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#390 | Edward VIII | The King Who Said No

English Learning for Curious Minds

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The Life and Times of King Edward VIII

Edward VIII became the first and to date only British monarch to give up the job. He was born in 1894, still during the reign of his great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. The young Prince of Wales had multiple affairs with a series of married women. His father, King George V, once declared that after I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in 12 months. How right he would be.

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