On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson ...

On this day in 1936, Edward VIII gave up the crown.

Scandal dogged Edward VIII, a suspected Nazi sympathizer, even after he relinquished his crown to marry Wallis Simpson, the woman he loved ...

After the death of his father, George V, on January 20, 1936, Edward VIII became the King of England at 42 years old, but ...

On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson ...

Wallis Simpson was a controversial figure in the history of the British monarchy. She was the reason King Edward VIII, uncle ...

But, perhaps, the errant duke who had briefly reigned as Edward VIII reflected on what might have been as he stood topless with scythe in hand in a garden that was not his. Never before seen in ...

A gilded villa on the outskirts of Paris where, for 30 years, ex-King of England Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson lived in enforced exile, awaiting in vain for the call to return to the ...

The noise actually occurred when the former monarch banged his leg against the table as he took his position. King Edward VIII is pictured broadcasting to the Empire earlier in 1936.

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Edward VIII In January 1936, King George V died and his son Edward, Prince of Wales, became King. Just 11 months later, before his Coronation had even taken place, Edward renounced the throne due ...

Edward VIII was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 23rd June 1894. In 1910 he was created Prince of Wales. Educated at the Royal Naval College and Magdalen College Oxford ...