Abdication of Edward VIII

George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first Head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949.

Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.

British statesman (1867–1947)

Irish statesman (1882–1975)

American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)

10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)

Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1879-1939)

1936 constitutional crisis in Britain

first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand (1872-1940)

title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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British Army officer (1897–1958)

political crisis of 1937

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Private Secretary to the British King (1894-1960)