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http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/edward_viii/

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/a-day-that-shook-the-world-edward-viii-abdicates-2155307.html
“The Instant Expert: King Edward VIII”

http://www.thenational.ae/featured-content/channel-page/lifestyle/middle-article-list/the-instant-expert-king-edward-viii
“A Day That Shook The World: Edward VIII abdicates”

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1053791.notsoblunt_words_that_stopped_coronation/
“Not-so-blunt words that stopped coronation”


3 posted on 12/10/2010 10:29:50 PM PST by iowamark
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I have long believed that PM Baldwin’s real problem with Edward VIII was not Mrs. Simpson’s divorces, but rather his sympathies for the Hitler regime. Baldwin foresaw that there was a terrible crisis looming with this spoiled young man who refused to accept his role as constitutional monarch.


6 posted on 12/10/2010 10:36:50 PM PST by iowamark
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