "guy fawkes!" -It's just that this is the correct answer Wallis wants to answer. In a rage, she grabbed the wooden pencil box and hit the boy hard on the head.
At the age of ten, Wallis entered the fashionable arundel Girls' School at 7 14 St. Paul Street, which is only a few houses away from her grandparents' home. Whenever a classmate laughs at her mother for taking in tenants, she hits them with thick soles.
Miss Carroll was then the principal of arundel School. Wallis often despised his authority, so he was recognized as rude and arrogant. Her rude words often stunned the teachers. Although Wallis often beaten at home and school, she is still so conceited, stubborn and stubborn. She studies all the knowledge and skills hard: basketball, sewing, cooking and history. Although she is not beautiful, when she is left out, she often has severe headaches and faints, but her enthusiasm, vitality and charm make her very prestigious. According to one of her classmates, her bony figure, masculine shoulders, "Indian" hair, face shape and protruding chin make her unique among girls of the same age, which can be said to be "outstanding". She always wears clean and tidy clothes, and her hair is neatly combed, because she knows that any untidiness on the musical instrument will attract a wooden comb or a cold shower. Her pencils are always sharp and her clothes and skirts are neatly ironed. No one has ever seen her chew gum or chew the remaining half of an apple. Wallis became more rebellious at the age of 12, and her cleverness was unbearable. Her high-pitched and harsh voice, a series of questions, bold and confident expression and frequent and severe headaches made her a recognized unruly child. She patiently participated in various religious activities of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Warfield and Montague. Although she has never actually been baptized, both families are convinced that she has become a firm believer. In those days, young girls usually only sewed, cooked and prepared recipes, and only spent time dressing up and playing basketball, but Wallis began to pursue boys and plan his future very early. She wants to be a doctor, a scientist or an explorer.
19 1 1 year, Wallis went to Boland, middelburg, Virginia, which was a summer camp for rich children. There, Wallis fell in love with her first love. The person she has a crush on is Lloyd Tubb. Tabu is a handsome boy and has a lot of wealth to inherit. He looks as energetic as an athlete. Arundel and other girls in Boland are very envious of her perfect boyfriend. They asked each other how the least beautiful girl among them managed to catch up with the handsome guy they knew.
The secret of Wallis' success lies in her careful study of prey. Although she is not interested in football, she managed to learn every goal Tabu scored on the school football team. She knows how many minutes it took him to win the swimming championship, what ice cream he likes and his passion for skating in winter. Thanks to Tabu's friends. They quietly helped her realize her plan to capture Tabu.
Wallis knows how to greet boys and how to enhance their self-confidence. She boldly stroked the boy's strong arm, although it was considered a bit excessive and indecent. She also knows how to please the Tabu family. In Glilona, a magnificent pre-war Washington, there is a big court bar in front of the door, and her crisp laughter often ripples. In that long summer, she spent many precious afternoons there. She and Lloyd read the epic of the French Empire to each other and read booth tarkington's best-selling book "Good Friends" together. Often you watch a few paragraphs and I watch a few paragraphs. Interestingly, she especially likes the story about the king and queen, and the description of how civilians attract the attention of the royal family and win their favor.
"There are dozens of photos of the prince hanging in her room."
Like thousands of young girls at that time, Wallis fell in love with the legendary heir to the British throne-17-year-old blond prince of Wales. There are dozens of photos of the prince hanging in her room. She also edited all the reports about the prince and kept an eye on his every move. Wallis graduated from Oldfield 19 14. Varis is eighteen years old. According to traditional customs, it's time to take part in some social activities in public. Here's the chance: this is the most important event for all young girls in Baltimore in a year. One-man four-pair dance was the highest social gathering at that time-the girl's participation in this dance was a guarantee of her social status. Only 49 girls out of 500 were lucky enough to be invited. This grand and grand dance will be held in the Grand Theatre as usual on the first Thursday of June+February, 5438. Mixed with the complex psychology of excitement, worry and depression, Wallis was so excited that he couldn't sleep. There was only one question in his heart: Will she be one of the 49 lucky people?
