King Henry VIII is synonymous with his six wives and his break from the Catholic Church, but he also had a number of ...

Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Here, the couple is pictured in the Bahamas, where Edward served as governor between 1940 and 1945. Ivan Dmitri / Michael Ochs Archives ...

King Edward VIII caused a constitutional crisis in 1936 when the newly-crowned monarch made clear his intention to marry Wallis Simpson. But why exactly was Wallis a controversial pick for Edward ...

Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, said on December 31, 2023 that she would abdicate on January 14, 2024 and pass the baton to her son Crown Prince Frederik.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Jane Marguerite Tippett, consultant archivist and author of ‘The Lost Memoir of Edward the 8th ...

On 11 December 1936, unable to reconcile his desire for US divorcée Wallis Simpson with his role as King, Edward VIII made the shocking decision to abdicate the throne, bringing an end to a ...

It tells Edward's story as he saw it, lived it and remembered it. His failures, weaknesses, naivety and flaws are on full display but so, too, are his intelligence, his loyalty, his love and his ...

Material that would paint a picture of Edward VIII in a new light. The project soon morphed in to her first book, Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII, which will be published on Oct 26.

Eventually, in my early twenties, I was referred to see an ophthalmologist. After measuring my squint (the technical term for a wonky eye), he asked “do you work in front of the camera?” ...

A 'very rare' coin depicting Edward VIII is predicted to fetch £200k at auction next month. The half-crown coin, which was minted but never issued as a result of Edward VIII's controversial ...

The hei tiki was gifted to King Edward VIII in 1920 during a royal tour of the country. Photo / Supplied In honour of the first King’s Birthday weekend under King Charles III’s reign ...

There are few obvious similarities between King Charles III and Edward VIII. Charles is a man who is committed to philanthropy (not least through his Prince’s Trust initiative), ecological ...