Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Tippett writes, "It throws new light on how and why he chose to abdicate ...

When the Nazis invaded France, the Duke of Windsor, former King of England Edward VIII, fled to Spain together with his wife ...

Despite being monarch for less than a year, King Charles already surpassed the reign of his great-uncle King Edward VIII. King Charles immediately acceded his mother as monarch following her death on ...

The romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII remains one of the most dramatic scandals in British royal history. It shook the foundations of the monarchy and challenged the core essence of ...

This documentary reveals the extent of the Duke of Windsor’s treachery during WWII. Edward VIII is most famous for his abdication, less than a year after being crowned King, in 1936. But what happened ...

Queen Mary and King Edward VIII had a fractured mother-son relationship that greatly affected the future of the royal family. It laid the foundation for his controversial abdication that changed the ...

"It was, you know, breaking his heart…Not having that title for his wife was a slap in his face," the Duke of Windsor's former nurse says in the new series The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor ...

Who was King Edward VIII? King Edward VIII, also known as Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, assumed the position of king of the United Kingdom in 1936. His father, George V, died on January 20, 1936, ...

Seems like Prince Harry and his ancestor Edward VIII have more in common than just being members of the royal family. Aside from both marrying American divorcées — Meghan Markle and Wallis Simpson, ...

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