when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing...

the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year. Edward was born during...

coronation was cancelled as a result of his abdication. The coronation date itself was not abandoned; Edward VIII's brother George VI and sister-in-law...

former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication. Wallis grew...

produced in 1936 upon the accession of King Edward VIII. Because of his short reign of just 326 days and eventual abdication, many never entered circulation...

of Abdication signed by Edward VIII on 10 December 1936 nor its enabling legislation, His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936, indicated whether...

Crown from Edward II to his son, Edward III Abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or...

Stephen. The amendment failed 403 to 5. Although Edward VIII had signed a declaration of abdication the previous day—10 December 1936—he remained king...

aide-de-camp to his eldest brother, Edward VIII. Following his brother's abdication and the accession of his brother the Duke of York as George VI, Prince Henry...

of the Marburg Files. He remained in contact with his family and public appearances continued. Edward VIII abdication crisis Cultural depictions of Edward...

not overturn the Act without the approval of the Federal Parliament. On 10 December 1936 Edward VIII abdicated after it became clear that the British and...

Hardinge of Penshurst, GCB, GCVO, MC, PC (17 May 1894 – 29 May 1960) was Private Secretary to the Sovereign during the Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII and...

Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. Abdications have played various roles in the succession procedures of monarchies...

oversaw the beginning of British rearmament and the abdication of King Edward VIII. Baldwin's third government saw a number of crises in foreign affairs...

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson have been depicted in popular culture, both biographical and fictional, following his abdication in 1936 and their marriage...

His elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII after their father died in 1936, but Edward abdicated later that year to marry the twice-divorced...

of two passed hurriedly in the aftermath of the Edward VIII abdication crisis to sharply reduce the role of the Crown. It is also sometimes referred to...

existence as a consequence of the abdication of King Edward VIII, as such passing succession to his brother Albert Duke of York (King George VI) in 1937...

of France, Queen of England. London: Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-4194-4. Valente, Claire (1998). "The deposition and abdication of Edward II". The English...

Secret Lives of the Duchess of Windsor. London: Pan. ISBN 978-0-33042-678-7. Hichens, M. (2016). Abdication: The Rise and Fall of Edward VIII (electronic ed...

report on a speech by Bishop Alfred Blunt of Bradford casting oblique doubt on the piety of King Edward VIII, when referred to the Press Association, sparked...

The True Story of the Abdication, Allen Lane, 2003. ISBN 978-0-71399-573-2 – on the abdication of Edward VIII Ladies of influence: women of the elite in...

soldiered on through Edward's short reign and the protracted crisis of the abdication in 1936. He had been deeply shocked by the abdication, not dreaming until...

of the class before they were laid down in 1937. Prince of Wales was originally to be named King Edward VIII but upon the abdication of Edward VIII the...

the transfer of the Crown to George VI upon the abdication of Edward VIII, as the Act of Parliament that gave legal effect to the abdication specified that...

first commanding officer of Naval Air Station San Diego. He was the first husband of Wallis Simpson, who later married Edward VIII. Known as Win, he was...

terms of the Treaty. The Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936, enacted in response to the abdication of Edward VIII, removed the role of the...

Majesty King Edward the Eighth's Abdication Act, 1937", to ratify the abdication of Edward VIII. The Governor-General was the representative of the monarch...

aide-de-camp to his eldest brother, the new king, Edward VIII. Following the abdication of Edward VIII, he was appointed a personal naval aide-de-camp to...

interception of telephone calls of Edward VIII, in which capacity he was the first to learn of the king's decision to abdicate. "ROBERTSON, Lt Col Thomas Argyll...