On October 22, 1937, the headline-making Edward, Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated as King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom ... to be fêted in grand royal style. “The couple were easy prey ...

Edward VIII at the microphone at Windsor Castle telling an astonished nation of his decision to abdicate the British throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson, in 1936. The page will automatically ...

Edward VIII was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 23rd June 1894. In 1910 he was created Prince of Wales. Educated at the Royal Naval College and Magdalen College Oxford ...