Instrument of abdication signed by Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George, 10 December 1936. In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American, who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second.

6 天之前 · Edward VIII, prince of Wales (1911–36) and king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and emperor of India from January 20 to December 10, 1936, when he abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson. Edward VIII was the only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown.

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.

2009年11月24日 · After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the...

2020年6月2日 · With no path for compromise, Edward informed Baldwin on December 5 that he would abdicate. A bill was introduced in the House of Commons on December 10, and two days later the Declaration of...

2014年4月3日 · Abdication of Throne and Marriage. In 1936, the prince succeeded his father, George V, becoming King Edward VIII.

On 11 December 1936, unable to reconcile his desire for US divorcée Wallis Simpson with his role as King, Edward VIII made the shocking decision to abdicate the throne, bringing an end to a...

2003年1月29日 · BBC News Online takes a look at some of the key events leading up to his abdication. 10 January 1931: Edward meets Wallis Simpson at a house party. Mrs Simpson is married to her second...

Instrument of Abdication, 10 December 1936, (Catalogue ref: PC 11/1) Edward VIII became king following the death of his father, George V. He abdicated the throne in order to marry divorcee...

2021年3月11日 · King Edward VIII was the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He abdicated in order to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson…