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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 ...

Shocking documents published in 2013 showed that the Government once spied on the Royal Family, an author has revealed. In ...

DECEMBER 10, 1936: King Edward VIII abdicated on this day in 1936 after sparking a constitutional crisis over his desire to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. He signed papers that would end his ...

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, ...

(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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - King Edward VIII may be best known for giving up the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, but it wasn't the first time his love affairs posed a threat to the British ...

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 ...

A cross-dressing spy arrested in Madrid, an attempt to cover up leaked news about the abdication of King Edward VIII and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin bonding over a ‘sucking pig and innumerable ...

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's fate changed as a child when her uncle Edward followed his heart and left royal life Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the ...