Simpson (right) and Edward were married from 1937 until the latter’s death in 1972. Bettmann Archive. Edward was only king of England from January until December that year — a mere 325 days.

King Edward VIII, also known as Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, assumed the position of king of the United Kingdom in 1936. His father, George V, died on January 20, 1936, and Edward succeeded him.

Both of these items were given to Keppel as gifts by Edward, the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1901 until his ...

Years before he met Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII had fallen in love with America. As a young Prince of Wales he was captivated by the energy, confidence and power of the USA as it strode onto t… ...

A letter of King Edward VII. of Great Britain to Lily Langtry, written when the monarch was Prince of Wales, was among a number of interesting autographs sold by the Merwin-Clayton Company, 20 ...

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until ...

LONDON, Dec. 10, 1936 (UP) - Edward VIII, thirty-eighth King of England, abdicated today for love of an American woman. He informed a stunned Parliament that he preferred to abandon his crown ...

THE old boys of King Edward VII School in Taiping, Perak, will hold their 56th annual reunion dinner at Hotel Perdana in the town at 8pm tomorrow.Old Edwardian Association president Mohaideen Mohd ...

On December 10, 1936, only about 325 days into his reign, King Edward VIII formally signed abdication papers in front of his three brothers. ... United States. Italy; ...

On October 22, 1937, the headline-making Edward, Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated as King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom less than a year earlier, spent an hour meeting privately with Adolf ...