The legend of King Edward VIII and his abdication has filled a thousand books and inspired countless films, TV documentaries and stage plays. But the story of how Wallis Simpson cheated on Britain ...

Never before seen in public, this extraordinary image was taken in the summer of 1937, less than a year after Edward gave up the throne to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson. It is one of several ...

The prince took a vacation with Wallis and Ernest and invited Mrs. Simpson to the Jubilee Ball at Buckingham Palace. Still, Edward denied any impropriety to those around him. The king himself had ...

From Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson to Princess Mafalda of Italy, many royal houses are still grappling with ...

Prince Albert (the Queen’s father), who then became King George VI. So it was that in 1936 Edward became the Duke of Windsor, before marrying Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony at the Château de ...

Edward VIII was the British royal born to be King, and spent less than a year on the throne. His wife, Wallis Simpson, was an American socialite who had already been married and divorced. His wife, ...

On 11 December 1936 the former King Edward VIII spoke to a stunned ... so as to be free to marry the woman he loved - Mrs Wallis Simpson. The historic broadcast and climax of the constitutional ...

Edward, born in 1896, was the eldest son of King George V, who became the British sovereign in 1910. Still unmarried as he approached his 40th birthday, he socialised with the fashionable London ...

On this day in 1936, Edward VIII gave up the crown.

Anna, who penned The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson, says that Edward had 'a ferocious, obsessive love' for Wallis 'and was never going to let her go'. Queen Elizabeth , Princess Elizabeth ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield ...