Thursday 13 October 2011

Edward VIII

Edward VIII



House / Group: Windsor
Born / died: 
1894-1972
Reign: 
1936-1936


First son of George V
Abdicated to marry divorcee, Wallis Simpson (after a series of relationships with other married women). They had no children, although it has been suggested that Edward fathered a son by Australian  Mollee Little.
Buried at Frogmore, near Windsor Castle. Wallis was buried beside him when she died in 1986.Second image of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, taken in 1955 by Dorothy Wilding.



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