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 ...
How Queen Elizabeth's Life Changed Forever as a Young Girl, 2 Weeks Before Christmas
Queen Elizabeth's life changed forever on Dec. 10, 1936, when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated when she was just 10 ...
Crooks and Liars12 天
Edward VIII Abdicated The Crown In 1936
On this day in 1936, Edward VIII gave up the crown.
Smithsonian Magazine12 天
When a British King Stunned the Royal Family by Abdicating the Throne to Marry a Divorced ...
Scandal dogged Edward VIII, a suspected Nazi sympathizer, even after he relinquished his crown to marry Wallis Simpson, the woman he loved ...
BBC13 天
Edward VIII Abdication speech
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 ...
Tatler13 天
What happened when Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor told all in a bombshell interview?
It had caused quite the scandal when the then-King Edward VIII made known his desire to marry an American socialite and – yet more significantly – a divorcée, which was then regarded as incompatible ...