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Edward VIII of England, eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck, abdicated because of his love affair with American-born divorcee Wallis Simpson. After his abdication, he became Duke of Windsor and married Mrs. Simpson, who had changed her name by deed poll to Wallis Warfield, in a private ceremony on 3 June 1937. Only 16 people attended the wedding. Julie Pellegrin, a former curator of Chateau de Candé, explains how Wallis Simpson married in pale blue - a colour that became famous because she wore it so frequently - and a 'strange hat with feathers'. Photo: Edward, Duke of Windsor, and formerly Edward VIII of England, and his wife Wallis Simpson, are seen, 03 June 1937, during their wedding, at Chateau de Candé, Monts, France. Credit: OFF/AFP/Getty Images