Discover the remarkable life of King Edward VIII…
Edward VIII was a rare kind of royal. He wasn’t one who was constantly seeking affirmation from the press, nor was he one seeking his own place in the long history of British monarchs. Instead, he was a man who fell in love and wanted to live a quiet life—in particular, a quiet life with the object of his affection, an American divorcee named Wallis Simpson. His intention to marry a woman who was not only American but had also been divorced twice created something of a scandal in Britain. He was told in no uncertain terms that if he went forward with his plans, he would plunge Britain into a constitutional crisis. Nevertheless, not willing to be denied the woman he loved more than any royal distinction, Edward VIII cast his crown aside.
That’s the story everyone remembers, but it’s not the whole story. The same man capable of giving up a crown for love could also be self-absorbed, difficult, and surprisingly ungenerous to the people he left behind to get there, and in 1937, he posed for photographs giving the Nazi salute. This is the life and legend of Edward VIII in full.
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- An Impressionable Youth
- Joining the Navy
- Love and War
- That American Woman
- The Former King and the Nazis
- Later Life and Death
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