Today in history:
1936: Abdication of King Edward VIII
Edward VIII, failing to win acceptance for his desire to marry American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson, became the only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown, his abdication formally approved this day in 1936.
How many of you would give up being King/Queen of England for love? Obviously not an issue today (or in 1533) - witness the current Prince of Wales. However, in 1936 it certainly was. So what do you all think? Feel free to say you'd dump your spouse in an instant for the throne. I promise I'll keep your identity secret!
Robin, the lonely blog mistress (who would sell her daughter to be Queen or even to return to England)
2 comments:
Practically speaking, I wouldn't, because if the relationship didn't work out, I'd be leaving behind a whole identity...not to mention everything else! Brings to mind my great-grandmother from Germany who was disowned from her family (upper class) because she married a working class Dutchman. They then came to America and the rest is family history....
Insteresting to add that my great-grandmother also burned all of the old family pictures after she arrived in America...which turned out to be a major bummer for her descendants!
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