Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:24 pm
Edward VIII (1894-1972) became King of England after the death of his father, George V, on January 20, 1936.
Nearly 42-years-old and a bachelor, Edward then made known his desire to marry an American woman named Wallis Warfield Simpson, whom he had known since 1931. He sought the approval of his family, the Church of England, and the political establishment to marry her, but met with strong opposition. She had been married twice and her second divorce was still pending.
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