As a young man, he served in World War I and undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father, George V. He was never crowned king, however, because he ruled for less than a year.
This debonair figure enjoyed the high society of the 1920s, but also cared deeply about his nation. As a young man, he served in World War I and undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father, George V. He was never crowned king, however, because he ruled for less than a year. Although legally the marriage could have been carried out, Edward knew most of his ministers would resign because they could not accept an American as queen. FTP, name this second monarch of the house of Windsor who abdicated the throne so that he might marry his American lover, Wallis Simpson.
This debonair figure enjoyed the high society of the 1920s, but also cared deeply about his nation.
{Edward VIII}