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Watch Historical Moment King Edward VIII Abdicated From Throne

  • January 5, 2024



Watch Historical Moment King Edward VIII Abdicated From Throne

Just before the new year Denmark’s Queen margara II announced her surprise abdication but who was the last British monarch to abdicate back in 1936 after ruling for less than one year Edward VII became the first English Monarch to renounce the throne he chose to abdicate after the British government public and

The church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorce Wallace Warfield Simpson Wallace Simpson was an American socialite while seeing Edwards she was married to Ernest Simpson an English American businessman she had also previously divorced a US Navy pilot the royal family disapproved of Edward’s married mistress but by 1936

He was intent on marrying her before he could discuss his wishes with his father George V died in January 1936 and Edward was proclaimed King to the Church of England and most British politicians an American Woman twice the force was unacceptable as a perspective British queen however despite mounting

Disapproval Edward could not be dissuaded he proposed a marriage in which Wallace would be granted no rights of rank or property however then prime minister Stanley Baldwin rejected the suggestion as impractical the next day British newspapers broke the news and a situation was discussed openly in Parliament with no resolution possible

The king abdicated a throne on December 10th on the evening of December 11th he gave a radio address explaining his decision I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the

Woman I love God bless you all God Save the King on December 12th his younger brother the Duke of York was proclaimed King George V 6 the new King George VI 6 made his older brother the Duke of Windsor in June 1937 the Duke of Windsor and Wallace Warfield married in

France they lived there for the next two years and visited other European countries where the Duke was honored by Nazi officials in October 1937 and met with Adolf Hitler the moment is referenced in the hit Netflix series The Crown after World War II broke out Edward took a position as

Leon officer with the French before the country fell to Nazis he then moved to Spain but the Nazis plotted to kidnap and return him to the British throne as a puppet King unaware of the kidnapping plot but conscious of Edward’s pre-war Nazi sympathies Winston Churchill offered him the governorship of the

Bahamas in the West Indies he he set sail in August 1940 narrowly escaping a Nazi SS team sent to seize them in 1945 the Duke resigned his post and the couple moved back to France they lived mainly in Paris and Edward made a few visits to England such as to attend the

Funerals of King George VI 6 in 1952 and his mother Queen Mary in 1953 Edward died in Paris in 1972 but was buried at Frogmore on the grounds of Windsor Castle

Just before the New Year, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced her surpise abdication.

This video looks at the historical moment the last British monarch abdicated.

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21 comments

  10. Here we go again, within the first 30 seconds we got “British monarch” and “English monarch” …. I would really expect this channel to be much better than this ….

  14. As the head of the church, Edward VIII put himself in an impossible position. He had no choice.
    As so, a new line of monarchs was 'born'…
    Seeing all the old films is fantastic! ☺👍
    M 🦘🏏😎

  15. Edward VIII's abdication was painful, but necessary. George VI was a Great King, like the unforgettable Queen Elizabeth. God bless them all 🙏👑❤️💙🌷✨

  19. I remember watching the historical documentary on then King Edward V III and Wallis Simpson. How the late Queen parents disapproval of Wallis Simpson.

  20. The pronunciation of the speaker on many words is neither sharp nor correct. And to my ears overall sounds rather childlike. I would like to hear a voice more fitting.

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