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Edward VIII
London England 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972
zodiac sign / horoscope: cancer
Royalty, style icon
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height / taille / altezza / alto / Größe / 高さ / 高度: 172cm | 5’5”
weight / poids / peso / Gewicht / 重量: 64kg
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Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December of that year.
The eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary, he was created Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday, nine weeks after his father succeeded as king. As a young man, he served in the British Army during the First World War and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father.
Edward became king on his father's death in early 1936. Only months into his reign, he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing to Wallis Simpson, an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second. The prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguing a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands was politically and socially unacceptable as a prospective queen consort. Additionally, such a marriage would have conflicted with Edward's status as the titular head of the Church of England, which at the time disapproved of remarriage after divorce if a former spouse was still alive. Edward abdicated and was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. With a reign of 326 days, Edward is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British history.
After his abdication, Edward was created Duke of Windsor. He married Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor in France on 3 June 1937, after her second divorce became final. Later that year, the couple toured Germany. During the Second World War, he was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France, but after private accusations that he held Nazi sympathies, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. After the war, Edward spent the rest of his life in retirement in France. Edward and Wallis remained married until his death in 1972.
The eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary, he was created Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday, nine weeks after his father succeeded as king. As a young man, he served in the British Army during the First World War and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father.
Edward became king on his father's death in early 1936. Only months into his reign, he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing to Wallis Simpson, an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second. The prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguing a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands was politically and socially unacceptable as a prospective queen consort. Additionally, such a marriage would have conflicted with Edward's status as the titular head of the Church of England, which at the time disapproved of remarriage after divorce if a former spouse was still alive. Edward abdicated and was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. With a reign of 326 days, Edward is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British history.
After his abdication, Edward was created Duke of Windsor. He married Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor in France on 3 June 1937, after her second divorce became final. Later that year, the couple toured Germany. During the Second World War, he was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France, but after private accusations that he held Nazi sympathies, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. After the war, Edward spent the rest of his life in retirement in France. Edward and Wallis remained married until his death in 1972.
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the prince:
Prince Edward christening: "I, holding the baby on my lap, Bertie and Georgie standing behind me, thus making the four generations. " from Queen Victoria diary
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Prince Edward (right) with his brother Prince George and Princess Mary, 1901
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Prince Edward with his grand mother Queen Alexandra
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Edward in Garter robes in Buckingham Palace after his investiture in 1911
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the king:
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The Duke:
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor's country home from 1952 to 1972: La Moulin de la Tuilerie in Gif sur Yvette, south west of Paris
Duke of Windsor as Governor of Parama
With Duchess of Windsor
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor at Victoria Station, 1949
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor, photo by David E. Scherman
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“I was in fact produced as a leader of fashion, with the clothiers as my showmen and the world as my audience.”
-HRH Duke of Windsor
Duke of Windsor's style code: He values comfort before anything else, and preferred wearing unstructured even unlined jackets to the traditional suits, and called it "dress soft", and and he loved color, texture and pattern, in particularly checks, a supposedly faux pas for a man of his stature but he managed to look regal in the loud checked outfits.
