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Edward VIII
Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
politics · King of the United Kingdom in 1936 · also Edward VIII, VIII
Born 23 June 1894 · Died 28 May 1972 · Q590227
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“Mona said, 'Did you see Gore's new play The Best Man when you were in New York?' 'Of course not.'...'Don't like plays, only shows.' He meant musical comedies.”
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“I hear you are going to In-jea. A most interesting country. I had a very good time there in my early youth. You must do the pig-sticking in Rajasthan. And you will find the people most agreeable in their own way. They have been most uncommonly decent to my niece.”
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Gagadget.com: Sony Xperia 1 VIII: the last flagship with a headphone jack and microSD slot
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Puente de Mando: Rodman Delivers the "Audaz VIII" Patrol Boat to the Tax Agency, Eighth and Final Unit of the Audaz Series
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Suggest a scheme in which Edward would return to England and place himself in a position for a possible regency
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The popular perception in the 21st century that the abdication was driven by politics rather than religious morality is false and arises because divorce has become much more common and socially acceptable
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Replying that Charles would not want his "aged great-uncle" there
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The Duke and Duchess joined the royal family for the centenary of Queen Mary's birth
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Edward gave the journalist Georg Stefan Troller a ZDF TV interview in German; he answered questions about his abdication
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And in a 50-minute BBC television interview in 1970
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Bought and renovated a weekend country retreat, Le Moulin de la Tuilerie at Gif-sur-Yvette, the only property the couple ever owned themselves
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Edward produced a memoir, A King's Story ghost-written by Charles Murphy, in which he expressed disagreement with liberal politics
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Though Edward blamed the trouble on "mischief makers – communists" and "men of Central European Jewish descent, who had secured jobs as a pretext for obtaining a deferment of draft"
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Said: "In the past 10 years Germany has totally reorganised the order of its society
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Edward became the second monarch of the House of Windsor
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“This place ought never to have been dug up.”
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“[The Indian princes’] ceremonies are so irritating and ridiculous”
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Adolf Hitler, seeking to forge a link between the British and German royal houses, asked Victoria Louise to arrange a marriage between the 40-year-old Edward and her 17-year-old daughter, Frederica of Hanover, who was th
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The King gave Edward the lease of Fort Belvedere in Windsor Great Park
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Sir Alexander Leith, a leading Conservative in the north of England, persuaded him to make a three-day visit to the County Durham and Northumberland coalfields, where there was widespread unemployment
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Time magazine reported that Edward teased Albert's wife, also named Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), by calling her "Queen Elizabeth"
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Alibert was acquitted in a spectacular murder trial after she shot her husband at the Savoy Hotel
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During his visit to Australia, he wrote of Indigenous Australians: "they are the most revolting form of living creatures I've ever seen
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Acquired the Bedingfield ranch near Pekisko, Alberta, which he owned until 1962
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Edward agreed to serve as president of the organising committee for the proposed British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, Middlesex
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Edward began a relationship with Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, the youngest daughter of the 4th Duke of Sutherland
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Edward had reached the minimum age for active service and was keen to participate
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Edward and his siblings remained in Britain with their grandparents, Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII, who showered them with affection
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