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| Picture No | 10224124 |
| Date | 1896 - 1986 |
| Description | Abdication crisis: front cover of the Weekly Illustrated |
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Front cover of the Weekly Illustrated newspaper from December 1936 showing a portrait of Mrs Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. In 1936, there was a constitutional crisis when the new king, Edward VIII declared his wish to marry Mrs Simpson, a twice divorced American. He abdicated the throne, becoming the Duke of Windsor and marrying Wallis in France on June 3rd 1937.
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| Source | Weekly Illustrated 12 December 1936 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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