Edward VIII (1894 - 1972) - Despite never being crowned, this is the portrait of him in his coronation clothes
Wallis Simpson (1896 - 1986)
George VI (1895 - 1952) - the artist painted over the original portrait of Edward VIII for his brother's coronation portrait.
December 11th 1936: Edward VIII abdicates
On this day in 1936, Edward VIII’s abdication of the throne of Great Britain became effective. The King abdicated due to his intention to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American socialite. The Church of England did not allow divorced people to remarry and thus Edward could not marry Simpson and keep the throne. He abdicated the throne after only 326 days, making him the only British monarch to have voluntarily renounced the throne since the Anglo-Saxon period. Edward VIII was never officially crowned King, and was succeeded by his younger brother Albert, who became King George VI. George VI’s daughter Elizabeth currently rules as Queen Elizabeth II.
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