EdwardVIII

EdwardVIII: Edward VIII, Later known as Duke of Windsor. 1894-1972.
King of Great Britain and Ireland (1936) who precipitated a constitutional crisis by his determination to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcée. He abdicated, married (1937), and spent much of the rest of his life in France.

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