Wallis Simpson, wife of Edward VIII, made ​​famous the phrase "never be enough rich or enough thin", a frivolous backed by a love story, her controversial political views and a passion for jewelry.

The story of the king who abdicated for love (source: http://www.indiansafran.com)

Nothing and nobody could stop their love. When, on December 11, 1936, the future King of England, Edward VIII, told the media that abdicated the throne of his country because the Parliament, the press and public not allowing him to marry Wallis Simpson, a American woman, separated, with whom he was committed.

"Now we are 27 x 36 " was the phrase inscribed on the inside of the alliance, the work of Cartier, who sported a nearly 20-carat emerald. The strange inscription was evident commitment date: October 27, 1936. Years later, the Duchess of Windsor, on the occasion of their 20 th wedding anniversary, changed the original creation by mounting the stone in an elaborate design in gold and platinum. And as a gift double, Wallis Simpson received from the hands of the Duke of Windsor a spectacular bracelet with sapphires and brilliant created by jewelers Van Cleef and Arpels, Paris. The central motif of the 45 sapphires are framed by a multitude of diamonds, all carved differently. In closing, and before the ceremony, the Duke had recorded these words: "For our contract 18/v/37" since the May 18, 1937 was the date on which the pair completed the complicated procedures prior to the wedding. And despite all the difficulties, the big day arrived.

Candé Castle, a few kilometers from Tours, the lives of Edward and Wallis joined forever. For the occasion the Duchess of Windsor sent Mainbocher make a dress designer in blue satin crepe that would project the brooch she wore to match the bracelet.

The wedding was held in the strictest privacy, without the presence of any member of the British royal family. Alone, the two began to walk the path of your new and awaited happinessd.

The auction of her jewels broke records (source: http://www.nosotras.com)

(December 2010) The prestigious Sotheby's offered to the highest bidder in London a score of jewelry that belonged to Wallis Simpson. A panther-shaped bracelet was a record sales to be auctioned for 4,521,000 pounds (5,413,250 euros). The diamond and onyx bracelet in the shape of a panther was a record for the maker of Cartier jewelry at auction and sale of bracelets also at auction, according to Efe said a spokesman for Sotheby's. That exceeded the amount estimated by this piece (among a million and a million and a half pounds or 1.19 and 1.79 million euros). Bidding house has been considered that the sale, in which all parts were sold for a total of 7,975,550 pounds (9,551,197 euros), was 'a success'.

The other centerpiece of the collection, a range of ruby, sapphire, citrine and diamonds in the shape of a flamingo was sold for 1,721,250 pounds (2,062,392 euros), exceeding the expectations of Sotheby's, which had ruled that achieved by it a sale price between 1.19 and 1.7 million euros.

Another of the objects sold was a brooch of Simpson twentieth century who were paid 205,250 pounds (245,943 euros). The evening gown trimmed with diamonds valued at 90,000 pounds (107,829 euros), designed by Cartier in 1935 and is engraved with the initials W and E, and the words 'Hold Tight', a phrase used King and Simpson often in his letters during the abdication crisis, also found a buyer for 115,250 pounds (136,687 euros).