Front cover of ILN coronation number for Edward VIII
Front cover from the special number of the Illustrated London News, prepared in advance for the coronation of King Edward VIII. Edward was never crowned; in December 1936 he abdicated from the throne in order to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. The number contains representations of the ceremony that never happened as well a blank pages, awaiting photographs that never appeared
Picture No
10224128
Media ID
46018704
Size
3253px x 4382px
(3.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News, Coronation Record Number 1937
Date
1936
