Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A contemporary account of the abdication crisis by Whitehall official Sir Horace Wilson sheds new light on the events of 1936 As ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The subject of abdication and the monarchy arose earlier this month ...

Abdication: A Very British Coup is a 2006 BBC documentary that challenges the traditional "romance of the century" narrative surrounding King Edward VIII’s 1936 abdication, presenting it instead as a ...

There was a civic election in Vancouver on Dec. 9, 1936. Alderman George Clark Miller beat alderman L. D. McDonald to become mayor, but frankly, nobody seemed to care — the world was watching whether ...

Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Frederik, and Crown Princess Mary, just days after the Queen’s surprise announcement. With Margrethe’s decision looking like it could set the tone in Denmark for a ...

The royal family is in the midst of a challenging time, which royal expert Robert Jobson likened to King Edward VIII abdicating the throne. “I think people will be talking about this as the biggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, and Kate Middleton. Not since King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis ...