On 11 December 1936 the former King Edward VIII spoke to a stunned nation and announced that he had abdicated the throne in favour of his brother, so as to be free to marry the woman he loved ...

On 11 December 1936, unable to reconcile his desire for US divorcée Wallis Simpson with his role as King, Edward VIII made the shocking decision to abdicate the throne, bringing an end to a ...

Seems like Prince Harry and his ancestor Edward VIII have more in common than just ... Firm in 2020 for a life in California while Edward abdicated the British throne in order to marry Simpson ...

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has begun its journey to Edinburgh, where it will lay in rest at The Palace of Holyrood for 24 hours. The six-hour cortege started at Balmoral Castle and travelled ...

LONDON, Dec. 10, 1936 (UP) - Edward VIII, thirty-eighth King of England, abdicated today for love of an American woman. He informed a stunned Parliament that he preferred to abandon his crown ...

Queen Mary and King Edward VIII had a fractured mother-son relationship that greatly affected the future of the royal family. It laid the foundation for his controversial abdication that changed ...

The abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 changed Princess Elizabeth’s life forever. Her father was suddenly King and from that moment his 10-year-old daughter began to be groomed for the crown ...

She added: ‘It’s crazy that my great-grandfather probably realised that Edward VIII would choose love ... s Coronation just two days later. Edward abdicated on December 10.

Princess Elizabeth in South Africa just days before her 21st birthday when she pledged her whole life to royal duty (PA) The abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 changed Princess Elizabeth’s life ...