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发信人: Systems (Queen Victoria Died), 信区: English
标 题: The House of Windors--EDWARD VIII
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年04月06日18:59:12 星期天), 站内信件
EDWARD VIII (r. JANUARY-DECEMBER 1936)
As Prince of Wales, Edward VIII (reigned January-December 1936) had successf
ully carried out a number of regional visits (including areas hit by economi
c depression) and other official engagements. These visits and his official
tours overseas, together with his good war record and genuine care for the u
nderprivileged, had made him popular.
The first monarch to be a qualified pilot, Edward created The King's Flight
(now known as 32 (The Royal) Squadron) in 1936 to provide air transport for
the Royal family's official duties.
In 1930, the Prince, who had already had a number of affairs, had met and fa
llen in love with a married American woman, Mrs Wallis Simpson. Concern abou
t Edward's private life grew in the Cabinet, opposition parties and the Domi
nions, when Mrs Simpson obtained a divorce in 1936 and it was clear that Edw
ard was determined to marry her.
Eventually Edward realised he had to choose between the Crown and Mrs Simpso
n who, as a twice-divorced woman, would not have been acceptable as Queen. O
n 10 December 1936, Edward VIII executed an Instrument of Abdication which w
as given legal effect the following day, when Edward gave Royal Assent to Hi
s Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act, by which Edward VIII and any chil
dren he might have were excluded from succession to the throne. In 1937, Edw
ard was created Duke of Windsor and married Wallis Simpson.
During the Second World War, the Duke of Windsor escaped from Paris, where h
e was living at the time of the fall of France, to Lisbon in 1940. The Duke
of Windsor was then appointed Governor of the Bahamas, a position he held un
til 1945. He lived abroad until the end of his life, dying in 1972 in Paris
(he is buried at Windsor). Edward was never crowned; his reign lasted 325 da
ys. His brother Albert became King, using his last name George.
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through the blurred window, in front
of which you seem to be there.
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