Edward VIII In January 1936, King George V died and his son Edward, Prince of Wales, became King. Just 11 months later, before his Coronation had even taken place, Edward renounced the throne due ...

Two matching microphones and a complementary cue-lamp were provided by the BBC for the outgoing King's broadcast to the nation ... the broadcast after giving Edward a voice test (he asked him ...

Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

Wallis Simpson "never loved King Edward VIII" who famously abdicated the British throne, according to a former royal butler ...

On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI. Edward’s ...

Ever since King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 the official explanation had been simply that the government disapproved of his marriage to a twicedivorced woman However newlyreleased documents ...

Edward VIII was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 23rd June 1894. In 1910 he was created Prince of Wales. Educated at the Royal Naval College and Magdalen College Oxford ...