The departing monarch appeared to hold back tears as she told her son, Frederik, "God save the King" following his accession ...

Before Edward VIII became King, he was known for his high spending ... Watch the full documentary A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to Abdication on BBC Select. 'Conan the Bacterium' is the most ...

As the crisis developed he was keen to put his ... that the abdication of HRH King Edward VIII was about to be announced at 22.01 live from Windsor Castle. The abdication speech, read live by ...

In defence of the former King. Edward VIII, who recently abdicated the British throne and who will be succeeded by his brother, the Duke of York, to be known as King George VI. To the writer he ...

King Edward VIII had to negotiate his abdication terms with his family and asked for large sums to sustain his lavish lifestyle. Watch the full documentary A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to ...

Edward VIII, King of England, shocked the world when he ... Edward would create a constitutional crisis if he outright married Simpson, as the Church of England, which he was the head of as ...

When the prince's father dies and he is to be crowned King Edward VIII, Edward is determined to have Wallis as his queen.

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 ...

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 ...