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  1. May 20, 2024 · On Dec 11, 1936, King Edward VIII addressed the British national, via radio, to announce his abdication from the throne, in favour of his brother. King Edward VII stepped down as the ruling monarch in Britain, leaving his brother George VI to rule. Edward stepped down from the throne in order to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson, a civilian who would ...

  2. Jul 22, 2021 · The Prince of Wales was now King Edward VIII. But there was one problem—Wallis Simpson. Due to her status as a divorcée, the new king, now head of the Anglican Church, was forbidden from ...

  3. Jul 24, 2019 · As the eldest great-grandchild of Queen Victoria in the direct-male line, the Prince (known to his family as David) stood to inherit what Winston Churchill later described to him as “the finest Throne in the world.” 1 Forty-two years later, the Prince who became King Edward VIII freely chose to give up that throne in order to marry the ...

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  5. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication. Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland ...

  6. Edward VIII is most famous for abdicating the throne in 1936, but the biggest scandal was his secret treachery against Britain during the Second World War.

  7. Edward VI (born October 12, 1537, London, England—died July 6, 1553, London) was the king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. Edward was King Henry VIII ’s only legitimate son; his mother, Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, died 12 days after his birth. Although Edward has traditionally been viewed as a frail child who was never in ...

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