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 ...
But it was nothing compared to King Charles's great-uncle Edward VIII's choice to abdicate the throne to marry another American divorcee - Wallis Simpson. The move clashed with his ...
Abdication likely isn't in the King's future, given the Royal Family's heartbreak after King Edward VIII did so in 1936. But the King has taken a different approach to health than his mother ...