Queen Elizabeth's life changed forever on Dec. 10, 1936, when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated when she was just 10 ...

King of England from 1272, son of Henry III (1207–72 ... He married Eleanor of Castile (1254–90) and in 1299 married Margaret, daughter of Philip III of France. He was succeeded by his son Edward II ...

On this day in 1936, Edward VIII gave up the crown.

Would Edward abdicate his throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite whose two divorces would have made her an unacceptable queen? On December 11, 1936, the king broadcast his ...

In 1945, the duke resigned his post, and the couple moved back to France. They lived mainly in Paris, and Edward made a few visits to England, such as to attend the funerals of King George VI in 1952 ...

Wolf Hall concluded with the heartbreaking execution of Thomas Cromwell after displeasing King Henry VIII. The show has been ...

The death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, left no clear successor and the Scottish throne without a monarch for two years. King Edward I of England called a series of meetings of with claimants who ...

Speaking about his mother's coronation, King Charles has revealed that the late Queen Elizabeth II would often wear the ...

But it was nothing compared to King Charles's great-uncle Edward VIII's choice to abdicate ... his responsibilities as head of the Church of England - sparking a constitutional crisis which ...

The Department for Education has published latest performance data for every secondary school in England for the 2023/24 ...