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Documentaries
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Documentary of Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson's wedding on 3 June 1937. No audio
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Rewriting the history of one England’s most famous love affairs Wallis Simpson found herself at the centre of a national scandal when she was seen to ensnare Edward VIII and lure him from the throne of England. But in this explosive film, biographer Anne Sebba sifts through a newly discovered cache of documents - shown in this film for the first time - that contains 15 secret letters written by Wallis Simpson herself around the time ofthe abdication. These extraordinary personal missives have the power to rewrite both history and our perception of Wallis. They reveal she was deeply in love with another man, and chart her fear, desperation and loneliness as she found herself becoming trapped into marrying the man who should have been king. |
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In love with Wallis Simpson, and American divorcee, Edward VIII became the first British monarch to abdicate the throne by choice, in favour of the woman he loved. Find out about how this fascinating story played put in 1936, and the drama that lay at the heart of one of the 20th century's most famous royal moments. |
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This 1984 documentary provides a fascinating account of the lives of the former King Edward VIII and the American divorcée for whom he gave up the British throne in 1936. The Duke died in 1972 but the Duchess lived on until 1986, two years after this programme was transmitted. |
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BBC Documentary about the sale of the Duchess of Windsor's lavish collection of jewels. The main programme was broadcast on BBC1 on 30 March 1987. There is a ten minute follow up programme with coverage of the sale that was broadcast on BBC2 three days later. Directed and produced thisMartyn Gregory |
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Was Edward VIII a nazi sympathiser? Complete Channel 4 documentary from 1995. |
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Documentary which sheds new light on the greatest crisis to rock the British monarchy in centuries - the abdication of King Edward VIII. Usually it has been presented as the only possible solution to his dilemma of having to choose between the throne and the woman he loved. Using secret documents and contemporary diaries and letters this film shows a popular monarch whose modern ideas so unsettled the establishment that his love for Wallis Simpson became the perfect excuse to bounce him off the throne. |
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The history of his reign is in large part the history of the abdication. However, as Prince of Wales, Edward had been the first heir to the throne to find a genuine role for himself, as a spokesmen for the ex-service generation. His Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, said that he had a wider and more intimate knowledge of all classes of his subjects --- than any of his predecessors. The abdication, often regarded as a constitutional crisis, in fact resolved a crisis which never became constitutional, since Edward did not allow any constitutional differences to arise between him and his ministers or between him and Parliament. |
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An intimate look into the Duchess of Windsor and the Royal Family. We learn how Wallis Simpson was seen by the royals and intimate details about the duke and Duchesses' life. We also hear from family and others from Wallis' past who reveal a new side of the story never told before. |
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On this episode of The Dark Side we look into the life of King Edward VIII, uncle to Queen Elizabeth II, and how his actions during his short reign nearly destroyed the reputation of the Crown. His scandalous love affair that led to his swift abdication was only topped by his secret allegiance to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party during World War II. What led Britain’s most romantic monarch to back the world’s most ruthless dictator? |
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1996 documentary on the Duke of Windsor that aired on October 25, 1996. |
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The Villa Windsor is a mansion located at 12 Route du Champ d'Entraînement, Paris, within the Bois de Boulogne close to Neuilly-sur-Seine. The house is owned by the city of Paris and was the Paris home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.The Villa Windsor (originally named Chateau Le Bois) is a graceful 19th-century building of 14 rooms surrounded by a large tree-filled garden. It was built around 1860 and once owned by the Renault family but the French government sequestered the property after World War II and Charles de Gaulle occupied the house in the late 1940's. |
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French:
Edward VIII, roi du Royaume-Uni et empereur des Indes, demeure célèbre pour avoir été le seul souverain britannique à avoir abdiqué. Mais quelles sont les véritables raisons de cette abdication ? Cette courte vidéo qui présente sa vie tourmentée, de sa naissance à sa mort, tente d'éclaircir la question. |
Interviews
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Kenneth Harris interviews HRH Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII, and his spouse Wallis, Duchess of Windsor. Filmed in October 1969. First broadcast as a radio interview on 27 March 1970. |
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The woman who got everything & and the man who gave it all to have her, almost! Baltimore, where a little girl growing up in row house on Biddle Street played a significant role in dethroning the King of England… Directors: Steve Katz, Douglas B. Maddox Writers: Scott Watkins, Douglas B. Maddox Starring: Philip Baty, Diana Daily, Alexandra Deutsch, Hugo Vickers, Scott Watkins |
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Journalist and celebrity biographer Andrew Morton presents a talk on his latest book, Wallis in Love, that chronicles the tumultuous and controversial relationship between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII. |
Movies
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Feature film The Woman He Loved starring Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour |
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Feature film Wallis and Edward of 2005 |
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