Deseret News archives: For love, King Edward VIII gave up the throne. Was it worth it?
On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson ...
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When a British King Stunned the Royal Family by Abdicating the Throne to Marry a Divorced American Socialite
Scandal dogged Edward VIII, a suspected Nazi sympathizer, even after he relinquished his crown to marry Wallis Simpson, the woman he loved ...
Fabergé cigarette case given to King Edward VII by Queen’s ancestor to be shown at Buckingham Palace
A Fabergé cigarette case given to King Edward VII by an ancestor of the Queen will be featured in a new Buckingham Palace ...
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King Edward I of England
He didn’t smash up TVs, they weren’t invented yet, he smashed up Scotland. Edward was a King who had fought wars all his life – he had just conquered Wales - but he didn’t need to conquer ...
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Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the First
The year books for the regnal years 20–2 and 30–5 of Edward I (1239–1307 ... He attributes this to confidence among the people in the king's justice, but also points out that the law's delays during ...
King felt ‘slightly anxious’ about crown wobbling during his coronation
The King made the comments in a new documentary which follows the story of 50 Canadian women who attended the coronation of ...
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Edward I and Eleanor of Castile
In October 1254 aged just 15, he married Eleanor (Leonor), daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Leon, at Las Huelgas. It was a love match and the couple were inseparable until her death.
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Stone of Destiny heads south for coronation
The stone, an ancient symbol of Scotland's monarchy, was seized by King Edward I of England in the late 13th Century and taken to Westminster Abbey. It remained in England for 700 years and formed ...