A deep dive into the unconventional life of King Edward VIII as a young man. Watch the full documentary A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to Abdication on BBC Select 100-year-old Ronald Reisley is ...
The 1936 decision for King Edward VIII to marry the twice-divorced Simpson triggered ... “You see her first of all when she’s full of pep and she’s got her young acolytes around her, then bit by bit ...
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.
Five years after the death of Henry VIII in 1537, Edward was appointed Lord Protector of the Realm and Governor of the King’s Person – and so looked after the young King Edward VI – but he ...
Edward VIII was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 23rd June 1894. In 1910 he was created Prince of Wales. Educated at the Royal Naval College and Magdalen College Oxford ...
Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...
Ever since King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 the official explanation had been simply that the government disapproved of his marriage to a twicedivorced woman However newlyreleased documents ...
Edward VIII at the microphone at Windsor Castle telling an astonished nation of his decision to abdicate the British throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson, in 1936. The page will automatically ...
“I’ve always been fascinated by Wallis, because I think she was unfairly treated,” Collins said of the woman who sparked King Edward VIII’s abdication Stuart C. Wilson/Getty; Wolfgang Kuhn ...