The revealed letters of Kenneth de Courcy speak of a plot that would have undone the primary outcome of this event.
The revealed letters of Kenneth de Courcy speak of a plot that would have undone the primary outcome of this event. The lawyer John Goddard represented one party in this event, though he cautioned against further legal action because of a possible "citizens' intervention". After this event, its main subject traveled to Austria and went on to become Governor of the Bahamas during World War II. Stanley Baldwin forced this event by declaring a morganatic arrangement unacceptable. George VI ascended to the throne after this event, which was caused by the current king's desire to marry the divorcee Wallis Simpson. For 10 points, name this event in which the reigning British monarch in 1936 renounced his claim to the throne.
The revealed letters of Kenneth de Courcy speak of a plot that would have undone the primary outcome of this event.
abdication of Edward VIII [prompt on the Abdication Crisis, accession of George VI, or descriptive answers, such as Edward VIII stepping down]