King Edward VIII, also known as Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, assumed the position of king of the United Kingdom in 1936. His father, George V, died on January 20, 1936, and Edward succeeded him.

LONDON, Jan. 21, 1936 (UP) -- His face bearing the marks of grief for his dead father, Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, was formally proclaimed King Edward VIII today by the Privy Council.

Seems like Prince Harry and his ancestor Edward VIII have more in common than just being members of the royal family. Aside from marrying American divorcées — Meghan Markle and Wallis Simpson ...

PRINCE Harry hangs around like a bad smell and is similar to Edward VIII, a royal expert has claimed. The Duke of Sussex's great-granduncle abdicated after just 325 days as King to wed socialite ...

Henry VIII adopted the Church of England as the monarchy’s religion in 1534 after the pope refused to consent to the king divorcing his wife, Catherine of Aragon.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to take a "step back" from the royal family in 2020. King Edward VIII, Harry's great-granduncle, gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936. Both Markle ...

Prince Edward represented the British ... back to the reign of King Henry VIII, who famously separated from the Catholic Church in 1534 and made himself the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

Prince Harry is looking as miserable as Edward VIII and 'radiates same sadness' as King who also quit royal duties for American divorcee, biographer claims ...

Queen Elizabeth II, seen above at Thames Hospice in Maidenhead, Berkshire, on July 15, 2022, was only monarch after her uncle Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson [both ...

Queen Elizabeth rejected her uncle King Edward VIII's last wish to have his wife, Wallis Simpson, styled as Her Royal Highness, the Duke of Windsor's former nurse alleges in a new documentary ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to take a "step back" from the royal family in 2020. King Edward VIII, Harry's great-granduncle, gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936. Both Markle ...