Esther Krakue on the ‘sad' story of Wallis Simpson's later life
Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue examines the latter part of Duchess Wallis Simpson's life and how 'quite sad it was'.
Upcoming biopic 'The Bitter End' will look at the last days of the Duchess of Windsor's life, directed by Mike Newell of Four Weddings and a Funeral fame.
'We really don't understand the emotional toll that it must have taken for them to exit the royal family and effectively be banished to France,' Ms Krakue told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo.
'For her to basically be exiled from everyone, including her family, and dying alone as a woman ... it must not have been easy.'

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