Picture No | 10224128 |
Date | 1936 |
Description | Front cover of ILN coronation number for Edward VIII |
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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.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, Coronation Record Number 1937 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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