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1157:. Edward reportedly told an acquaintance, "After the war is over and Hitler will crush the Americans ... we'll take over ... They don't want me as their king, but I'll be back as their leader." He was reported as saying that "it would be a tragic thing for the world if Hitler was overthrown". Comments like these reinforced the belief that the Duke and Duchess held Nazi sympathies and the effect of the abdication crisis of 1936 was to force off the throne a man with extreme political opinions. Claims that Edward would have been a threat or that he was removed by a political conspiracy to dethrone him remain speculative and "persist largely because since 1936 the contemporary public considerations have lost most of their force and so seem, wrongly, to provide insufficient explanation for the King's departure". 250:: "We hope that he is aware of his need. Some of us wish that he gave more positive signs of his awareness." The press took this for the first public comment by a notable person on the crisis and it became front-page news on 3 December. When asked about it later, however, the bishop claimed he had not heard of Simpson at the time he wrote the speech, and that it was an expression of disappointment at the King's conspicuous failure to attend church services regularly. Acting on the advice of Edward's staff, Simpson left Britain for the south of France two days later in an attempt to escape intense press attention. Both she and the King were devastated by the separation. At a tearful departure, the King told her, "I shall never give you up." 200: 141: 835: 881:. Though the British government, hoping for expediency and to avoid embarrassment, wished the Dominions to accept the actions of the "home" government, the Dominions held that Edward's abdication required the consent of each Commonwealth state. According to the Statute of Westminster, the act passed by the UK parliament could become law in other Dominions at their request. This was duly given by the Parliament of Australia, which was at the time in session, and by the governments of Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand, whose parliaments were in recess. 1027: 3801: 827: 944: 970: 33: 212:, wrote to him on 13 November, warning: "The silence in the British Press on the subject of Your Majesty's friendship with Mrs Simpson is not going to be maintained ... Judging by the letters from British subjects living in foreign countries where the Press has been outspoken, the effect will be calamitous." Senior British ministers knew that Hardinge had written to the King and may have helped him draft the letter. 508: 679:. In early December, rumours circulated that the King's supporters would join in a "King's Party", led by Churchill. However, there was no concerted effort to form an organised movement and Churchill had no intention of leading one. Nevertheless, the rumours damaged the King and Churchill severely, as members of parliament were horrified at the idea of the King interfering in politics. 408:, saying he could not do so because he was in mourning for his father and delegated the task to his brother Albert despite the logical inconsistency in doing so since it was less than a year since the death of their father, George V. The day after the opening, he was pictured in newspapers on holiday: he had turned down the public event in favour of meeting Simpson. 814:
up so that he could remain king. It was, however, too late; the King had already made up his mind to go, even if he could not marry Simpson. Indeed, as the belief that the abdication was inevitable gathered strength, Goddard stated that: " client was ready to do anything to ease the situation but the other end of the wicket was determined".
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Baldwin blocked the speech, saying that it would shock many people and would be a grave breach of constitutional principles. By modern convention, the sovereign could only act with the advice and counsel of ministers. In seeking the people's support against the government, Edward was opting to oppose
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Neither Mrs Simpson nor I have ever sought to insist that she should be queen. All we desired was that our married happiness should carry with it a proper title and dignity for her, befitting my wife. Now that I have at last been able to take you into my confidence, I feel it is best to go away for a
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Government ministers and the royal family found Wallis Simpson's background and behaviour unacceptable for a potential queen. Rumours and innuendo about her circulated in society. The King's mother, Queen Mary, was even told that Simpson might have held some sort of sexual control over Edward, as she
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might refuse to either give its request and consent to British legislation or to pass its own. Legal experts discussed whether an abdication would have force in the Irish Free State, regardless, or if Edward VIII might remain king of that country while George VI reigned elsewhere. In the end, it was
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Opposition to the King and his marriage came from several directions. Edward's desire to modernise the monarchy and make it more accessible, though appreciated by many of the public, was distrusted by the British Establishment. Edward upset the aristocracy by treating their traditions and ceremonies
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wrote in his diary on 8 December 1936 that Edward's "sense of right or wrong has been largely obliterated by the jazz of life he has led for years" and, upon receiving news of Edward's final decision to abdicate, "if that is the kind of man he is it is better he should not be longer on the Throne."
