LONDON, Dec. 10, 1936 (UP) - Edward VIII, thirty-eighth King of England, abdicated today for love of an American woman. He informed a stunned Parliament that he preferred to abandon his crown ...

Edward VIII, King of England, shocked the world when he gave up his throne. He claimed to do so in the name of love, as his position would not allow him to marry the woman he had his eyes set on ...

Edward VIII was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born on 23rd June ... He died on 28th May 1972 and was brought back to England for burial at Frogmore in Windsor. The Duchess ...

Henry VIII: Britain’s most famous king. Big, bold and brash, he is the epitome of 'Merrie England ... Jane Seymour, Edward VI as Prince of Wales, and Henry VIII. A male heir was crucial ...

Thomas Cromwell became Henry's chief minister and earned the confidence of the King by helping him to break with Rome and establish Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. This act also ...