Edward VIII
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Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, as well as Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in
As a midshipman on board HMS Hindustan, 1911
As Prince of Wales, 1911
In August 1915, during the First World War
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