Simpson (right) and Edward were married from 1937 until the latter’s death in 1972. Bettmann Archive. Edward was only king of England from January until December that year — a mere 325 days.

Here was, in effect, the lost memoir of Edward VIII, the authentic and unheard voice of the man who had once been King. It throws new light on how and why he chose to abdicate rather than live ...

In September 1951, Edward VIII worked with a ghostwriter to write a book about his life and the abdication crisis of 1936. Tippett recently discovered manuscripts associated with the book in an ...

Lying on his death bed exactly 87 years ago, King George predicted of his heir apparent: "After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in 12 months." Here, Express.co.uk maps the tumultuous life of ...

She compiled the previously unseen material in a new book, Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII, which is out now in the UK, and will be published in the U.S. on March 19, 2024.

The shocking reason Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII spent WW2 in the Bahamas The chateau boasted modern comforts that included a pipe organ costing $40,000 and a $15,000 telephone system.

King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936, has long been rumored to have passed critical information to the Nazis to enable them to target the royal family’s ...

When Edward VIII decided in 1936 to marry twice-divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson, the King's friend Lord... THE ABDICATION OF KING EDWARD VIII by Lord Beaverbrook. 122 pages. Atheneum. $4.50.