A contemporary account of the abdication crisis by Whitehall official Sir Horace Wilson sheds new light on the events of 1936 As the Abdication crisis reached boiling-point in the dying days of 1936, ...
In Scotland, where optimism is unfashionable, able editors were dourly convinced last week that the Press has not seen the last of the non-gossip features of the Edward & Mrs. Simpson story. Its ...
Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth on the grounds of Royal Lodge in Windsor in June 1936 Ninety years ago today, the course of future Queen Elizabeth's life was forever altered when her uncle, ...
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Who was Wallis Simpson? The American socialite who changed the British line of succession forever
The one-time Duchess of Windsor left behind a complicated legacy. Wallis Simpson changed royal history forever by motivating King Edward VIII’s abdication from the throne in 1936. Simpson was an ...
Empire and world interest focused last week on a tiny old man with a knob of a head, thin greying hair and gold-rimmed spectacles. This was the mysterious “intervener” in the divorce case of Mrs.
Ninety years ago today, the course of future Queen Elizabeth's life was forever altered when her uncle, King Edward VIII, chose to abdicate tthe throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson — casting the ...
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