 Simpson was not only a socialite, but she was American and a divorcee, both of which were deal breakers for the royal family at the time.As Prince Edward found he could not marry Simpson on these circumstances, he did the unthinkable by giving up the throne to marry her.As the two wed in 1937, their marriage marked a more progressive mindset that people slowly began to adopt, as people already wanted to ditch old traditions and trade it for new ones, especially for those in the royal family.