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Instrument of abdication signed by Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George, 10 December 1936. In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American, who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second.
The future George VI was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria; he was named Albert at birth after his great-grandfather Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was known as "Bertie" to his family and close friends. His father ascended the throne as George V in 1910. As the second son of the king, Albert was not ...
Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl ...
In February 2022, seven months before her death, Queen Elizabeth publicly honored Charles and Camilla for the first time, and essentially bestowed a long-contested title upon Camilla.
Charles's sister, Princess Anne, also spoke about Elizabeth's decision to plan her last days, going against the wishes of her family. "We did try and persuade her that that shouldn't be part of ...
December 1995: The queen recommends divorce. After so many high-profile troubles and three years of separation, Queen Elizabeth made her thoughts on the matter of Charles and Diana’s marriage known.
Charles felt pressured by his father to make a decision and did so, proposing to Diana in February. [121] They married five months later. By 1992 the marriage had broken down. Elizabeth and Philip hosted a meeting between Charles and Diana, trying to effect a reconciliation, but without success. [122]
From the fairytale royal wedding to the most talked about divorce for decades - Charles and Diana's marriage might always have been set to crash and burn.