Finally, the fateful morning came, and she tore open the envelope in a hurry. There is a priceless invitation in it! What she has to do now is to find a way to buy clothes, invite a family member to accompany her, and prepare decorative flowers on the clothes.
Wallis can only impress Uncle Solomon with sweet words and persuade him to support her as much as possible. Finally, my uncle gave her twenty dollars-at least enough to buy thirty clothes, which is an unimaginable sum. Wallis made a dress with all his money, only one.
This is a white satin evening dress, which is exactly the same as the Voss dress sewn by the famous ballroom dancer Eileen Castle in Paris. It took her longer to learn the solo and the new tango. She also greatly improved her Waltz skills.
At the dance, Wallis danced for hours and almost broke his leg. Whenever a new dance partner comes, she focuses all her attention on the other person and never talks about herself. As a result, young people will come back to her again and again. Although among the girls that day, she may belong to the least beautiful one, but she is smart and charming, and she knows it very well.
At the age of 25, I met my idol Prince of Wales for the first time.
Since that wonderful and glorious night, Varis began to think of herself as a woman. Wallis is really a male fan: she is not even afraid of being gossiped, and has started a series of inexplicable and dazzling affairs. 19 14, 1 June, 2008, she and her cousin went to visit the newly established naval air center base and met the handsome officer Earl winfield Spencer, who became her first husband.
1920 An important event happened on April 7th. The Prince of Wales and his cousin louis mountbatten arrived in San Diego on their way to Australia on the cruiser Fame. The young prince, thin and short, with blond hair and blue eyes, looked charming and easy-going, and soon conquered the whole of San Diego. At 2: 30 pm, he and mountbatten came to the seaside, shook hands with the veterans returning from the battlefield, and then gave a speech to about 25,000 people in the auditorium.
Wallis must have resented not being invited to a grand luncheon for the prince on the deck of the battleship New Mexico, and then being received by the prince on the rustu and the Royal Navy. It is quite possible that winfield's drinking, misbehavior and conflict with his boss finally brought this harsh social punishment.
Wallis and winfield attended the Mayor's Ball at the Coronado Hotel that night. However, her self-esteem was hit again, and her name did not appear on the guest list of the dinner party. Varis just saw from a distance the prince in the summer white uniform of the Royal Navy shaking hands with countless people. The prince left early.
Although Wallis must have been very excited when he saw his girlhood idol, this exciting experience was immediately swallowed up by the shadow of marriage.
Unfortunately, I indulged myself at my first marriage.
In May, Alice came to visit Wallis and found that she was very sad. Winfield stayed almost all night. Occasionally, when he was at home, he either knocked on the table or smashed furniture. He said he would go back to Florida, where he fell in love with a girl.
192 1 In the spring of, Wallis and winfield moved into Brighton Hotel Apartment on California Avenue. She soon regretted making this decision. Winfield's hysterical shouts often wake up the whole hotel in the middle of the night. Winfield locked her in the bathroom for hours. He often gets drunk and has an affair with other women, maybe even men. In the end, Wallis had to choose a divorce.
Divorce is an unprecedented scandal for the montague family and the Warfield family. Alice and Bessie are menstruating, trying to persuade her to give up the idea. Since then, her husband has served in China, and China is obviously a place not suitable for young women, which makes her behavior more acceptable than a divorced woman. She began to meet many old friends frequently again.
At the reception hosted by the Italian embassy, Wallis made eyes at the charming Italian ambassador, and she achieved her goal. Later, Wallis began to pay attention to the 35-year-old First Secretary of the Argentine Embassy, Felipe Espil. Wallis must step up his action and can't miss any chance. She managed to get herself invited to a party, and so did Espil. The ugly duckling took out all the courage and determination Wellington had in planning the Battle of Waterloo and began to plan how to lure Felipe Espil to bed. With her usual flattery, Wallis really captured him from the courtesan in Washington. Their extramarital affairs became the number one scandal in Washington.
1926 On Christmas Day, Wallis accepted the invitation of her old friend Mary Laffray to spend Christmas in new york. Her decision to go to new york led to a chance meeting, which turned her into Mrs Simpson.