Several years after Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor abdicated as King of England in 1936 in order to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson, he became the governor of the Bahamas where the couple bought a Bahamian mansion while awaiting completion of the renovation of Government House, the official residence. Named Sigrist House, it is one of the most exquisite properties in the islands and is now on the market priced at $8.5 million.
