Edward Windsor
 Edward Windsor    (British royal) | ||||||||||||
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 King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on holiday in Yugoslavia, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Born | Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David 23 June 1894 Surrey, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 28 May 1972 (Age 77) Paris, France | |||||||||||
| Nationality | UK | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Royal Naval College Osborne, Britannia Royal Naval College, Magdalen College (Oxford) | |||||||||||
| Parents | • George V • Mary of Teck | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Wallis Simpson | |||||||||||
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Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
Marriage
In his memoirs, Hollywood procurer Scotty Bowers tells how he in the late 1940s or early 1950s procured multiple same-sex prostitutes for Edward and his wife Wallis while they were visiting Los Angeles, including Bowers himself also having sex with Edward.
Bowers tells how according to his friend Cecil Beaton, "Edward the duke was a classic example of a bisexual man. He was equally drawn to the delights found in both a heterosexual and a homosexual world. According to him, the whole myth of the great royal romance was a fabrication, a giant cover-up by the royal family and the British government to conceal the truth about Edward's sexual preferences. A king could not possibly get away with living the kind of lifestyle as that favored by Edward. It would have stifled him. Apparently Wallis Simpson shared similar bisexual urges. Because of that she was the ideal candidate to become Edward's wife. Although she was portrayed as the great love of his life and the person behind his reason for abdicating from the British throne she was in actual fact the perfect partner to share his double life with him. He liked boys. She liked girls. Occasionally they even had sex with each other but, essentially, he was gay and she was a dyke. What better way to save face and ensure that they would have the freedom to live their lives in peace and out of the public spotlight than to marry one another?"[1]
References
- ↑ Scotty Bowers, Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, (2012) ISBN 978-0-8021-2007-6 page 1963-167
