<P> Wallis was perceived to be pursuing Edward for his money; his equerry wrote that she would eventually leave him, "having secured the cash". The future prime minister Neville Chamberlain (then Chancellor of the Exchequer) wrote in his diary that she was "an entirely unscrupulous woman who is not in love with the King but is exploiting him for her own purposes . She has already ruined him in money and jewels ..." </P> <P> Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States were strained during the inter-war years and the majority of Britons were reluctant to accept an American as queen consort . At the time, some members of the British upper class looked down on Americans with disdain and considered them socially inferior . In contrast, the American public was clearly in favour of the marriage, as was most of the American press . </P> <P> In Edward's lifetime, the Church of England disapproved of divorced people remarrying in church while a former spouse was still living . The monarch was required to be in communion with the Church of England, and was its nominal head or Supreme Governor . If Edward married Wallis Simpson, a divorcee who would soon have two living ex-husbands, in a civil ceremony, it would directly conflict with Church teaching and his role as the Church's ex officio head . </P> <P> Wallis's first divorce (in the United States on the grounds of "emotional incompatibility") was not recognised by the Church of England and, if challenged in the English courts, might not have been recognised under English law . At that time, the church and English law considered adultery to be the only grounds for divorce . Consequently, under this argument, her second marriage, as well as her marriage to Edward, would be considered bigamous and invalid . </P>

Kings wife but not queen of his heart