Wallis, Duchess of Windsor was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication.
Wallis Simpson
A six-month-old Wallis with her mother, Alice Warfield
Wallis as a ten-year-old schoolgirl
Wallis and her first husband, Earl W. Spencer, 1918
A socialite is a person usually from a wealthy or aristocratic background who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having traditional employment.
Lady Georgiana Cavendish, (1757–1806), an English socialite from the late 18th century
Margot Asquith (1864-1945)
Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994)