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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.
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Dec 30, 2017 · In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, Prince Edward married American socialite and divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson, for whom Edward had abdicated the British throne. (Video: National Archives)
Jan 12, 2017 · The Crown begins in 1947, 11 years after Edward VIII (David Windsor, a.k.a. the Duke of Windsor) has abdicated the throne of England to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American woman. For ...
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Jun 16, 2020 · Photo: Getty Images. When King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne in December 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, the pair, now styled the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, began a decades-long semi ...
Dec 20, 2017 · On the left, Edward, Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) from Netflix’s The Crown, depicted by Alex Jennings. On the right, the real Edward with his wife Wallis Simpson meeting with ...
Dec 8, 2019 · The documents that revealed Duke of Windsor’s Nazi ties. The incredible story of the Duke of Windsor, who reportedly plotted with Nazis to put his American wife on the throne.
Edward VIII. Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year. [a] Edward was born during the ...
