They loathed each other more than words could ever say. 'That fat Scotch cook!' hissed the Duchess of Windsor, describing her sister-in-law Queen Elizabeth.
The Queen Mother once remarked that Wallis Simpson and Adolf Hitler were the two people who caused her the most trouble in her life. Her animosity toward Simpson stemmed from the 1936 abdication crisis, where Edward VIII chose to marry Simpson, a divorcee, over his duties as king, leading to his abdication. The feud between the Queen Mother and Simpson lasted decades, marked by public snubs, such as Simpson failing to curtsey to the Queen Mother at Edward's funeral in 1972. Their rivalry, rooted in social and political tensions, persisted until Simpson's death in 1986.