Many agree that while she may not have been much in the looks department, the twice divorced socialite Wallis Simpson had what it took - whatever that was.... - to make a king abdicate. For her wedding to the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII, she chose, what else, Cartier wedding bands. According to PreciousPlatinum.com, this brash American - who was a fine jewelry collector with mega-taste - declared platinum to be only choice, thankyou, for evening.
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