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Title: Was Wallis Simpson all woman? There's been always been speculation about her sex
Post by: Shana A on August 08, 2011, 05:55:28 PM
Was Wallis Simpson all woman? There's been always been speculation about her sexual make-up. Now in a major reassessment her biographer uncovers new evidence

By Anne Sebba
Last updated at 1:56 PM on 6th August 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023050/Was-Wallis-Simpson-woman-New-evidence-speculates-sexual-make-up.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023050/Was-Wallis-Simpson-woman-New-evidence-speculates-sexual-make-up.html)

The first time the future King of England met Wallis Simpson, she left little impression. After all, she was neither young nor beautiful.

Her face was square-jawed and masculine, with an unfortunate mole.

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But Wallis almost certainly had a far deeper and darker secret.

Recent research suggests that she might well have been born with what's currently called a Disorder of Sexual Development (DSD) or intersexuality, which affects about 4,000 babies annually in the UK.