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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sydney Johnson, the valet of King Edward VIII, makes his first, yet brief appearance, in Episode Eight of Season Three of "The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Elizabeth II had an unusual Kansas connection. The British monarch, who died Thursday at age 96, hadn't expected to become ...

King Edward VIII wanted to give his wife, Wallis Simpson, the HRH title He requested his niece, Queen Elizabeth, to give the HRH title to Wallis, but she said, "No" A former archbishop said the Queen ...

King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936, has long been rumored to have passed critical information to the Nazis to enable them to target the royal family’s living ...

There was a civic election in Vancouver on Dec. 9, 1936. Alderman George Clark Miller beat alderman L. D. McDonald to become mayor, but frankly, nobody seemed to care — the world was watching whether ...

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King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, a relationship often viewed as a royal fairytale. Wallis, however, was not as enamored with Edward; her ambitions conflicted with his ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Just over a year after Buckingham Palace announced Prince Andrew, Duke ...

A nurse for former King Edward VIII claims that the late Queen Elizabeth II, Edward’s niece, rejected his dying wish to grant Wallis Simpson, his wife, a Her Royal Highness title. Julie Alexander, who ...

Indie prodco Yeti Television has announced a commission from Channel 5 for Edward & Wallis: The Bahamas Scandal (w/t). The documentary aims to uncover the scandalous lives of Edward and Wallis Simpson ...