"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 ...

A nurse for former King Edward VIII claims that the late Queen Elizabeth II, Edward’s niece, rejected his dying wish to grant Wallis Simpson, his wife, a Her Royal Highness title. Julie Alexander, who ...

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

Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Here, the couple is pictured in the Bahamas, where Edward served as governor between 1940 and 1945. Ivan Dmitri / Michael Ochs Archives / ...

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, ...

Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth on the grounds of Royal Lodge in Windsor in June 1936 Ninety years ago today, the course of future Queen Elizabeth's life was forever altered when her uncle, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A letter penned by the future King Edward VIII to his mistress depicts him as a starry-eyed, incurable romantic, years before his sensational decision to marry divorcee Wallis ...

Queen Elizabeth II had an unusual Kansas connection. The British monarch, who died Thursday at age 96, hadn't expected to become queen. But her uncle, King Edward VIII, cleared the way for that to ...

Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung, Vol. 49, No. 4, Special Issue: High Society from a Global Perspective: Mass Media and Social Transformation in the Twentieth Century (2024), ...

(CNN) — Bottles of beer brewed 86 years ago for the coronation of Edward VIII, but which were left unopened upon the event’s cancellation, will go on sale next month. Edward VIII ascended to the ...

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