On this day in 1936, Edward VIII gave up the crown.

After the death of his father, George V, on January 20, 1936, Edward VIII became the King of England at 42 years old, but shockingly announced his decision less than a year later to abdicate the ...

On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson ...

A Fabergé cigarette case given to King Edward VII by an ancestor of the Queen will be featured in a new Buckingham Palace ...

Queen Elizabeth's life changed forever on Dec. 10, 1936, when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated when she was just 10 ...

On 11 December 1936 the former King Edward VIII spoke to a stunned nation and announced that he had abdicated the throne in favour of his brother, so as to be free to marry the woman he loved ...

But it was nothing compared to King Charles's great-uncle Edward VIII's choice to abdicate the throne to marry another American divorcee - Wallis Simpson. The move clashed with his ...

On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson ...

A campaign is under way to save a high street Post Office, one of only a handful to feature the cypher of Edward VIII. The ...

Scandal dogged Edward VIII, a suspected Nazi sympathizer, even after he relinquished his crown to marry Wallis Simpson, the woman he loved ...