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 ...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to take a "step back" from the royal family in 2020. King Edward VIII, Harry's great-granduncle, gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936. Both Markle ...
The romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII remains one of the most dramatic scandals in British royal history. It shook the foundations of the monarchy and challenged the core essence of ...
Queen Mary and King Edward VIII had a fractured mother-son relationship that greatly affected the future of the royal family. It laid the foundation for his controversial abdication that changed the ...
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, ...
Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Tippett writes, "It throws new light on how and why he chose to abdicate ...
Following the death of George V in January 1936 royals and aristocrats flocked to Jacques Cartier to invest in jewellery for Edward VIII’s Coronation. But now it can be revealed that the jeweller was ...
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 ...
Johnson is portrayed by actor Jude Akuwudike in season 5 of 'The Crown' Kelsie Gibson is the Senior News Editor of Society and Culture at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2021. She was ...
A new biography reveals shocking details about the life of the late socialite. — -- Before Meghan Markle, Wallis Simpson was the first American divorcee to marry into the British royal family.
Queen Elizabeth's fate changed as a child when her uncle Edward followed his heart and left royal life Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the ...