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Wallis Simpson Intersex? Doctor Refutes New Biography

Started by Jamie D, July 23, 2013, 02:23:19 AM

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Jamie D

July 23, 2013, 02:23:19 AM
An older article, but with the birth of the new royal heir in the UK, this might be of interest.

Wallis Simpson Intersex? Doctor Refutes New Biography

Wallis Simpson has been demonized for decades as the Baltimore divorcee who scandalized Britain by luring Edward VIII, the Prince of Wales, from his short tenure on the throne.

His abdication -- touched on in the 2010 film, "The Kings Speech," and most recently in a sympathetic biopic from Madonna, "W.E." -- caused an unprecedented constitutional crisis in 1936 and she was thereafter seen as "that woman."

And now, a new biography, "That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson," suggests that the "mannish" social climber with the "beautiful dark sapphire blue eyes, full of sparkle and nice mischief" may have been intersex.

Full article at the link
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