Britain strongly urged the Irish Government nearly fifty years ago not to release key 1936 records about King Edward VIII’s ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Tippett writes, "It throws new light on how and why he chose to abdicate rather than live without the ...

A sheet of blotting paper used to dry the Royal signatures on the document confirming the abdication of King Edward VIII has come to light after 78 years. The 'Instrument of Abdication' was signed by ...

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 ...

Some other stories from the State Papers include concerns over concert safety, Irish files about the abdication of King ...

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, ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - 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 ...

Sydney Johnson, the valet of King Edward VIII, makes his first, yet brief appearance, in Episode Eight of Season Three of "The Crown," when the former king calls out, "Sydney!" as he is coughing up ...

"It’s fascinating when you draw the parallels between the two," Bullen told Fox News. "Both of them married divorced American women. We all know that, but it goes much deeper than that. Edward and his ...

Prince Harry isn’t the first royal to step back from duties and later write a tell-all. His great-great-uncle, Edward, Duke of Windsor, produced a ghost-written biography titled "A King’s Story: The ...

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 ...