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Upon his arrival, Goddard warned his client that a citizen's intervention, should it arise, was likely to succeed. It was, according to Goddard, his duty to advise her to withdraw her divorce petition. Simpson refused, but they both telephoned the King to inform him that she was willing to give him
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in favour of a holiday with Simpson in the eastern Mediterranean that was widely covered in the American and continental European press, but not by the British press, which maintained a self-imposed silence. Nevertheless, Canadians and expatriate Britons, who had access to the foreign reports, were
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As a result of these rumours and arguments, the belief strengthened among the British establishment that Simpson could not become a royal consort. The British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, explicitly advised Edward that the majority of people would be opposed to his marrying Simpson, indicating
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to Buckingham Palace the following Monday (16 November) and informed him that he intended to marry Simpson. Baldwin replied that such a marriage would not be acceptable to the people, stating: "... the Queen becomes the Queen of the country. Therefore in the choice of a Queen the voice of the
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of his adultery so that she could marry someone else. On Monday 7 December 1936, the King heard that Goddard planned to fly to the south of France to see Wallis Simpson. The King summoned him and expressly forbade him to make the journey, fearing that the visit might put doubts in Simpson's mind.
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By October, it was rumoured in high society and abroad that Edward intended to marry Simpson as soon as she was free to do so. At the end of that month, the crisis came to a head when she filed for divorce and the American press announced that marriage between her and the King was imminent. The
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newspaper, Churchill suggested that a delay would be beneficial because, given time, the King might fall out of love with Simpson. Baldwin rejected the request for delay, presumably because he preferred to resolve the crisis quickly. Supporters of the King alleged a conspiracy between Baldwin,
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Goddard had a weak heart and had never flown before, so he asked his doctor, William Kirkwood, to accompany him on the trip. As Kirkwood was a resident at a maternity hospital, his presence led to false speculation that Simpson was pregnant, and even that she was having an abortion. The press
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of 13 December 1966 the Duke wrote that in 1937 Hitler persuaded him "it was in Britain's interest and in Europe's too, that Germany be encouraged to strike east and smash Communism forever ... I thought the rest of us could be fence-sitters while the Nazis and the Reds slogged it out."
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Police detectives following Simpson reported back that, while involved with Edward, she was also involved with a married car mechanic and salesman named Guy Trundle. This may well have been passed on to senior figures in the establishment, including members of the royal family.
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in church if their ex-spouses were still alive. For this reason, it was widely believed that Edward could not marry Simpson and remain on the throne. As a twice-divorced woman, Simpson was perceived to be politically, morally and socially unsuitable as a prospective
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binding ministerial advice and instead act as a private individual. Edward's British ministers felt that, in proposing the speech, Edward had revealed his disdainful attitude towards constitutional conventions and threatened the political neutrality of the Crown.
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country, the Irish Free State did not recognise divorce. He supposed that if the British people would not accept Wallis Simpson then abdication was the only possible solution. On 24 November, Baldwin consulted the three leading opposition politicians in Britain:
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that denied her the style of Her Royal Highness. The couple settled in France, and the Duke received a tax-free allowance from his brother, which Edward supplemented by writing his memoirs and by illegal currency trading. He also profited from the sale of
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On 5 December, having in effect been told that he could not keep the throne and marry Simpson, and having had his request to broadcast to the Empire to explain "his side of the story" blocked on constitutional grounds, Edward chose the third option.
578:) rejected option 1 and thought that option 2 "might be possible ... if some solution along these lines were found to be practicable", but "would be guided by the decision of the Home government". In communications with the British government, 617:, against the divorce, but his advice was ignored. As soon as the affair became public knowledge, Churchill started to pressure Baldwin and the King to delay any decisions until parliament and the people had been consulted. In a private letter to 3476: 314:. At the time, some members of the British upper class looked down on Americans with disdain and considered them socially inferior. In contrast, the American public was clearly in favour of the marriage, as was most of the American press. 478:. The King responded, according to his own later account, "I intend to marry Mrs Simpson as soon as she is free to marry ... if the Government opposed the marriage, as the Prime Minister had given me reason to believe it would, 307:(then Chancellor of the Exchequer) wrote in his diary that she was "an entirely unscrupulous woman who is not in love with the King but is exploiting him for her own purposes. She has already ruined him in money and jewels ..." 168:, that he was not physically intimate with Simpson and that it was inappropriate to describe her as his mistress. Edward's relationship with Simpson further weakened his poor relationship with his parents. Although King George and 962: 741:', I serve." In the proposed speech, Edward indicated his desire to remain on the throne or to be recalled to it if forced to abdicate, while marrying Simpson morganatically. In one section, Edward proposed to say: 345:
Wallis's first divorce (in the United States on the grounds of "emotional incompatibility") was not recognised by the Church of England and, if challenged in the English courts, might not have been recognised under
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that she was driven by love of money or position rather than love for the King. Despite the opposition, Edward declared that he loved Simpson and intended to marry her as soon as her second divorce was finalised.
