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- King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
How To Use Edward VIII In A Sentence
- King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 so that he could marry Mrs Simpson, a divorced woman.
- It has rows of old style desks with seats attached, old fashioned inkwells, photographs of King Edward VIII and Queen Alexandra on the wall, and an old-fashioned globe with British colonies shown in red.
- Be that as it may, if Parliament and the Commonwealth had agreed to a morganatic marriage or if Edward VIII had not abdicated but given up Wallis instead, how would history be today?
- King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 so that he could marry Mrs Simpson, a divorced woman.
- King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936.
- In "The King's Speech" Mr. Firth uses a touching combination of vulnerability and fortitude to play Albert, Duke of York — George VI once he ascends the throne after the abdication of his older brother, Edward VIII. With Vulnerability and Fortitude
- The Duke of Windsor, briefly King Edward VIII before he abdicated to marry Mrs Simpson, also owned a Stannard watercolour.
- Most of the rumors have old roots, going back to before King Edward VIII even abdicated his throne for Wallis Simpson.
- King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 so that he could marry Mrs Simpson, a divorced woman.
- He became King George VI upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, later duke of Windsor.
