Wallis Simpson THE OTHER AMERICAN DUCHESS

Two American duchesses. Two divorcees. And two glamorous women who rocked the royal boat when they fell in love with their men. Meghan Markle is being compared to her predecessor Wallis Simpson who, like the Duchess of Sussex, was at the centre of a royal scandal.

Yet Meghan and Wallis are very different people. “In my view, Meghan cannot hold a candle to Wallis Simpson,” Anna Pasternak, author of , tells New Idea Royals. “If there was one word for Wallis it would be dignity.”