Well was she? Put the late Duchess of Windsor's name into Google along with the word 'dominatrix' and you'll pull up lots of comment for and against the dom theory. There's little real evidence and I guess we'll never know one way or another what went on when Mrs Simpson and the Prince of Wales got together.
Apparently Gore Vidal said the Prince had been "beaten up" by nannies and governesses and needed "a strong
woman to bawl him out." Other articles are less direct, but the implication is there that it was Wallis who had - well, the whip hand in their relationship.
Whatever it was that the prince saw in the divorcee it had a strong hold over him. When it came to be a choice between 'that woman' and his role as king, Edward VIII went for the girl instead of the job.
Personally I find that rather touching - a real romance. He needed what she offered him and maybe it was a damned good spanking. If that's what he need then so be it.
The Madonna movie hasn't had good reviews and doesn't, as far as I know, throw any light on the question of Wallis as dominatrix. But I think I'll go and see - the costumes look fab.
