LONDON (REUTERS).- Jewels bought by Britain’s King Edward VIII for his American wife Wallis Simpson are expected to fetch up to 3 million pounds ($4.55 million) at auction in November, Sotheby’s said on Thursday. The king, who renounced his claim to the British throne in 1936 to marry the divorcee, showered her with gifts of jewelry throughout their courtship and marriage. Many of the “magical jewels” honor events in the couple’s lives and are of great importance as both works of art and historical artifacts, said Sotheby’s jewelry expert David Bennett. “They document one of the greatest love affairs,” he told Reuters, adding that it was hard to say how much the jewellery’s historical significance added to its value. After Edward’s abdication, the couple were given the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and left