Abdication of Edward VIII
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abdication-of-edward-viii-185-15843236
title:
Abdication of Edward VIII
text:
In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second. The marriage was opposed by the governments of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth. Religious, legal, political, and moral objections were raised. As the British monarch, Edward was the nominal head of the Church of England, whic
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1936 constitutional crisis in Britain
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Edward_VIII
date created:
2003-01-09T21:48:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T06:48:05Z
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