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(1894 – 1972)
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king of the UK + the british dominions
emperor of india
(1936)
(the same year he abdicated the throne)
before his accession to the throne, edward held successively the titles of prince edward of york, prince edward of cornwall and york, duke of cornwall and rothesay, and prince of wales.
as a young man, he served in WWI, undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father george V, and was associated with a succession of older married women.
only months into his reign, edward caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the american divorcee wallis simpson.
the prime ministers of the UK and the dominions opposed the marriage, arguing that the people would never accept her as queen.
edward knew that the government led by british prime minister stanley baldwin would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have dragged the king into a general election and ruined irreparably his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch.
rather than give up missus simpson, edward chose to abdicate.
he was succeeded by his younger brother george VI.
with a reign of 325 days, edward is 1 of the shortest-reigning monarchs in british and commonwealth history, and was never ‘crowned’
he was the third and final british monarch to serve his entire reign as the emperor of india.
after his abdication, he was created “duke of windsor” and in 1937 toured nazi germany.
during WWII, he was at first stationed with the british military mission to france but after private accusations that he held pro-nazi sympathies, he was moved to the bahamas as governor.
after the war, he was never given another official appointment and spent the remainder of his life in retirement
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