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          Edward VIII (1894 - 1972)

          Edward VIII  ©The only British sovereign to abdicate voluntarily, Edward stepped down in 1936 to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. He was king for less than a year.

          Edward was born on 23 June 1894 in Richmond, Surrey, the eldest child of the duke of York.

          He was always known in his family as David, one of many middle names. In 1910, Edward's father became George V and Edward, prince of Wales.

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          5. He joined the Grenadier Guards in World War One, although he was not allowed to see active service. Throughout the 1920s, Edward undertook extensive foreign tours particularly in the empire, representing his father. These tours, together with Edward's visits to areas of high unemployment and deprivation in Britain during the economic depression of the early 1930s, made Edward very popular.

          Edward had affairs with a number of married women in the 1920s, but then met and fell in love with Wallis Simpson, the wife of an American businessman.

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