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[[Image:King Edward VIIII.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Offical Portrait of King Edward VIII, November 1936 (John St. Helier Lander)]]
King '''Edward VIII''' of [[The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] (1894-1972; reg. 1936) [[abdicated]] in 1936 after a reign of only a few months, giving up his position as head of the [[British Empire]] in order to marry an American two-time divorcee, [[Wallis Simpson]]. He had succeeded his father, [[George V]], and was succeeded by his brother the Duke of York, who reigned as [[George VI]].
In a tearful radio broadcast before his marriage to Wallis, King Edward VIII referred to her as "the woman I love".
