Hold onto your conspiracy theories in this one, darlings!
Wallis took a lot of heat for the year she spent in the Orient, her Lotus Year. Many folks pinned a whole lot of terrible deeds on Wallis this year, largely all untrue. Her year in China becomes the basis for the future China Dossier, which was supposed to dissuade the Prince of Wales from his married lover. That plan did not work out too well, and this year, Wallis truly steps into being the woman she is to become. Also, she will break with Win Spencer, for good.
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Sources
Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson by Paul French (Amazon)
The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak (Amazon)
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba (Amazon)
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The Windsor Story by J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy (Amazon)
Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew Morton (Amazon)
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Before Wallis: Edward VIII’s Other Women by Rachel Trethewey (Amazon)