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Marine claims to have had threesome with Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

A former US Marine claims to have had threesomes with the abdicated King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson in a new book.

Scotty Bowers, a former Marine, claims to have run a gay and bisexual prostitution ring for some of Hollywood's biggest names in the 1940s and beyond.

Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, George Cukor, Katherine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh are among those named by Bowers, now 88....

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)