Just years before, Edward VIII had given up the role of King of England to marry American-born Wallis Warfield Simpson.

Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547 and was succeeded by his son, Edward VI. He was buried next to Jane Seymour in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Prince Edward is the youngest child of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip. He wed Sophie Rhys-Jones six years after the pair met at a tennis match in 1993. After their wedding ...