Abdication of Edward VIII
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In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and wa
Edward in 1932
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in the Mediterranean, 1936
Fort Belvedere, Surrey, Edward's residence in Windsor Great Park
Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (left) and his British counterpart Stanley Baldwin (right), 1926
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, visited Nazi Germany in October 1937. Edward had abdicated the British throne in December 1936, and his brother George VI had become kin
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor meeting Adolf Hitler. Hitler treated the Duchess with full royal deference.
Stanley Baldwin, prime minister during the abdication crisis
Robert Ley was the Windsors' chaperone during their tour.
The Duke of Windsor inspecting SS troops at Ordensburg Krössinsee; Ley is in the light-coloured coat.