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forbade the remarriage of divorced people in church while a former spouse was still living. The monarch was required by law to be in communion with the Church of England, and was its nominal head or
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The letters and diaries of working-class people and ex-servicemen generally demonstrate support for the King, while those from the middle and upper classes tend to express indignation and distaste.
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as "cranks" and made speeches counter to government policy. During his reign as king, his refusal to accept the advice of ministers continued: he opposed the imposition of sanctions on
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brought against Ernest Simpson, with Wallis Simpson as the innocent, injured party. The divorce action would fail if the citizen's intervention showed that the Simpsons had
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Edward's supporters felt that he had "been hounded from the throne by that arch humbug Baldwin", but many members of the establishment were relieved by Edward's departure.
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Edward VIII succeeded his father on 20 January 1936, after which Simpson attended more official functions as the King's guest. Despite her name appearing regularly in the
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told Buckingham Palace and Baldwin that Canadians held deep affection for the King, but also that Canadian public opinion would be outraged if Edward married a divorcée.
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as "His Royal Highness Prince Edward". The official address had been polished by Churchill and was moderate in tone, speaking about Edward's inability to do his job "as
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Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States were strained during the inter-war years and the majority of Britons were reluctant to accept an American as
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on 12 December 1936. On 3 May the following year, the Simpsons' divorce was made final. The case was handled quietly and it barely featured in some newspapers.
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was possibly involved in a plan to force the prime minister to retire on the grounds of heart disease, but he eventually accepted, on the evidence of an early
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There were 15, including one for each Dominion, India, the British House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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excitedly reported that the solicitor had flown to Simpson accompanied by a gynaecologist and an anaesthetist (who was actually the lawyer's clerk).
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to be the only grounds for divorce. Consequently, under this argument, her second marriage, as well as her marriage to Edward, would be considered
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for the entire empire had been replaced by multiple crowns, one for each Dominion, worn by a single monarch in an organisation then-known as the
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also supported the King despite disliking Simpson. He was, however, unable to take any active role in the crisis because he was on holiday in
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On 3 December, Edward had a "tense" meeting with Baldwin. Backed by Churchill and Beaverbrook, Edward proposed to broadcast a speech via the
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for Edward and any potential heirs he might father, allowing him to make any marital decisions without further constitutional implications.
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had released him from an undefined sexual dysfunction through practices learnt in a Chinese brothel. This view was partially shared by
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Edward married Wallis in France on 3 June 1937. She became the Duchess of Windsor, but, much to Edward's disgust, George VI issued
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to legislate. The government of the Irish Free State, taking the opportunity presented by the crisis and in a major step towards
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Political support for the King was scattered and comprised politicians alienated from the mainstream parties such as Churchill,
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residence. While Edward was abdicating, the personal protection officers guarding Simpson in exile in France sent reports to
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printed a single sentence below a separate, and seemingly unconnected, report announcing the Duke's departure from Austria.
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the possibility of the latter, and, consequently, Simpson becoming Queen of the Irish Free State, that was used to push the
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in 1935, they later refused to receive her. Edward and Simpson were secretly followed by members of the Metropolitan Police
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that the Duke "is well-known to be pro-Nazi and he may become a centre of intrigue". Churchill threatened the Duke with a
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on 10 January 1931, when Edward was Prince of Wales. Ernest Simpson was Wallis's second husband; her first marriage, to
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The widespread unwillingness to accept Simpson as the King's consort and Edward's refusal to give her up led to his
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would have wished to do" without the support of "the woman I love". Edward's reign had lasted 327 days, the
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Edward had been introduced to Wallis Simpson, an American citizen and wife of British shipping executive
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G. I. T. Machin, "Marriage and the Churches in the 1930s: Royal abdication and divorce reform, 1936–7."
