Divorce is common for most people, but still rare for political leaders
Divorce is common for most people, but still rare for political leaders
August 3, 2023
Over the long term, the political impact of the separation or divorce of public figures has tended to reflect prevailing attitudes towards divorce within the general population.
The British royal family is an excellent example. Almost a century ago, in the 1930s, divorce was extremely difficult to obtain in most countries and divorced people were widely believed to be unstable and immoral.
When King Edward VIII announced he intended to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, he created a crisis within Britain. Simpson’s divorces were the issue, but the fact that she was American didn’t help.
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