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Edward VIII Windsor

Born

in White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

June 23, 1894

Died

May 28, 1972

Genre

Biography, History

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Determination of Edward VIII, king of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1936 precipitated a constitutional crisis; he abdicated, married Wallis Warfield Simpson, an divorced American, in 1937, and, later known as Duke of Windsor, spent much of the rest of his life in France. Stanley Baldwin as British prime minister facilitated the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936.

Edward, the eldest son of George V and Queen Mary. Nine weeks after his father succeeded, people created him Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday in 1910. As a young man, he served in the armed forces during World War I and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father.

George, father of Edward, died in early 1936. From 20 January 1936, Edward Albert Christian George Determination of Edward VIII, king of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1936 precipitated a constitutional crisis; he abdicated, married Wallis Warfield Simpson, an divorced American, in 1937, and, later known as Duke of Windsor, spent much of the rest of his life in France. Stanley Baldwin as British prime minister facilitated the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936.

Edward, the eldest son of George V and Queen Mary. Nine weeks after his father succeeded, people created him Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday in 1910. As a young man, he served in the armed forces during World War I and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father.

George, father of Edward, died in early 1936. From 20 January 1936, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David ruled the united Dominions of the empire and India until 11 December 1936. He showed impatience with court protocol, and his apparent disregard for established conventions caused concern among politicians. Only months into his reign, he proposed despite a first husband and a second. The prime ministers and the Dominions opposed, arguing that the persons never accept a woman with two ex-husbands as queen consort. Additionally, status of Edward as the titular head of the Church of England conflicted and at at the time opposed still former spouses. If Edward went ahead, then Stanley Baldwin, prime minister, led the government, which promised to resigned and thus to force a general election and so to ruin his status as a politically neutral monarch. Edward chose not to end his relationship. Albert, younger brother, succeeded and chose the regnal name George VI. Edward reigned for a short 326 days of the monarchs in history.

People afterward created him. After second finality, he took consort on 3 June 1937. In that year, the couple toured Germany. During World War II, people at first stationed him with the military mission. After private accusations that he held Nazi sympathies, they assigned him to the Bahamas as the governor of the islands. After the war, people never gave him another official appointment for the remainder in retirement. ...more

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	A King's Story: The Memoirs of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor K.G. (Lost Treasures Series) 3.94 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 1951 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crown And The People 1902 1953 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1954 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windsor Revisited 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1960	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عاشق القرن العشرين by Edward VIII Windsor, عبد الرحمن فهمي (ترجمة) 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	First Broadcast of King Edward VIII really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1936	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Full marks for trying Fenton-Ryder 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Boldness is the rule, for everything is to be gained, and nothing lost.”
― Edward Windsor, The Hindu Art of Love

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“look at this extraordinary little book which lady desborough says i ought to read. have you ever heard of it?”
― edward viii on ‘jane eyre’

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“The waste,,, the waste,,, the waste.”
― King Edward VIII

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