Well there you go: truth rears its ugly head and banishes maudlin sentimentality!
And here *I* was going to characterize Edward and Wallis’ story as a simple triumph of horniness over common sense!
Read the real story; it is a page turner. There was a murder, and they absconded with a cheerful of Royal jewels when they left England.
Someone should make a film about it, but tell the true story.
They have a funny saying in the UK: “Edward gave up being the Chief of the Royal Navy, to become Third mate on a American tramp”.