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- After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson.
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Nov 24, 2009 · After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the...
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Jun 2, 2020 · On December 11, 1936, King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom addressed his subjects via a radio announcement that was expected and still shocking. Noting that he had served out his royal duties...
Aug 4, 2017 · The king had a stark choice: leave Wallis, marry her in defiance of Parliament or abdicate his throne. There was only one answer. Edward VIII is the only British sovereign to ever step down voluntarily – and he did it in the name of love.
- Britain Magazine
Dec 11, 2023 · 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...
- Myles Burke
Nov 10, 2022 · The late Duke of Windsor is perhaps most known for abdicating the throne in 1936, less than a year after being crowned King Edward VIII, to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson. But what...
Dec 9, 2016 · On 11 December 1936, Edward VIII abdicated after spending just 11 months on the throne. His reason for doing so was simple: he wanted to marry the socially-unacceptable love of his life, Wallis Simpson.
Jun 3, 2020 · When Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, it was the biggest constitutional crisis for the crown in the 20th century. His obsession with the divorced American actress set him on a collision course with the government, his brother and the wider British public.