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became further dismayed by the proposed marriage after being told that Wallis Simpson was an agent of
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Churchill did not support the government, however. In July, he had advised the King's legal counsel,
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Williamson, Philip (2007), Olechnowicz, Andrzej (ed.), "The monarchy and public values 1910–1953",
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retreat. The visit was much publicised by the German media. During the visit the Duke gave full
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while, so that you may reflect calmly and quietly, but without undue delay, on what I have said.
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wrote that she would eventually leave him, "having secured the cash". The future prime minister
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to see Baldwin, as a result of which he was provided with an aeroplane to take him directly to
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that if he did, in direct contravention of his ministers' advice, the government would resign
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with disdain, and many were offended by his abandonment of accepted social norms and mores.
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who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second.
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I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales
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Digital reproduction of the Abdication Act 1936 on the Parliamentary Archives catalogue
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The instrument of abdication was signed on 10 December, and given legislative form by
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The second option had European precedents, including Edward's own great-grandfather,
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obtained leaked dispatches from the German Reich's Ambassador to the United Kingdom,
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files released in 2013 show that on or before 5 December 1936, the Home Secretary,
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over 380 years earlier. The day following the broadcast he left Britain for
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In Royal Service: Letters & Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles from 1920 to 1936
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relationship ... relished the contempt and bullying she bestowed on him."
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decided to allow divorced people to remarry in church under certain conditions.
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The Church of England and Divorce in the Twentieth Century: Legalism and Grace
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retroactively approved the abdication with effect from 10 December, and the
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on 11 December to remove references to the Crown and abolish the office of
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Edward and Simpson marry, but she not become queen, instead receiving some
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Professor Anne Twomey – Succession to the Crown: foiled by Canada?
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Following Simpson's divorce hearing on 27 October 1936, her solicitor,
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The Duke of Windsor, p. 301; Beaverbrook, p. 14; Williams, pp. 70–71.
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in December 1936. He was succeeded by his brother Albert, who became
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Nevertheless, the British press remained quiet on the subject until
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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in conversation with Kenneth Harris
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people must be heard". Baldwin's view was shared by the Australian
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Edward and Simpson marry and she become queen (a royal marriage);
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Beaverbrook, pp. 28–33; Windsor, p. 314; Ziegler, pp. 292–295.
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the north of France in May 1940, the Duke and Duchess fled to
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Wallis was perceived to be pursuing Edward for his money; his
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On 11 December 1936, Edward made a BBC radio broadcast from
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symbolically confirmed the abdication. South Africa passed
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led to anxiety among government and establishment figures.
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President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
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Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in the Mediterranean, 1936
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The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present
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His Majesty King Edward the Eighth's Abdication Act 1937
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remarried within the lifetimes of two of his ex-wives,
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Ramsay MacDonald's diary, quoted in Williams, p. 60.
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The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication
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Beaverbrook, p. 68; Broad, p. 188; Ziegler, p. 308.
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On the other hand, the 434:, and would not support a strengthening of the 2849:, retrieved 1 May 2010 (subscription required) 2833:(September 2004; online edition January 2008) 2570:David Lloyd George quoted in Williams, p. 241. 1348:"Car dealer was Wallis Simpson's secret lover" 1107:in September 1939, Edward was assigned to the 3751: 3290:Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood 3211: 3077: 2631:The Duke of Windsor, p. 413; Ziegler, p. 331. 2167:Ziegler, p. 308; The Duke of Windsor, p. 373. 1650: 1111:. In February 1940, the German ambassador in 465:suggesting that she might "flit to Germany". 2859:Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918–1945 1936:"Fear that Windsors would 'flit' to Germany" 1924:Williams, pp. 196–197; Ziegler, pp. 273–274. 1578: 1345: 858:. 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Index

Edward VIII abdication crisis

Edward VIII
Albert
Henry
George
constitutional crisis
British Empire
King Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
socialite
United Kingdom
Dominions
British Commonwealth
British monarch
Church of England
remarry
queen consort
the Establishment
abdication
George VI
Duke of Windsor
Royal Highness
Edward wearing a top hat and bow tie
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Lady Furness
U.S. Navy
Win Spencer
George V
Queen Mary

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