Royals from around the world have stepped back from duties or given up their titles or the throne, be it for love, scandal or ...

A British King set an example that love conquers all as he left the throne in a historic decision that forever changed the ...

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In December 1936, Edward VIII shocked the world by relinquishing the British throne after less than a year in power. His abdication, driven by an irreconcilable desire to marry Wallis Simpson, a ...

King Edward VIII in naval uniform before his abdication in December 1936. Related: Queen Elizabeth Denied King Edward VIII's Dying Wish to Grant Wallis Simpson HRH Title, New Doc Claims ...

Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Here, the couple is pictured in the Bahamas, where Edward served as governor between 1940 and 1945.

Ironically, King Edward’s last act as sovereign was to consent to his own abdication. He signed an Instrument of Abdication on December 10, 1936, which went into effect the next day.

She compiled the previously unseen material in a new book, Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII, which is out now in the UK, and will be published in the U.S. on March 19, 2024.

To remain by Simpson’s side, Edward VIII abdicated the throne in Dec. 1936. The couple married in June 1937 and remained together until Edward’s 1972 death. Simpson died in 1986.

Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, and the former King Edward VIII, who became Duke of Windsor after his 1936 abdication, seen here circa 1965 arriving at Southampton on board the liner United States ...

King Edward VIII in naval uniform before his abdication in December 1936. ... After the abdication, Edward was made the Duke of Windsor and married Wallis in June 1937.