Queen Elizabeth II and Duchess of Windsor, funeral

Jun 05, 1972; London, England, UK; QUEEN ELIZABETH II, the DUCHESS OF WINDSOR (WALLIS SIMPSON) and QUEEN Mother after the funeral service for Edward VIII Duke of Windsor in St. George's Chapel in London on 05.06.1972. EDWARD VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King of Ireland, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910 36), on 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December 1936. Edward VIII had met and fallen in love with a married American woman, Mrs Wallis Simpson. Eventually Edward realised he had to choose between the Crown and Mrs Simpson who, as a twice-divorced woman, would not have been acceptable as Queen. In 1937, Edward was created Duke of Windsor and married Wallis Simpson in a ceremony in France. Edward VIII is the only British monarch to have voluntarily relinquished the throne

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