The British monarch was the grandfather of the late Queen Elizabeth II, and therefore great-grandfather to the current King ...

Just like the average family ... Edward, as the monarch, was the head - the government, and Edward's advisors. It meant that the course of royal history was changed as Edward's younger brother ...

On 11 December 1936, unable to reconcile his desire for US divorcée Wallis Simpson with his role as King, Edward ... VIII pick wives - The Crown review: A 'clumsy, predictable end' to the Royal ...

Seems like Prince Harry and his ancestor Edward VIII have more in common than just being members of the royal family ... Queen Elizabeth II’s father, King George VI, became monarch and Edward ...

Queen Mary and King Edward VIII had a fractured mother-son relationship that greatly affected the future of the royal family. It laid the foundation for his controversial abdication that changed ...

The wife of the former king, Edward VIII, spent her final years ... Windsor Castle and her name was not said once. Much of the Royal Family attended including the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth ...

When it comes to crises in the Royal Family ... But it was nothing compared to King Charles's great-uncle Edward VIII's choice to abdicate the throne to marry another American divorcee - Wallis ...

there have been at least 10 shocking royal family feuds throughout history. King Edward VIII stepped down from the throne in order to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson, who had been married ...

Ivan Dmitri / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Just days before making the most consequential decision of his short reign, Edward VIII paced around Fort Belvedere, his stately royal country ...