“Then, swiftly, Eward, no longer a king, sped by auto, boat and train into exile – the first monarch in all Britain’s history voluntarily to choose abdication. It was 248 years to the day since James II fled England and neither James nor any other member of the House of Stuart was able to come back.”
Duke of Windsor goes into exile and George VI becomes King 1936abdication of Edward VIII December 1936Britons respond to the 1936 abdication of Edward VIIIParliament responds to the 1936 abdication of Edward VIIIHouse of Commons responds to the 1936 abdication of Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor goes into exile and George VI becomes King 1936abdication of Edward VIII December 1936Britons respond to the 1936 abdication of Edward VIIIParliament responds to the 1936 abdication of Edward VIIIHouse of Commons responds to the 1936 abdication of Edward VIII