Category: Abdication
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Edward VIII Decides to Abdicate After the British Government, the Public, and the Church of England Denounced His Choice to Marry the American Divorcee, Wallis Warfield Simpson. December 11, 1936.
Image: Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on their Mediterranean holiday, 1936. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 11, 1936, after ruling as king for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to renounce the throne willingly. He decided to abdicate after the British government, the public, and the Church…
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